JANA LAKATOS
ABOUT ME
I am a freelance designer specialising in set, costume & puppetry. With a stylized approach to design with an emphasis on visual storytelling.
I consciously incorporate the physicality of performers into the overall aesthetic experience. My process starts with concept art ranging across mediums, developing through model making and CAD into immersive spaces for traditional and site-specific experiences. Focused on the amalgamation of art and function, my designs explore shapes and patterns to exhibit a surreal sense of reality.
CREDITS
Jana has designed for theatre and opera with credits including:
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99 Sleepless Nights of Painting Basquiat (2025)
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Something Found (2025) - Seedbed Theatre
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Mia & the Fish (2025) - NT Connections
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Biography of a Constellation (2024) - LAMDA
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Opera Double Bill: Gianni Schicchi & La Bella Dormente Nel Bosco (2024) - RWCMD & David Seligman Opera school
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A Female Perspective (2024)
She has a BA in Design for Performance from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and received the Paul Kimpton Prize for Innovation in 2022.
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Jana has produced a research project dissertation on ‘The Influence of Art on Opera Design’ with a study into the relationship between the expressionist art movement and expressionist opera. She has assisted across six seasons of Pantomimes, most recently leading wardrobe maintenance for Immersion Theatre's Snow White (2024).
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