Alisa Kalyanova
Set and Costume Designer
Alisa Kalyanova is a Glasgow-based set and costume designer working in theatre. She studied Visual Communication and Graphic Design at the Iceland University of the Arts in Reykjavik before training in Set and Costume Design at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow. Drawing on Eastern European and Scandinavian influences, her practice embraces devised, laboratory-style work using collaboration as a driving force in the creative process.
Her recent theatre credits include Die Fledermaus (Opera Bohemia); Le Dernier Sorcier (Buxton International Festival); Keli (National Theatre of Scotland); Dido and Aeneas, Opera Scenes (Guildhall School of Music and Drama); Suor Angelica (Oprea Bohemia); Mother Goose, Cinderella (Gaiety Theatre); [BLANK], The Summoning of Everyman, Taming of the Shrew (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland); Same Team (Traverse Theatre); Fedora, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (IF Opera); Love The Sinner (Vanishing Point); Exodus, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (National Theatre of Scotland); The Bacchae, Julius Caesar (Company of Wolves); Wolfie, hang, The Mistress Contract (Tron Theatre); The Last Forecast, Kissing Linford Christie (Catherine Wheels); Chaos (Perth Theatre); Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Jamie and the Unicorn (Ayr Gaiety Theatre – costumes only); Figaro, The Merry Widow (Opera Bohemia) and Robin Hood (Cumbernauld Theatre).