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Alexa Moore

Alexa Moore

St. Neots,United Kingdom

Summary

Accomplished professional with expertise in sewing, pattern making, and garment alterations, complemented by a strong background in costume design. Demonstrates exceptional skills in team supervision and organisation, thematic instruction, and cultural competency. Proficient in interdisciplinary research, Microsoft and Google Docs operating systems, Adobe Illustrator, CAD design, model building, and installation design. Experienced in teaching small groups with a focus on fostering understanding of cultural differences. Career goals include advancing interdisciplinary research skills within the fashion industry.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work history

Costume Supervisor - La Traviatta

The Grange Festival
London, Hampshire
03.2025 - 07.2025

Costume Supervisor for La Traviata

Costume Designer - Jamie Vartan

Costume Designer and Costume Supervisor - Borghese

Right Off Films
London
11.2024 - 04.2025

Costume Designer and Costume Supervisor for the short film Borghese. Featuring Vincenzo Crea , Hamish Bowles , Gianluca Longo, Nick Hornby, and James Mackie. Directed by Quentin McCarron. Release date 2026

Assistant Costume Supervisor

Grange Park Opera
London
04.2024 - 07.2025

Assistant Costume Supervisor to Deborah Andrews on Kat'ya Kabanova, and Sarah Holmes on Daughter of the Regiment. Designer Gabrielle Dalton.

Assistant Costume Supervisor

Royal National Theatre
London
02.2024 - 04.2024

Assistant Costume Supervisor to Deborah Andrews for 'London Tide'. Designer Bunny Christie

Costume Technician

Freelance
London
06.2021 - Current

Costume Alterations and Maker for Theatre, Ballet , and Opera.


- Book Of Dust, The Bridge Theatre - 2021

- &Juliet, Shaftesbury Theatre - 2022

- Mean Girls, The Savoy Theatre - 2024

- Natasha Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 - The Donmar - 2024

- Rhinoceros, Almeida Theatre - 2025

- A Comedy about Spies, Nowel Coward Theatre - 2025

- Sing Street , Lyric Hammersmith Theatre - 2025

Casual Costume Technician

Royal Opera House
London
01.2021 - Current

Costume Supervisor - Guys and Dolls

London Theatre Company
London
11.2022 - 04.2023

Costume Supervisor for Guys and Dolls at the Bridge Theatre, London. First cast only.

Designers Bunny Christie and Deborah Andrews

Assistant Costume Supervisor-It's a Wonderful Life

English National Opera
London
08.2022 - 11.2022


  • Worked alongside the Costume Supervisor (Deborah Andrews) to ensure the costumes were to the designers (Gabrielle Dalton) standard, ready and prepared for fittings, rehearsals, and finished for the live performance.
  • Costume technician and pattern cutter making various custom pieces including 1920s jackets, dresses and skirts.

Costume Designer

Alexa Moore Costuming
London
01.2019 - Current

Costume Designer:


  • 'Borghese' - Short film - 2025
  • 'Gianni Schicchi & Suor Angelica' - Berlin Opera Academy. Kandersteg, Switzerland. 2021
  • 'Leonardo' - Alex Mills Productions. V&A Museum, London. 2019
  • 'Dear Marie Stopes' - Alex Mills Productions. Kings Place, London. 2019
  • 'Le Nozzi de Figaro' - Berlin Opera Academy. Delphi Theatre, Berlin. 2019
  • 'Into the Woods' - Storybook Theatre. Calgary, Canada. 2018 (Assistant Designer)
  • 'The Physicists' - Camdram. Corpus Theatre, Cambridge. 2018

Costume Technician, Costume Dresser

London Theatre Company
London
10.2021 - 02.2022

The Book of Dust, The Bridge Theatre

Principal Dresser for Duration of run.


Costume Technician and Pattern Cutter for costumes used in Book of Dust

Costume Standby

Freelance
London
08.2021 - 10.2021

Freelance Costume Standby for various films. Trainee

Costume Supervisor / Head of Wardrobe

Berlin Opera Academy
Berlin, Germany
05.2019 - 09.2021
  • Oversaw a team of international costume design and make apprentices for the summer seasons of the Berlin Opera academy.
  • Ran the costume workroom, organised masterclasses, ensured apprentices understood the various roles in costume including dressing, costume maintenance, sewing and alterations, fittings, millinery, and hair and makeup, costume sourcing.
  • Undertook fittings, altering garments to exact requirements.
  • Liaised between different teams to maintain clear and prompt communications.
  • Scheduled and supervised costume apprentice meetings to discuss new ideas and update jobs and tasks needing completion

Head of Wardrobe, Props, and Set

Saluzzo Opera Academy
Saluzzo, Italy
05.2021 - 09.2021

Artistic department manager for 'Alcina' and 'Le Nozzi De Figaro' operas for the Saluzzo Opera Academy 2021 summer seasons.

