Costume Designer, Stylist, Seamstress, Artist, & Storyteller

 

Kathleen (she/her) is a freelance costumer, stitcher, and creative based in Tkaronto (Toronto, ON). She grew up on Coast Salish Territories (Victoria, BC) and holds dual citizenship between Canada and the United Kingdom. Kathleen started out as a scenic painter and stage manager for her high school production of The Outsiders, and has honed her skills in theatre production, scenic painting, illustration, stitching & fabric manipulation, set and costume design, and art history.

As a graduate of Toronto Metropolitan University’s School of Performance with a BFA in Performance Production (2019), Kathleen has worked in theatre, dance, and the music industry in various productions. She also achieved a Certificate in Social Media Marketing from George Brown Polytechnic (2025).

Kathleen has collaborated with Dora Mavor Moore winning choreographers such as Peggy Baker, Frog in Hand, and Valerie Calam.

Her costume design and stitching work has been showcased at Reading & Leeds Festival (UK), The Toronto Fringe Festival, The Juno Awards (2026), The Citadel + Compagnie, Tarragon Theatre’s Greenhouse Festival, and the Harbourfront Centre Theatre.

In addition, her cosplay costumes have been showcased at the VALORANT Champions 2025 in Paris, and BBNO$’s 151 Pokémon Cosplay in Los Angeles. When she was nineteen, she spent time touring around England as a stage manager and set painter for Wyllie Longmore’s stage productions.

Kathleen is eager to collaborate on work that uplifts LGBTQIA2S+, Indigenous, BIPOC, and Disabled voices. She spends her time researching art history and historical dress of political and labour movements and hopes to utilize her skills in abstract communication to bring about a more just and kind world, whatever that may be.

Companies // Clients she has collaborated with:

  • National Ballet of Canada

  • Tarragon Theatre

  • University of Toronto Opera Department

  • TALK

  • Good Kid

  • Sebastian Gaskin

  • This is Your Brain on Plants (TIYBOP)

  • ZOFF

  • Pigeon and Thread

  • lululemon