For now, Catherine Kodicek is saying goodbye to the industry – unfair wages, long hours and empty mission statements are pushing out workers, she says

Kim Kardashian caused controversy by wearing Marilyn Monroe’s ’happy birthday, Mr President’ dress, but Catherine Kodicek says reusing vintage pieces is nothing new to costume designers

The gendered nature of theatre jobs is intrinsically linked to why some are valued more than others, says Catherine Kodicek. It’s time for employers to take stock of their own biases that still prevent the gender pay gap from closing

The issue of Covid-safe work compliance backstage is being swept under the rug by some producers, Catherine Kodicek says. For SOLT’s 10 principles on safe work spaces to mean anything they must be backed by action

Working at the National Theatre for a few weeks, costume designer Catherine Kodicek has been impressed by its pastoral care and reminded that subsidy is a gift to the whole theatre ecosystem, not just one building

Catherine Kodicek gives her six resolutions for wardrobe professionals to make their working lives better in 2022

Theatre producers are showing a moral failing by insisting that loyal workers pay back their furlough contributions while struggling to make up the shortfall of skilled hands lost through resignations, says costume designer Catherine Kodicek

I will forever miss the joy of a trip to Berwick Street, says costume designer Catherine Kodicek, when everything you needed for a show could be found in one Soho street

Every movement needs allies and the BECTU Theatre Freelancers Branch is fully switched on to the gender-pay issue, say Catherine Kodicek

If producers are serious about the well-being of performers, says Catherine Kodicek, they must help curb fat-shaming by supporting costumiers to accommodate changing body shapes

With every West End show opening in the same three months, designers are at capacity – commercial producers need to work with us to avoid a costume crash, says designer Catherine Kodicek

The pandemic laid bare the precarious employment conditions for many in theatre, says freelance costume designer Catherine Kodicek – how do those who’ve had little support now fight for better terms?

Colleges face a real ethical dilemma when it comes to preparing students for an industry that will most likely exploit their energy and enthusiasm, says Catherine Kodicek

Non-gendered job titles in costume departments would help the fight for pay equity, says costume designer and CiTEA founder Catherine Kodicek

With many theatre workers taking up other jobs in the pandemic, it’s easy to lose our theatre identities, says costume designer Catherine Kodicek, but now is the perfect opportunity for each of us to remember our former selves