Alexandra McArthur

Born in French Canada, Alex has a BA(Hons) in costume and set design from Central St. Martins College. Initially trained as a fashion milliner at the age of 15, Alex then worked in England and America as a hat, costume and soft prop maker. She realised her first set design for a community theatre production and as a creative artist, helped to build and paint the sets. She was a dresser in London's West End, a principal dresser at Shakespeare's Globe and The Young Vic and a costume assistant in ITV wardrobe, at The London Studios. While working for the costume designer Anne Symons on a Channel 4 film, Alex was inspired to apply for her degree course.

Since graduating, she has designed costumes and sets and supervised costumes for promenade, sight-specific, touring and proscenium arch theatre productions and for festivals and processions. Please take a look at 'Other Works' here. She has also designed costumes and sets for several short films and a festival award-winning independent feature.

In a move away from theatre, Alex has chosen to develop a better understanding of larger professional film & TV productions. Consequently, she has worked as a trainee on feature films for MGM, Disney and Amazon and on a TV series for Netflix. She enjoys all forms of creative collaborative endeavour, in film, TV, or theatre.