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Hugo Dodsworth

MA Performance Design Student


Biography

Hugo is a Performance Designer, working holistically across disciplines of set, lighting, and video design. He received his BA (Hons) in Italian and History of Art from UCL in 2021, with the highest marked dissertation of his cohort, entitled After Dark: Light as a material for placemaking. In 2019, Hugo spent a year working as an electrician and lighting design assistant at Teatro alla Scala in Milan. Hugo’s specialist skills include digital modelling and drafting, lighting design, visualisation and programming. BOVTS credits include: Romeo and Juliet (Redgrave Theatre); The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (The Station).

I absolutely love working backstage. It was something I had never done before arriving at BOVTS and I'm so grateful for the opportunity. Madi Barncoat, BA Costume Student