Jana Lakatos
About
'With a stylized approach to set, costume and puppetry design I consciously incorporate the physicality of performers into the overall visual experience. My process starts with concept art ranging across mediums, developing through model making and CAD into immersive spaces for traditional and site-specific experiences. Focused on the amalgamation of art and function, I create spaces that supersede reality. '
Credits
Jana has designed for opera and theatre with set credits including the David Seligman Opera schools, Opera Double Bill: Gianni Schicchi & La Bella Dormente Nel Bosco (2024, RWCMD), Biography of a Constellation (2024) and A Female Perspective (2024). She received the Paul Kimpton Prize for Innovation in 2022. With puppet design credits for the Opera Double Bill (2024), Giant! (2023) and Now & Then (2022).
She assisted across five seasons of Pantomimes, most recently leading wardrobe maintenance for Immersion Theatre's Jack and the Beanstalk (2023).
She has recently received her BA in Design for Performance from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and has produced a research project dissertation on ‘The Influence of Art on Opera Design’ with a study into the relationship between the expressionist art movement and expressionist opera.