Costume Symposium

The deadline for registration for this year’s Costume Symposium in Cardiff has been extended to 12 September 2025. Find out about registration here.

This year the sixth Costume Symposium will be held from Friday 19 – Sunday 21 September at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama/ Coleg Brenhinol Cerdd a Drama Cymru in Cardiff, with the usual format of a day of talks followed by two days of workshops. Find out about registration here. Keynote speaker […]

This year the fifth Costume Symposium will be held from Friday 6 – Sunday 8 September at Nottingham Trent University, with the usual format of a day of talks followed by two days of workshops. Find out about registration here. Keynote speaker for the Talks day (Friday 6 September) will be Caroline McCall, a BAFTA […]

This year the fifth Costume Symposium will be held from Friday 6 – Sunday 8 September at Nottingham Trent University, with the usual format of a day of talks followed by two days of workshops. Speakers and tutors will be announced soon, and registration will open in June.

Talks day 2023 – Danny Boyle and Claire Smith. Photo © Andreas Sterzing 2023.The fourth Costume Symposium was held at the University of Huddersfield’s Barbara Hepworth Building from Friday 1 to Sunday 3 September 2023. The talks day included an interview with director Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, The Beach, Slumdog Millionaire), a keynote session from award-winning […]

We are thrilled that that Academy Award winning director Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire, Yesterday) will be a special guest speaker at the Talks day (Friday 1 September) of the 2023 Costume Symposium at the University of Huddersfield. The day will also feature keynote speaker Academy Award winning costume designer Jenny Beavan (Mad Max: Fury Road, […]

Registration is now open for Costume Symposium 2023. Further information here. Join other costume professionals and students at the University of Huddersfield from 1 – 3 September 2023 for three days of talks and workshops by costume specialists in film, theatre, television and opera. Click to download registration form (Word) Click to download registration form […]

Save the date: the fourth UK Costume Symposium for costume designers, technicians, makers and BA and MA Costume students is heading north and will be held at the University of Huddersfield from Friday 1 – Sunday 3 September 2023, with the usual mix of talks and workshops. Registration will open in June. In the meantime, […]

Photo: David Lukacs / Ada Films Ltd – Harris S We are delighted to welcome award-winning costume designer Jenny Beavan OBE (Mrs Harris Goes to Paris) as keynote speaker for the talks day at the University of Huddersfield on Friday 1 September 2023. With 12 Academy Award nominations for Best Costume Design and three wins, […]

It’s a new year and we are starting to make plans for the 2023 Costume Symposium. It has always been our aim to hold the event in different parts of the UK to give potential participants the chance to attend without the expense of travelling long distances from home. So far we have held the […]