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Sara Taylor

Course Leader and Senior Lecturer – BA (Hons) Make-up for Media and PerformanceMA, SFHEA, PGCE
Email me: staylor@aub.ac.uk

Overview

Sara’s professional career began as an assistant in the Wigs and Make-up department at The Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon. Sara became Head of Wigs and Make-up for the RSC regional and overseas tours, which gave her extensive knowledge of international touring theatre.

Sara has worked on many west end productions including Head of Wigs and Make-up on the busy production of Crazy for You! (Prince Edward Theatre), Measure for Measure (Young Vic), Richard III (Donmar Warehouse) and The Blue Angel (Gielgud Theatre). Sara's further credits include head of Wigs and Make-up for the musical 'Cats' (UK Tour and New London Theatre). She continues to work as a freelance wig maker and make-up artist.

Sara is also a painter. Her current paintings explore how Identity is constructed through appearance, and how character is represented and interpreted by an audience. Her work interrogates the physicality of ageing flesh through portraiture and considers notions of glamour, beauty and the grotesque.

Sara has led the development of BA (Hons) Make-up for Media and Performance since its inception.

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Contact:

Name: Sara Taylor
Email: staylor@aub.ac.uk

    Qualifications

    Qualifications

    • MA Painting (Arts University Bournemouth)
    • Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy

    Teaching Qualification

    • Postgraduate Certificate in Education (University of Plymouth)

    Teaching

    Make-up in Higher Education

    Sara has twenty years experience in teaching and learning in Higher and Further Education

    Authorship Make-up courses

    • HND Media Make-up (University of Plymouth)
    • FdA Media Make-up (University of Plymouth),
    • BA (Hons) Make-up for Media and Performance Top-up (AUB)
    • BA (Hons) Make-up for Media and Performance at (AUB)

    External Examiner and External Panel Member

    • Bath Spa University
    • University of the Arts London
    • The Open University
    • University of Worcester
    • The Delamar Academy of Make-up and Hair

    Courses

    Research

    Research Interests and Projects

    • Book commission – Hairy Bits: Designing and Making Wigs and Hairpieces for Make-up Transformation (Routledge)
    • Curation – A Hair’s Breadth at the M Studio Gallery AUB.

    Professional Engagement

    International Guest Speaker and Workshops

    • Showreel International Film Festival: Guest Speaker 'Make-up Transformation, Technology and Artistry: creating and manipulating identity within film productions'
    • United States Institute Theatre Technology: Guest Speaker 'Where Fantasy, Technology and Artistry Meet', Louisville, USA
    • United States Institute Theatre Technology: Guest Speaker 'The Art of Bringing History to Life', Louisville, USA
    • Make-up workshops F2MG in Seoul / Gwangju, South Korea
    • ‘A Career in Make-up’, Stovangar, Norway
    • Compose your Future ‘Developing a Portfolio for Higher Education’ Excel, London

    Memberships

    Advance HE Membership

    • Senior Fellow (SFHEA)

    Professional Memberships

    • United States Institute of Theatre Technology
    • West End Wiggies