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Sarah Dicks
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Beneath Our Feet

Costume Design
Promenade dance piece designed for performances in caves and underground spaces: a danced journey underground with music, words and torchlight. Produced by Made by Katie Green.

Bridging the Gap

For the launch of Bristol Green Capital 2015, Sarah collaborated with Cirque Bijou to create this illuminated aerial costume. High wire walker Jade Kindar Martin braved an 100ft high wire on a bicycle with his wife Karine Mauffrey suspended beneath him as projections animated the buildings.

Emerge/ncy

Costume Design
Installation and durational performance, thematically responding to large concerns: global inequality, climate change and human migration. Produced by Tangled Feet.

Voodoo Rising

Costume Design
Drawing upon a rich tapestry of cultural references, Voodoo Rising is a euphoric fusion of music, movement, fire and pyrotechnics inspired by the Louisiana Bayou and hedonism of 90s clubland. Produced by Walk the Plank, Sonya Moorhead and Mr Wilson’s Second Liners.

Dracula: The Bloody Truth

Costume Design
A somewhat faithful re-telling of the Bram Stoker original that sees four men play 40 characters in 100 minutes.  Produced by Le Navet Bete.

Greenham: 100 Years of War and Peace

Costume Design
A large scale outdoor event celebrating 20 years of the Greenham Trust. Greenham Common came alive through an amazing spectacle of performance, songs, light projections and live art. It portrayed one hundred years of history of the Common and the dramatic moments of war and peace that form part of it’s history.

I am Me. We are Kindred.

Costume Design
Promenade performance produced by Spectra, a performance company that draws on the diverse creativity of its mixed professional and learning disabled community cast to devise multi-sensory, immersive theatre. 

HOME

Costume Designer.
Outdoor dance performance inspired by Home. Produced by Chameleon Youth and Walk the Plank. Performed at Manchester Day 2018.

Manchester Day 2018

Costume Design
Community carnival procession produced by Walk the Plank and Manchester City Council

Mirror Sky

Theatre Design
A mass participation performance exploring the use of technology in public space.
Produced by Tangled Feet.

A Strange New Space

Theatre Design
An imagined voyage into space, paralleled with Amira’s real-life journey as a refugee across continents is a non-verbal, one-woman show aimed at children.
Produced by Tessa Bide Productions.

Conversations with Dystonia Parts I & II

Costume Designer
Dance theatre exploring Suzie Birchwood’s relationship with her disability. Produced by Arc Dance.

Khoj

Costume Design
Outdoor performance combining live music, song, circus and Kathak dance.
Produced by Nuthkut and Cirque Bijou.

The Light Princess

Costume Designer
Family Christmas show at The Tobacco Factory Theatre 2015. Produced by Peepolykus and Tobacco Factory Theatres.

HOP!

Costume Design
Lindy Hop inspired dance performance by graduates of Silverbirch’s training course. Touring to festivals, theatres, schools, and residential centres. The graduate company has a rapidly growing reputation for performances of high quality contemporary dance. Produced by Silverbirch Dance Company.

Otto and the Robin

Theatre Design
Family Christmas show at the Lighthouse Theatre, Poole. Produced by Angel Exit Theatre

The Festive Fable of the Melody Makers

Theatre Design
Family Christmas show produced by Tessa Bide Productions

Ar Waith, Ar Daith

Costume Designer
Large scale theatrical outdoor event to celebrate 10 years of the Wales Millennium Centre. Produced by Walk the Plank.

Dick Tracy

Costume Designer
Physical touring comedy theatre produced by Le Navet Bete.

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Costume Designer
Children’s Theatre production produced by Stuff & Nonsense Theatre.

Zooom!

Costume Designer
Event to celebrate 100 years of Brownies produced by Cirque Bijou.

The Big Bounce

Costume Designer
Outdoor dance theatre for early years produced by Jam Theatre.

The Ballad of Martha Brown

Theatre Design
Original drama based on the life and times of Martha Brown, the last woman publicly hanged in Dorset.
Produced by Angel Exit Theatre.

Fuzzbox

Art Director and Costume Designer
BBC3 TV Pilot featuring the voices of real teens from pupil referral units.
Produced by My Pockets.

Battle for the Winds

Costume Designer
Opening celebrations of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Sailing Events in Weymouth. Produced by Cirque Bijou and Desperate Men.

The Caucus Race

Costume Designer
Outdoor Dance, Circus and Theatre Event produced by Cirque Bijou at The Story Museum Oxford.

Arnold's Big Adventure

Costume Designer
Outdoor family theatre produced by Tessa Bide Productions

Educational Projects

Sarah’s passion for education has seen her teach all ages from workshops in primary schools to lecturing at universities and running adult learning courses all around the country.
Sarah is currently teaching Costume at the University of Bristol on the BA(Hons) Theatre Studies degree.

Educational Projects include:
Visiting Lecturer at Arts University Bournemouth: BA(Hons) Costume with Performance Design
Visiting Lecturer at Somerset Art College BA(Hons) Theatrical Make-up.
Vistiing Lecturer at Circomedia BA Circus Skills
Willow Lantern workshops for Lantern Procession produced by The Holbourne Museum, Bath.
Carnival Costume and large scale puppetry workshops for Moving Tides Carnival, Weymouth.
Carnival Costume workshops for Notting Hill Carnival with Clement James Centre.
The Hunky Punks Project, creating gargoyle inspired toys in Langport, Somerset.
Patchwork Quilt Making, Bristol Folk House.

Beneath Our Feet

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Bridging the Gap

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Emerge/ncy

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Voodoo Rising

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Dracula: The Bloody Truth

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Greenham: 100 Years of War and Peace

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I am Me. We are Kindred.

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HOME

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Manchester Day 2018

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Mirror Sky

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A Strange New Space

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Conversations with Dystonia Parts I & II

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The Light Princess

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HOP!

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Otto and the Robin

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The Festive Fable of the Melody Makers

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Ar Waith, Ar Daith

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Dick Tracy

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Goldilocks and the Three Bears

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Zooom!

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The Big Bounce

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The Ballad of Martha Brown

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Fuzzbox

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Battle for the Winds

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The Caucus Race

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Arnold's Big Adventure

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