Lu Herbert
Lu Herbert is a Set and Costume designer based in Yorkshire, working across the UK. They have a BA in Production Arts and Design from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, and an MA in Collaborative Theatre from Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Lu was a JMK Finalist 2024 with director Zoe Murtagh. They have worked as the Designer for the sell out musical Cable Street at Southwark Playhouse Elephant and Borough, and is the Assistant Set Designer of Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 at the Donmar Warehouse.
Previous and upcoming works include: Toxic (UK Tour, Dibby Theatre); Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 (Donmar Warehouse, Assistant Set Designer); A Christmas Carol (Chandler Studio Theatre, RCS); Cable Street (Southwark Playhouse Elephant/Southwark Playhouse Borough); The Barber of Seville (Bradford Opera Festival), The Queen of the North (ARC Stockton); The Power of Camelot (Exeter Northcott Theatre); Drag Baby (The Pleasance, London); Toxic (HOME MCR); Suzy Homemaker (7Arts, Sheffield Drama Studio), The Whispering Jungle (Hull Truck, Leeds Playhouse); Maria de Buenos Aires (Northern Opera); Frida (UK Premiere, Northern Opera); Romeo & Juliet (Theatre Royal Plymouth); Why the Whales Came (Taunton Brewhouse, The Mack); Worlds Apart (Northern Stage); Kailey (Kala Sangham, Keithley Creative) and Sleeping Beauty (Shared Experience).
Session: Costume: Aesthetics and Accessories
Short Course (Saturday - Tuesday)
A course for students who want to gain practical insight into how to enhance shop bought costume to look old or different and how to accessorise them to fit the need of the production.
This course is an opportunity to learn useful skills in distressing, enhancing and transforming store bought clothing and costume to suit the needs of a production.
During the course students will:
- have the opportunity to damage, distress and weather costume to look perfect for the grimy streets of Victorian London.
- refine, play around with and exaggerate the vibrancy and colours to bring into your next Pantomine.
- create bloodied pieces perfect for your next murder mystery.
- have the opportunity to customise and alter accessories to create useful pieces for your performers, such as a Mad Hatter’s top hat, playful and colourful boots, a fancy mask, and more.
This short course aims to get you thinking outside of the box and is great for people who want to try a new skill without the pressure of advanced sewing skills.
Students will arrive Saturday afternoon 26th and depart after breakfast on Wednesday the 30th. Course includes teaching sessions Saturday evening, all day Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. This course can be combined with Make-up for the Theatre to form a full week course (course fee £750), or booked as an individual course (course fee £450). To book both courses, from the booking form click the Fees drop down and select Week Long Residential. From there, you will need to select both of the short courses before you can proceed with the booking.