About

Amy Hegarty is a designer, maker and performer in the outdoor arts world, specialising in costume, puppetry and community arts. She has worked with a range of renowned organisations such as St Patrick’s Festival, Walk the Plank and Wild Rumpus.

Amy’s work is collaborative and playful.  She particularly enjoys the buzz of performing and creating art that communities can engage with.

CV

Lead Designer/Maker

  • Manchester Pride Parade -Designer and maker for puppets, costumes and community workshops for Manchester Pride, August 2024

  • Muckno Mania-Lead artist for puppet workshop for Muckno Mania festival,Castleblayney, June 2024

  • St Patrick’s Festival- Lead artist for puppets, costumes and community workshops with the North East Inner City, March 2024

  • Cheesy Moon-Puppets, costume and concept for a walkabout puppet show, Summer 2023

  • Paper Trail Collective -Co-creator, designer and maker for Under Wonder, a performance installation event commissioned by Northern Roots February 2023

  • Oldham Council- Giant puppet creator for the Oldham Reindeer Parade, November 2022

  • Walk the Plank -Parade Artist at Manchester Day, Walk the Plank, June 2016-2022

  • Handmade Productions-Giant puppet costumes, Halifax and Manchester Christmas Parades, December 2023

  • Stilt costumes and illuminated headdresses, Burnley Light Night, December 2018 and 2019

  • Wild Rumpus -Designer and maker of puppets for Yuletide, Winter 2024

    -Designer and Maker of puppets at the Lanterns at Chester Zoo, Winter 2019-2022

  • Nutkhut                                   Designer and maker of giant bride and groom costumes for the Queen’s Jubilee pageant, June 2022.

  • Strange Train Company       Three cow bean bags for Animal Crackers, the Christmas show at Lyme Park, December 2023

  • Body and Soul                       The High Church of Enya, for Body and Soul June 2017

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    Seamstress

  • Manchester Pride                  Maker of costumes for Manchester Pride 2023

  • Bird in the Hand Theatre      Heron puppet BITH Sept 2022

  • Giant Sparrow costume August 2022

  • Walk the Plank                      Stage directions 2022

  • Stilt costumes, Strolling Bones, October 2019

  • The Collector (giant magpie puppet) 2021

  • Bones of Paine performer costume, August 2019.

  • Pride costumes, August 2019

  • Handmade Productions        Costumes, 2019-2024

  • Assistant at Handmade Parade, 2018- 2019

  • MIF                                          Dolls for A Sleeping Child, the Little Amal opening show, 2021

  • Menopause the Musical 2    Dress menopause musical 2020

  • HOME                                     Insane animals, Bourgeois and Maurice alterations 2020

  • Costumes with Character     Seamstress and prop maker for mascot costumes, 2019-2021

  • Lambert Puppet Theatre      Fabric puppets and puppet costume maker, Oct 2016-May 2018

  • Puppet costumes for ‘Into the Badlands’ TV show, October 2017

  • Ireland’s Got Talent               Alterations, March 2018

  • Electric Picnic                        Set Décor seamstress, September 2014-2017

  • Film and TV trainee               Bank of Ireland Advertisement, May 2018;

  • Quantico, April 2018;

  • The Girl from Mogadishu, March 2018;

  • Vikings, Season 6 2017-2018;

  • The Cured, Winter 2016

    Puppeteer

  • Walk the Plank                      The Collector, Summer 2024

  • Wild Rumpus                         Goblins, Yuletide, Winter 2024

  • Bear, Yuletide, December 2023

  • Emu, The Dorman Roost, April 2022         

  • Wolf, The Lanterns at Chester Zoo, December 21-22

  • Thingumajig Theatre             Swan, The Magic Lantern. Thingumajig Theatre June 2021

                                                    Yeshe the Yak walkabout, Summer 2021

  • Handmade Productions      Fox, Parades and Walkabouts, 2022-24