Costume Designer, Costume Maker, Installation Artist

The Neon Moon Cabaret Club
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
09.2015 - 09.2021
  • Walkabout Performer, Burlesque Artist, and Installation Artists for Neon Moon Cabaret Club Events in both Cambridge and Brighton
  • Head of Walkabout performers and Costume coordinator.

Costume Workroom Assistant

Gatewell Productions
Hove, Brighton and Hove
11.2018 - 06.2019
  • Workroom Assistant producing finished costumes used in London West-end Theatre Productions, Feature Films (Marvel, Kingsman 3), and Television (Bridgerton)


Scenic art and Props

Alexa Moore Costuming
05.2018 - 07.2018
  • Scenic Painter for 'Alcina' Opera. Saluzzo, Italy. 2021
  • Designed and made props for the London Pride Punx Float in the 2018 London Pride Parade.

Education

Master of Arts - Performance and Culture

Goldsmiths, University of London
London
09/2020 - 07/2023

Bachelor of Arts - Costume Design for Production

Birmingham City University
Birmingham
09/2019 - 06/2020

Foundation Degree in Arts - Costume Design and Construction for Performance

University of Brighton
Brighton, Brighton and Hove
09/2017 - 06/2019

Foundation Degree in Arts - Art and Design

Cambridge School of Visual & Performing Arts
Cambridge
09/2016 - 06/2017

NVQ Level 3 - Floristry

Shuttleworth College
Bedford
09/2012 - 06/2013

Skills

  • Sewing, pattern making, garment alterations
  • Costume Design
  • Team supervision and organisation
  • Thematic instruction
  • Cultural competency and understanding of cultural differences
  • Interdisciplinary Research Skills
  • Microsoft and Google Docs Operating systems
  • Teaching small groups
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • CAD Design
  • Model Building
  • Installation Design

Certification

  • Art and Ideas: Teaching with Themes, Museum of Modern Art, Coursera - 2023
  • Feminism and Social Justice, University of California, Santa Cruz, Coursera - 2023
  • Arts and Heritage Management, University of Bocconi, Coursera - 2021
  • Richard Schechner's Introduction to Performance Studies, New York University, Coursera - 2021
  • Indigenous Canada, University of Alberta, Coursera - 2020


  • Tutu Making for Ballet, Nottingham Trent University - 2018
  • Bridal-wear Short Course, University of the Arts, London - 2018
  • Professional Finishing Techniques, University of the Arts, London - 2018
  • Stretch Dancewear, KTM Dancewear Short Course - 2018
  • Under-bust Corsetry, Oxford School of Corsetry - 2017
  • Making and Fitting a Corset Toile, Oxford School of Corsetry - 2016
  • Couture Beading and Embellishment Techniques, Oxford School of Corsetry - 2016
  • Authentic Victorian Corsetry, Alison Smith MBE School of Sewing - 2015



Timeline

Costume Supervisor - La Traviatta

The Grange Festival
03.2025 - 07.2025

Costume Designer and Costume Supervisor - Borghese

Right Off Films
11.2024 - 04.2025

Assistant Costume Supervisor

Grange Park Opera
04.2024 - 07.2025

Assistant Costume Supervisor

Royal National Theatre
02.2024 - 04.2024

Costume Supervisor - Guys and Dolls

London Theatre Company
11.2022 - 04.2023

Assistant Costume Supervisor-It's a Wonderful Life

English National Opera
08.2022 - 11.2022

Costume Technician, Costume Dresser

London Theatre Company
10.2021 - 02.2022

Costume Standby

Freelance
08.2021 - 10.2021

Costume Technician

Freelance
06.2021 - Current

Head of Wardrobe, Props, and Set

Saluzzo Opera Academy
05.2021 - 09.2021

Casual Costume Technician

Royal Opera House
01.2021 - Current

Costume Supervisor / Head of Wardrobe

Berlin Opera Academy
05.2019 - 09.2021

Costume Designer

Alexa Moore Costuming
01.2019 - Current

Costume Workroom Assistant

Gatewell Productions
11.2018 - 06.2019

Scenic art and Props

Alexa Moore Costuming
05.2018 - 07.2018

Costume Designer, Costume Maker, Installation Artist

The Neon Moon Cabaret Club
09.2015 - 09.2021

Master of Arts - Performance and Culture

Goldsmiths, University of London
09/2020 - 07/2023

Bachelor of Arts - Costume Design for Production

Birmingham City University
09/2019 - 06/2020

Foundation Degree in Arts - Costume Design and Construction for Performance

University of Brighton
09/2017 - 06/2019

Foundation Degree in Arts - Art and Design

Cambridge School of Visual & Performing Arts
09/2016 - 06/2017

NVQ Level 3 - Floristry

Shuttleworth College
09/2012 - 06/2013
Alexa Moore