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Nerissa Cargill Thompson graduated from Nottingham Trent University in 1995 and works as a freelance designer. She was Head of Design for Manchester Youth Theatre from 1997-2000. Highlights included the World Premiere of Airwaves, the Manchester Evening News Special Award winning season in 1999 and a M.E.N award nomination for Agamemnon in 1998. She has also designed shows for Arden School of Theatre (inc. Playboy of the Western World, Mad Forest, Way of The World, Merry Wives of Wigan, The Winter's Tale), Activ8 at Bolton Octagon (A Frame of Mind), Salford University Theatre Company (Edward II, Light Shining in Buckinghamshire, As You Like It) and many fringe productions in Edinburgh, London and Manchester. Much of 2002 was taken up with a variety of carnival costumes for Jubilee and Commonwealth parades and as designer on Ziggurat - The Spiral Way, The Lowry's Commonwealth Project produced with partner companies Opera North, The Halle, Birmingham Royal Ballet and Rambert Dance Company.
Work as a scenic artist and prop-maker includes shows for the Royal Northern College of Music, The Lowry, Bolton Octagon, Library Theatre (Manchester) and Swan Theatre (Worcester). Nerissa also teaches workshops in visual art, theatre design, masks, puppetry, props and costumes.
Nerissa exhibited at the 2D>3D Theatre Design exhibition at the Millennium Galleries in Sheffield in 2002/3 and was part of the education team doing workshops with visiting school groups.
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