Jida AKil
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Credits
| Year | Job Title Project Type |
Project Name Director / Company |
Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 |
Set & Costume Designer
Theatre |
Give Me The Sun Sepy Baghaei / Blue Elephant Theatre |
Blue Elephant Theatre |
| 2022 |
Set & Costume Designer
Theatre |
The 4th Country Gabriella Bird / Plain Heroines |
The Park Theatre |
| 2021 |
Jerwood Assistant Designer
Theatre |
Hamlet Greg Hersov / Young Vic |
Young Vic |
| 2021 |
Set & Costume Designer, Deviser
Theatre |
Complicité Do A-Level Drama Complicité |
UK Schools Tour |
| 2021 |
Set & Costume Designer
Theatre |
Darling Scott Le Crass / So & So Productions |
The Hope Theatre |
| 2021 |
Design Assistant
Theatre |
Orfeo Anna Fleishcle |
Weiner Staatsoper |
| 2021 |
Set & Costume Designer, Deviser
Theatre |
Solus Isaac Irvine & Maya Ross Russell / Central Saint Martins |
Platform Theatre |
| 2021 |
Costume Supervisor
Theatre |
Consent Julia St. John / Drama Centre London |
Platform Theatre |
| 2021 |
Associate Designer & Modelmaker
Event |
Meet Your Neighbour Bethany Sheldon / Maison Foo Theatre Company |
Derby |
| 2020 |
Set & Costume Designer
Event |
Through The Arches Samuel Banks / Central School of Ballet |
Platform Theatre |
| 2019 |
Set Designer
Theatre |
Out! Maya Ross Russell / Central Saint Martins |
Platform Theatre |
Education
| Year | Qualification | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Performance: Design & Practice | Central Saint Martins |
| 2018 | Foundation Diploma: Architecture & Spatial Design | Central Saint Martins |
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About me
Jida Akil is a Syrian/Lebanese set & costume designer based in London and specialising in theatre & dance. She trained in performance design at Central Saint Martins, graduating with First Class Honours. Upon graduating, she has gone on to work with notable companies & institutions such as Complicité, The Young Vic, and The Park Theatre. Her designs have also earned recognition from the Prague Quadrennial and World Stage Design.Jida is keen to explore new writing & choreography, as well as devising. She experiments with the space becoming the performer, enhanced through color & texture on stage. Coming from a background of architecture, fine arts, music, and dance, she aims to integrate her skills into a multi-disciplinary design practice. She also hopes to collaborate in order to explore multi-media design processes.
Jida is a proud member of Scene-Change, Whitecard Collective, MENA+ Arts UK, and Stage Sight.
Skills
| Secondary Job Title | Costume Designer |
|---|---|
| Job Titles | Production Assistant (PA), Costume Designer, Set Artist / Designer |
| Years in industry | 1 to 3 years |
| Musical Skills | Drums/Percussion, Percussion, Piano/Keyboards |
| Musical Style | A capella, Ballet, Classical |