Biography

Caitlin Abbott trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. She was a 2019 Linbury Prize Finalist and RSC Assistant Designer 2019-20. Since her designs have appeared at Bristol Old Vic, Theatre Royal Bath, Opera Holland Park and The National Theatre; and she has recently been nominated for Off-West-End Awards for her designs for Houdini’s Greatest Escape and A Single Man.

Caitlin wants to make theatre that is vibrant, engaging and accessible, using a mixture of creative media, and makes designs that are playful and come to life in performance, becoming a part of the storytelling. She is inspired and fascinated by social rituals, mass media and urban legends and the interaction between theatrical magic and everyday existence. She wants to be part of telling new stories as well as finding ways to reinvent well-known plays for new audiences.

Selected recent credits as a Designer include:
My Pet Star (Marlowe Theatre) Glitch (Rabble Theatre) Houdini’s Greatest Escape (King’s Head, Yvonne Arnaud), Indigo Giant (Komola Collective)  A Single Man (Park Theatre), Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes (Opera Holland Park, Waterperry Opera Festival) ,  Perspective (NT New Views, Dorfman Theatre), Crimes on Centre Court (Theatre Royal Bath, Tour),  Sweeney Todd, (BTA, The egg), Valentina Star Dreamer (Haste Theatre, The Place Bedford), Time and Tide (Park Theatre), The Elephant Man (Bristol Old Vic) The Taming of the Shrew (Circomedia).

Short Films: Leak (Last Minute Productions), Life to the Full, Paradise Street (TenTen Productions), Itch (Seven Hills)
As an Associate Designer: Symphonic Dances (Phoenix Dance Theatre, Opera North).She also has experience as an assistant to Ana Ines Jabares-Pita, Madeleine Girling, Max Jones, Stephen Brimson-Lewis, Max Johns and Janet Bird

Perspective was the winning play in the National Theatre’s NewViews playwriting competition, produced professionally for the Dorfman stage. Written by Mackenzie Wellfare, it explores the experiences of Leo, a teenager on the autistic spectrum, as he navigates the difficulties of school and home life with his best friend Shaun.