ABOUT ABIGAIL

Abigail Caywood is a costume and scenic designer, costume supervisor, costume maker and wardrobe manager. Originally from San Diego, California, she is now based in London, where she has worked with internationally renowned companies including Punchdrunk, Chichester Festival Theatre, and BalletBoyz. In the United States, she has worked at prominent regional theatres including The Old Globe Theatre, The La Jolla Playhouse, and Pasadena Playhouse. She received a First Class Honours with Distinction MFA in Scenography from The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, and a BA in Drama with Honours in Costume Design from The University of California, Irvine.

Together with J. Childe Pendergast, Abigail is the co-founder of The Tiring House, a costume networking agency based in London. Please visit thetiringhouse.com for more information.

Abigail was a semi-finalist for the National Theatre's 2021 Linbury Prize for Stage Design. She is the recipient of a Global Talent Visa, for which she was endorsed by Arts Council England.

SET & COSTUME DESIGN:

A Midsummer Night's Dream (Chichester Festival Youth Theatre), The Concrete Jungle Book (Pleasance Theatre), Boudica (The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama & The Curve, Leicester), Every Brilliant Thing (Cygnet Theatre), and Hay Fever (The University of California, Irvine).

COSTUME DESIGN:

Punchdrunk: The Last Rite, Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley (The Old Globe Theatre), Art (Point Loma Nazarene University), The Secret Garden (North Coast Repertory Theatre School), Yo, Vikings! (North Coast Repertory Theatre School), Little Women: The Musical (Point Loma Nazarene University), Waiting For Lefty (Orange County School of the Arts), Hershey Felder's Our Great Tchaikovsky (San Diego Repertory Theatre & The Other Palace Theatre),The Iliad: Menin (Rage) (The University of California, Irvine), Hershey Felder as Leonard Bernstein in MAESTRO (San Diego Repertory Theatre & 59E59), Marry Me a Little (Theatre Out), and Hershey Felder's Lincoln: An American Story (Pasadena Playhouse & San Diego Birch Theatre).

COSTUME SUPERVISION:

BalletBoyz: Deluxe (2022 UK Tour), Never Not Once (Park Theatre), The Mullah of Downing Street (The Theatre Chipping Norton), Globe For All: Twelfth Night (Old Globe Theatre), Shockheaded Peter (Cygnet Theatre, recipient of the San Diego Theatre Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Costume Design),The Illusion (North Coast Repertory Theatre), Hamlet, As You Like It, Much Ado About Nothing, and Macbeth (all for New Swan Shakespeare Festival).

WARDROBE MANAGEMENT & RUNNING:

Abigail was part of the original costume design team for Punchdrunk's The Burnt City (One Cartridge Place, London). She joined the team as a Costume Design Assistant in 2021, then became a Wardrobe Assistant, then Deputy Head of Wardrobe. She also made costumes for the production throughout its run.

COSTUME MAKING:

BalletBoyz: England on Fire (Sadler's Wells), Punchdrunk's The Burnt City (One Cartridge Place), Shockheaded Peter (Cygnet Theatre, San Diego).