I am Valentine (she/her), a workshop facilitator, theatre designer and maker based in Cardiff.
Working collaboratively, making socially engaged work and a focus on sustainability are at the core of my practice.
Before graduating from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, I studied literature and developed a passion for text-based work. I am also really interested in more unconventional work like participatory work, performance in public spaces, installation. Originally from France, I studied for three years in Ecole Boulle in Paris where I learned to work closely with makers and craftsmen.
I love being part of a busy collaborative process and working with people!
Write to me at valentinegigandet@hotmail.com / 07936431187
LINBURY PRIZE WINNER & BURSARY RECIPIENT 2021
2024
Learning facilitator - The Awen Project, Dinas Powys
Facilitator, Co-designer & Maker - ‘Light stories’ installation - No Fit State & young people from TGP, Cardiff
Facilitator - ‘Make a Pledge’ workshop - Amgueddfa Cymru, Cardiff
2023
Design assistant - ‘Humbug’, Hijinx Odyssey Christmas Production, WMC, Cardiff
Facilitator - Youth Theatre group Mess Up the Mess Theatre Company, Ammanford
Facilitator - Introduction to puppetry workshop - RWCMD, Cardiff
Facilitator - Halloween mask making workshop - RWCMD, Cardiff
Facilitator - ‘Design your Dream city’ workshop - Child Friendly Festival, Cardiff
Designer & Maker - ‘Familiar Faces’ installation - No Fit State, Cardiff
Facilitator - Introduction to set and costume design workshops - Arts Active Trust, Cardiff
Participation worker - The Dreamers Project at Oasis Cardiff with 16-25 years old
2022
Illustrator - Custom logo stamp for Mabin Eatery Coffee shop
Design assistant - Linbury placement alongside Katie Sykes for Many minds show Same storm, same sky - Bristol Old Vic
Facilitator - Sci-Fi costume design summer school - Arts Active Trust, Cardiff
Costume breakdown daily - The Winter King, Bristol
Design assistant - Playmaking festival - Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon
Set & costume design - Macbeth, adapted and directed by Kirsty Bushell and Edward Bennett - La Maison dans la Vallée, Avon
Set & costume design assistant - The identity project, directed by Christian Burgess, designed by Joséphine Fauchier- Théâtre Municipal de Fontainebleau
Puppet maker - Beyond the stars, devised by Connor Allen & Roanna Lewis
Puppetry workshops leader - Arts Active Trust, Cardiff
Set & costume design - Diary of a somebody, directed by Nico Pimparé - Seven Dial’s Playhouse
Design consultant - Richard II, Quandary collective - The Vaults theatre
Set & costume design - Faustus: that damned woman, directed by Anna Marsland - The Carne, LAMDA
Set & costume design - Intimate Apparel, directed by Dawn Walton - The Carne, LAMDA
Set & costume design & builder - Croesi’r Llinell, directed by Carwyn Blayney - Arad Goch, Aberystwyth
2021
Set & costume design - Cymbeline, directed by Anna Marsland - Sainsbury Theatre, LAMDA
Set & costume design - Julius Caesar, directed by Rachel Valentine Smith - Sainsbury Theatre, LAMDA
Costume breakdown and dyer assistant - Willow TV series - Feb 2021 to Dec 2021 - Wales
Designer, puppet maker and illustrator - Baby bird and bee, devised by Sarah Argent and Kevin Lewis - Theatr Iolo
Scenic artist - Alice: curiouser and curiouser, designed by Tom Piper - V&A museum
Puppet maker and design consultant - The Future has a past exhibition, designed by Henry Alles - St Fagans
2020
Set & costume design - Kin, directed by Caroline Leslie - The Carne, LAMDA
Set & costume design - Parliament square, directed by Anna Marsland - The Carne, LAMDA
Set & costume design - Knives in Hens, directed by Philip Leone-Ganado - The Carne, LAMDA
Costume standby - War of the worlds TV series - Bristol
Scenic artist - Bay Productions, Cardiff
2019
Facilitator - Sew to say - rag dolls making and storytelling workshops with displaced communities - Oasis, refugees and asylum seekers center, Cardiff
Set & costume design - Arcadia, directed by Hannah Noone - Burton Theatre, Cardiff
Set & costume design - Grit, devised by Benjamin McCann - Venue 13, Edinburgh