gambardellavalentina@gmail.com
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Originally from Sicily, I am a costume designer and costume maker located in Ireland. I work across theatre, opera, dance, circus and with musicians. 

I believe designing for theatre is a collaborative act because working with others leads to original solutions. I have a hands-on approach and interacting directly with materials informs my final designs. 

Costume designer credits include: Shades Through a Shade (Gare St. Lazare), Grace (Graffiti), A Summer I Robbed the Bank (The Everyman), Home Sweet Home (Suisha Arts), The Weight (Once Off Productions), The Magic Flute (Cork Opera House), Twelfth Night (Shakespeare Squared), The Glass Menagerie (Everyman Theatre), The Four Lovers (Circus Factory), (Un)Holy Blood (Live at St. Luke’s), ’La Bohème’ (Cork Opera House), Whale (Cork Opera House), A Safe Passage (Firkin Crane), Contact (Corcadorca), The Small Things (Corcadorca), Cosy (Gaitkrash), How it is (Gare St.Lazare). 

I am a Lecturer of Costume and Makeup Design at the Munster University of Technology and since 2023 I am part of the committee of the Irish Society of Performance Designers.