Jonathan Polkest’s profile


Scenographer and Artist
Isles of Scilly Five Island School.
Redruth School of Art Cornwall College.
University of East London M.A.Fine Art.
Theatre Arts and Crafts at Bristol Old Vic Trust: Set Construction, Scenics, Rigging, Fabrication and show running.
Welsh National Opera Scenic Artist & Maker
C.T.S. Made in Wales
Opera North
English National Opera – Coliseum.
Royal Opera at Covent Garden
National Theatre.
I.C.A. Theatre, Riverside Studios, Sadlers Wells.
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art – Head of Scenic Design:
introduced and ran Scenic Painting Course, Summer School in Theatre and Costume Design.
Sydney Theatre Co, Hicksons Wharf, Sydney Australia – Scenic art and design.
University of London Goldsmiths College – Scenography Technician and Tutor, supporting and teaching all aspects of Set and Costume Design for Performance as well as technical maintainance of the Studio and Performance spaces and Managing the Scenography Workshop Facilities. (Wood and steel construction, Moulding and casting, textiles and apparel, installation, rigging, scenic finishes and costume support for all genres of performance.
Theatre Set and Costume Design and Making:-
Samuel Becketts Act Without Words
Translations by Brian Friel
Company by Stephen Sondheim
Joking Apart by Alan Ayckbourn
Absent Friends by Alan Ayckbourn
Masterpieces by Sarah Daniels
The Lords and Ladies of Little Egypt BBC TV / Institute of Contemporary Art
Vladeck by Jodie Miller at White Bear Theatre Vauxhall.

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