Alisa is a theatre designer based in Glasgow. She studied Visual Communication at the Iceland University of the Arts in Reykjavik before training in Set and Costume Design at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow. Upon graduation she received The John Groves Technical Award for overall achievement. She is an Associate Artist at Brite Theatre company and also works as a design mentor and consultant.
Direct contact
alisa.kalyanova@outlook.com
+44 793 1009479
Theatre - set and costume design
YEAR
PRODUCTION
DIRECTOR
COMPANY/VENUE
2024
Opera Scenes
Olly Platt
Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London
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Jaïrus Obayomi
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow
2023
Same Team: A Street Soccer Story
Bryony Shanahan
Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Cinderella /Costume Design Only/
Ken Alexander
Gaiety Theatre, Ayr
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Lysanne van Overbeek
IF OPERA, Bradford-on-Avon
Matthew Lenton
Vanishing Point - Tron Theatre, Glasgow and Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
The Bookshop Untold
Nikki Kalkman
Wigtown Book Festival, Wigtown
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
/Costume design only/
/Costume design only/
Hope Dickson Leach
National Theatre of Scotland / Selkie Productions
Figaro
/Set design only/
/Set design only/
Oliver Platt
Opera Bohemia (Scottish tour)
Class Act
/as puppeteer and animator/
/as puppeteer and animator/
Various
Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
2020
The Scunner That Stole Christmas
Ken Alexander
The Gaiety Theatre, Ayr
At a Distance
Eoin McKenzie, Hannah Venet
The Gaiety Theatre, Ayr
2018
Humbug!
Andy McGregor
Citizens Theatre & Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Splendour
Matthew Bentley
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
The Arsonists
Andrea Cabrera Luna, Marc Silverschatz
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
The Fall of Europe
Tomaž Krajnc
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Tiny Dynamite
Heather Knudtsen
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Anything Goes
/Set Design only/
/Set Design only/
Ryan Peacock
The Lyric Musical Society, His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen
North Haven
Richard Cerato
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Bubble
Shilpa Hyland
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Happier or Better?
David Wood
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
2017
The Caddie
Alice Langle
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
My Shadow and Me
Conor Hinds
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
THEATRE - design consultant
2022
One of Two by Jack Hunger, dir. Robert Softley Gale - Summerhall, Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Once Upon a Raindrop by Svetlana McMahon and Natalya McDonald - Deaf Action, Edinburgh Fringe Festival
The Virgin Trial by Kate Hennig, dir. Meghan de Chastelain - Chandler Studio, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow
The Last Witch by Rona Munro, dir. Matthew Jeffery - Chandler Studio, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow
Fill Fill Fill Fill Fill Fill Fill by Steph Del Rosso, dir. Colette Hamilton - Chandler Studio, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow
2021
Pains of Youth by Martin Crimp after Ferdinand Bruckner, dir. Katie Jackson - AGOS, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow
Loveplay by Moira Buffini, dir. Ludwig Juhrich - AGOS, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow
A History of Breathing by Daniel Macdonald, dir. Diana Dizor - AGOS at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow
Out of Water by Zoe Cooper, dir. Calum Dwyer - AGOS at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow
Pomona by Alistair McDowall, dir. Jaïrus Obayomi - AGOS at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow
The Astronaut’s Chair by Rona Munro, dir. Cal Moore - AGOS at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow
2019
Scorched by Wajdi Mouawad, dir. Leonor Estrada - Chandler Studio Theatre at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow
Age of Blindness by Dharamvir Bharati and Tanvi Shah, dir. Tanvi Shah - Chandler Studio Theatre at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow
Aliens by Annie Baker, dir. Rebecca Clark - Chandler Studio Theatre at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow
Little light by Alice Birch, dir. Katie Smith - Chandler Studio Theatre at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow
THEATRE - design assistant
- to Richard Evans on Shaw goes Wilde (2019), Sleepin’ Cutie (2018), Snow Queen (2018), Aladdin (2018), A Night To Remember (2018), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (2018), Look Up (2018)
- to Laura Fisher on enter the /move through /take up /leave (also - Costume Design) (2018)
- to Janis Hart for Orphee / Le vin herbe (2017), Hansel and Gretel (2016)
- to James Cotterill on English Eccentrics and Owen Wingrave during British Youth Opera Summer season 2016.
Film - PRODUCTION AND COSTUME DESIGN
Acclimatize (Foul Fish) /Costume Design/ dir. Bridie Gane - Short film - 2021
Andros /Costume Design/ dir. Doris Tääker - Short film - 2018
Greylag /Production Design/ dir. Ben Hunter - Short film - Nominated for Best Drama for Royal Television Society Student Award Scotland - 2016
Skin Deep /Production Design/ dir. Gwenllian Thurstan - Short film - 2014
Film and TV - Art department
The Oath dir. Baltasar Kormákur - Assistant to Production Designer during the pre-production stage (to Heimir Sverrisson) - Feature film - 2015
“Think Blue” by Volkswagen dir. Christian Mielmann - Art Department Assistant, Art Department Standby - Advertisement (Unreleased) - 2015
“The Cube” by Canal+ dir. Antoine Bardou-Jacquet - Assistant Props (Icelandic Unit) - Advertisement - 2015
Ūhte dir. Ray Tallan - Art Department Assistant - Short film - 2015
Music videos
“Lung Breathers” by Oyama - Directed/Designed - 2015
“Nott (One for the Girls)” by Samaris - Directed/Designed - 2015
“Bloom” by Pascal Pinon - Directed/Designed - 2014