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

Costume workers deserve the same protections as everyone else in theatre, says Catherine Kodicek – and the key to safe working is pragmatic prior planning

Costume designer Catherine Kodicek says even when the pay is good and the long hours are managed, the stresses and strains of Covid can take their toll on backstage staff on theatre’s front line

If the government wants to recapture the optimism of the 2012 Olympics, says Catherine Kodicek, £120 million towards fairer working structures might be a better gesture than a misguided ’Festival of Brexit’

The time frames may be different, and more forward planning is required, but Covid-safe working is good news for costume professionals, says Catherine Kodicek

Theatre’s recovery depends on the ingenuity of its workforce, says costume designer Catherine Kodicek – it is we who have all the tools needed to save the arts

How can we harness our new-found activism, cooperation and passion for the arts to make theatre better? asks Catherine Kodicek

Freelance costume designer Catherine Kodicek says the pandemic could lead to new protocols, which are the start of a fairer and more robust industry

We must not allow the government to tell us it cannot afford to support the arts, nor to insist workers repay the support they have received, says costume designer Catherine Kodicek

Women are plugging the holes created by our austerity government and I applaud them for stepping up – I just wish society valued them as much