About
I am a Glasgow based Costumier with experience in television and short film work. I appreciate the attention to detail and care taken within the wider Costume Department. I am prompt, love working with new people, hungry to learn and have a great eye for details.
ScreenSkills Training Passport
Isabella Jones-Rigby has completed the following modules within the ScreenSkills Training Passport.
Experience
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Head of Wardrobe
Continuing a tour of MOV36, looking after hair and wigs, altering and fixing costumes, looking after petty cash.
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Costume Supervisor
Supervising the costumes for the RCS Master programme. Buying, maintaining and dressing.
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Lead costume for Grand Central
Overseeing the opening ceremony costumes and dancers for the BOOMTOWN festival Grand Central stage. Sewing a range of fabric, altering and making elements.
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HOD Wardrobe
Head of the Wardrobe department for the touring production of Play On! I oversaw a Wardrobe Manager, dressers and maintenance people across tour. In charge of sticking to budget, returns, fittings for understudies and writing all tracks.
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Costume Standby
Dressing actors, maintaining continuity on both interior and exterior locations.
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Head of Wardrobe
Touring Merchant of Venice 1936 to 12 different venues including the Royal Shakespeare Company and to the Criterion Theatre in the West End. Altering, buying, maintaining and running Wardrobe the entire time, I also maintained wigs, was in charge of styling the lead's hair and looked after the Wardrobe budget. Dressing the entire show, writing tracks for other companies to see.
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Costume Trainee - Screw 2
Working as a Trainee for Screw involved maintenance, alterations, supporting Juniors and Standbys in both principle and crowd work.
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Designer
Designing, supervising and making touring costumes themed on Afrofuturism to tour from Brighton Fringe.
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Assistant Designer and Stage Manager
Assistant designing, buying and stage managing the opening ceremony of the Boomtown Festival. Altering and fitting costumes for 30+ dancers and two headliners.
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Wardrobe manager
Touring Merchant of Venice 1936 from Watford to Manchester, altering and fitting costumes, taking log of all costume items, maintaining and washing all costumes. Dressing the show.
Education and training
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ScreenSkills Trainee Finder 2025/26
ScreenSkills Funded
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Work well series
ScreenSkills Funded
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ScreenSkills Training Passport
ScreenSkills Funded
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Addressing unconscious bias: basic awareness in the workplace
ScreenSkills Funded
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Introduction to sustainability for the screen industries
ScreenSkills Funded
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Introduction to mental health awareness at work
ScreenSkills Funded
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Safeguarding for all: basic awareness for the screen industries
ScreenSkills Funded
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Tackling harassment and bullying at work
ScreenSkills Funded
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ScreenSkills Trainee Finder 25/26: Behaviours on Set training
ScreenSkills Funded
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Introduction to working in the screen industries
ScreenSkills Funded
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BHons Performance Costume for Theatre and Screen
The degree involves the creation of concepts through thorough research, the design of multiple characters and costumes, the understanding of how to manipulate fabric, and making the costumes we have designed. We develop skills in millinery, pattern cutting, research and costume making for theatre and screen.
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Coronavirus basic awareness on production training
ScreenSkills Funded
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Tackling harassment and bullying at work
ScreenSkills Funded
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Coronavirus basic awareness on production training
ScreenSkills Funded
Certificates
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The Mark Milsome Foundation - Film and TV Online Safety Passport Course
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Working in screen best practice
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Introduction to sustainability for the screen industries
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Work well series
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Introduction to mental health awareness at work
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Addressing unconscious bias: basic awareness in the workplace
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ScreenSkills Training Passport
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Safeguarding for all: basic awareness for the screen industries
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Tackling harassment and bullying at work
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The Mark Milsome Foundation - Film and TV Online Safety Passport Course
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Tackling harassment and bullying at work