Nate Gibson is a designer and maker with experience designing for the stage and screen.
He is an avid problem-solver with a hand-on approach and a keen eye for detail. He is passionate about using visual storytelling to create worlds and explore the deeper themes of a text.
Nate has an MA in Theatre Design from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, and a BA in Interdisciplinary Art from Alfred University, New York.
His design work for Opera includes 'Anna Bolena' and 'The Cunning Little Vixen' for Longborough Festival Opera; 'Don Giovanni' with director Martin Lloyd-Evans for Clonter Opera; 'The Emperor of Atlantis' with director Polly Graham (a Loud Crowd production at Bold Tendencies); 'Simplicius Simplicissimus' with Polly Graham (Independent Opera
at Sadler’s Wells); A Christmas Carol (Welsh National Opera); The Marriage of Figaro with Stephen Medcalf for Clonter Opera.
In theatre, Nate has worked extensively at LAMDA, with recent productions including 'Pomona' with director Tess Sedon; 'A Bright New Boise' with director Ros Philips; 'Clybourne Park' with director Anthony Lau.
CONTACT
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UPCOMING
Die Tote Stadt with Longborough Festival Opera - Premiere June 21, 2022
WORK
Production Design
2021 'Mummy's Present', dir. Trim Lamba
Art Department
2021 'Anywhere Away From Here' - Rag'n'Bone Man & Pink music video, dir. Joe Connor
2020 'Myrtle', dir. Patricia McCormack
Stage Design
2021 'The Cunning Little Vixen', dir. Olivia Fuchs, Longborough Festival Opera
2019 'A Few Good Men', dir. Marieke Audsley, LAMDA
2019 'Clybourne Park', dir. Anthony Lau, LAMDA
2019 'The Wolves', dir. Mary Papadima, LAMDA
2019 'Don Giovanni', dir. Martin Lloyd Evans, Clonter Opera
2019 'Anna Bolena', dir. Jenny Miller, Longborough Festival Opera
2018 'The Emperor of Atlanis', dir. Polly Graham, Loud Crowd at Bold Tendencies
2018 'L’Inccoronazione di Poppea', dir. Jenny Miller, Longborough Festival Opera
2018 'A Bright New Boise', dir. Ros Philips, Carne Studio, LAMDA
2018 'We Are Three Sisters', dir. Amelia Sears, Linbury Studio, LAMDA
2018 Associate designer - 'Jubilee', dir. Chris Goode, des. Chloe Lamford, Lyric Hammersmith
2017 ‘The Marriage of Figaro’, dir. Stephen Medcalf, Clonter Opera Theatre
2017 ‘Other People’, dir. Matthew Peover, Carne Studio, LAMDA
2017 ‘Holes in the Skin’, dir. Penny Cherns, Linbury Studio, LAMDA
2017 ‘Realism’, dir. Natalie Wilson, Linbury Studio, LAMDA
2017 'NSFW’, dir. Anthony Clark, Linbury Studio, LAMDA
2016 'A Christmas Carol' dir. Polly Graham, Welsh National Opera and Haydn Foundation
2016 'Simplicius Simplicissimus' dir. Polly Graham, Independent Opera at Sadler's Wells
2016 Co-Designer w/ Jacob Hughes 'Strawberry and Chocolate' dir. Jazz Martinez-Gamboa,
London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA)
2016 'Woyzeck' dir. Lars Maagerø, LAMDA
2016 'The Marriage of Figaro' dir. Martin Constantine, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
2015 'A Christmas Carol' dir. Polly Graham, Welsh National Opera
2015 Co-Designer w/ Jacob Hughes 'Earthquakes in London', Latymer Upper School
2015 'Macbeth' dir. Stuart Clarke, Cordial Productions
2015 'Make An Aria' dir. Michael McCarthy, Music Theatre Wales & Royal Welsh College
2014 ‘Murder My Sweet!’ Alternative Routes, chor. Mathieu Geffré, National Dance Company Wales
2014 ‘Mr. Punch and Me’ opera showcase, dir. Polly Graham, RWCMD
2013 Set design ‘Almost, Maine’ dir. Holly Durand, Alfred University Performing Arts
2012 Set design ‘The Way of the World’ dir. Becky Prophet, AUPA
2011 Design assistant ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ designer Markéta Fantova, AUPA
Assistant Design and Model Making
2019-20 Assorted projects with Leslie Travers
2016-18 Assorted projects with Natasha Jenkins
2017-18 Assorted projects with Chloe Lamford
2018 'Saturday Night Fever' and 'Anna Bolena' with Gary McCann
2017-18 Assorted projects with Tom Pye
2016 'The Hairy Ape' with Stewart Laing
2015-16 Assorted projects with Oliver Townsend
2014-15 'Falstaff' and 'Hamlet' with Samal Blak
2015 Assorted projects with Francis O’Connor
2014 'Wozzeck' with Vicki Mortimer, Chicago Lyric Opera
2014 'Seraglio' with Vicki Mortimer, Glyndebourne
2014 'Le Roi Arthus' with Paul Brown, Opéra National de Paris
Workshops
2017 November 23rd
Stages of Production Design at the National Theatre
Co-presenter
Working with designer Natasha Jenkins, I co-presented an evening workshop on the stages of design and lead a model making session with students ages 16-21. Students began with sketches of ideas based on the NT’s production of Everyman, and finished the evening with a complete ‘sketch’ model of their designs.
2017 January 16-26
Set design workshop
Working with Clonter Opera Theatre, I travelled to several schools around Cheshire to assist in delivering set design workshops to 6-10 year olds in groups of 20-95.
My responsibilities included:
- Encouraging and assisting the children to sketch ideas for a scenic backdrop based on a chosen topic
- Helping them to cut out shapes and arrange a composition to be lit and photographed
- Overseeing them to create a 1:25 scale set model with geometric shapes, and recreating it full-scale
- Assessing their finished designs and giving them constructive feedback
February 28- March 3; March 13-16
Costume design workshop
Again working with Clonter Opera, I presented design workshops with groups of 20-60 children.
My responsibilities included:
- Presenting the idea of costume design and explaining the role a designer plays in a production
- Overseeing the children in creating costume design drawing, encouraging them to use critical thinking about character to come up with their designs
- Overseeing the children in cutting out paper patterns to make clothes for mannequins of their designs
- Assessing their finished designs and giving them constructive feedback
EDUCATION
MA Theatre Design, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, UK 2018
BA Interdisciplinary Art, Alfred University, New York, 2013
SKILLS
Scale model making, prop-making, sculpting.
3D draughting and modelling
Hand and digital illustration
Basic sewing, altering, construction.
PROGRAMMES
AutoCAD, Rhinoceros, Photoshop, Illustrator, Vectorworks, Microsoft Suite
REFERENCES
Available upon request