Episodes
This week’s episode is the final one we are releasing this year and Jonathan, Jeremy and Richard discuss what has happened over this strangest of times and how costume has changed this year. We answer some of the questions we have been sent in and look at what’s to come in 2021.
Published 12/14/20
Phil (Goldy) Goldsworthy’s CV reads like a list of the epic films made by UK crew of the last 20 years. Beginning your film work on Fifth Element is a pretty good start for any one and as you will hear, Phil has been involved in most of the large crowd productions (although not apparently Gladiator) since then.
Published 12/08/20
Matt Price is a British Costume Designer who has been working in the industry for 20 years. His chat today with Jeremy examines the journey he has taken to where he is today.
Published 11/30/20
Howard Burden is a highly respected Costume Designer who has been working in the industry for over 30 years. In his conversation with Richard, Howard looks back at his career from Wimbledon college to the BBC days to his highly successful career as a freelance designer. Along the way Howard has worked on some iconic TV series including Dr Who, Red Dwarf, Poldark and Wurzel Gummidge.
Published 11/23/20
Sarah Bowern is a highly-respected costume supervisor in the UK and internationally. She explores with Jonathan how her experiences as a design student in the Young Vic wardrobe department gave her the technical insights to embark on a career that spans the NT, RSC and West End, amongst others. This journey led to a role as Costume Production Manager at the ENO, where she is currently Deputy Head of Costume.
Published 11/16/20
Amy Roberts is a four times BAFTA winner and Emmy Award winning British Costume Designer. Throughout her career Amy has garnered a fantastic reputation for her eye for detail, design ideas and approach to all her work. She has worked in TV, Theatre and Film, beginning her career working at the BBC and worked on productions including Dr Who, Play for Today, The Tale of Beatrix Potter, The Legend of King Arthur and An Englishman Abroad.
Published 11/09/20
Emma Wright is a senior Angels costumier. Her conversation with Jeremy charts the progress of her career, from joining the intern programme to becoming a highly-regarded member of the renowned civilian costume department.
Published 11/02/20
Estelle is chief cutter in the ladies' making department at Angels.
Published 10/26/20
The interview this week is Jeremy’s chat with Jane Marcantonio, Costume Supervisor for Strictly Come Dancing. Jane has worked on Strictly for 10 years and her and her team help to create all the looks for the performers every week on the show.
Published 10/19/20
The interview this week is Richard’s with James Clutton, the Director of Opera Holland Park. Angels have been closely associated with James and OHP for many years and supply the costumes used in every opera that OHP stage in their summer seasons.
Published 10/12/20
Ian Fulcher is a British Costume Designer who has been working in the industry for over 20 years, he started his career in the film industry as a Costumier in the Angels Ladies Department in 2000 before stepping away in 2003 to begin his journey to becoming a costume designer.
Published 10/05/20
Annie Symons is a British costume designer who brings a unique artistic approach to the many films and TV productions she’s been associated with over the past 40 years.
Published 09/28/20
Alex Fordham is an Assistant Costume Designer best known for working alongside Michele Clapton. But he has worked with many other designers especially in Europe.
Published 09/21/20
Nat Turner is an English Costume designer, he has spent over 20 years working in the costume industry covering many roles from Costumier, Supervisor, Assistant Designer and Costume Designer. His chat today with Jeremy goes into his path to becoming a designer, how much importance he has put in choosing his projects and what he enjoys about the process of costume design.
Published 09/14/20
Sinéad Kidao is an Irish costume-designer working mainly in the UK film and TV industry. She developed her craft as an assistant, immersed in every aspect of the costume design process. During this period she was closely associated with esteemed designers Jaqueline Durran, Lindy Hemming and Guy Speranza, amongst others.
Published 09/07/20
Suttirat Anne Larlarb is a North American set and costume designer with a highly-regarded international career in the film, TV and theatre industries. Her chat with Richard explores how she views her role within each of these worlds, and how she effectively manages to navigate them.
Published 09/01/20
Daniel Angel is the seventh-generation member of his family to have joined the company. Alongside his father Tim and siblings Emma and Jeremy, he is responsible for the day-to-day running of the organisation. Here, he and Jeremy explore their family dynamic and how this reflects the ethos and values of the Angels brand.
Published 08/24/20
Robert Jones is a prolific and multiple award-winning set and costume designer. Based in the UK, he works internationally across theatre, musicals, opera and film. Jonathan traces Rob’s career from his design training at Central, to finding his artistic voice and the subsequent sharpening of his practice in today’s highly-competitive environment.
Published 08/17/20
To accompany our chat with Matt Lucas, we’re thrilled to present Richard’s conversation with Annie Hardinge. Annie and Matt’s longstanding collaboration is a perfect example of creative synchronicity, highlighting our quest to illuminate the costuming process from as many perspectives as possible.
Published 08/10/20
Matt Lucas is an internationally-renowned British comedy performer who acts, writes, produces and directs across a variety of media. He has a highly-innovative approach to his craft, and we’re thrilled he's made time to chat with Jeremy about his artistic process, in particular the centrality of his relationship to costume.
Published 08/03/20
Lisa Duncan talks with Jonathan about her impressive CV of costume-design in film and TV.
Published 07/30/20
Jeremy’s chat with British costume designer Suzie Harman further illustrates the importance of passion for building a successful career in today’s highly-competitive film and TV environment.
Published 07/27/20
Charlotte Finlay and Charlotte Sewell - costume supervisor and assistant costume designer - chat with Richard about their prolific careers in the film and TV industry.
Published 07/23/20
Morgan Large, a British set and costume designer, chats with Jonathan about his theatre career.
Published 07/20/20