Christian Hadley

Title: Instructor
Phone: 204.258-3811
Office: 4T06, 0T23
Building: Asper Centre of Theatre and Film
Email: c.hadley@uwinnipeg.ca

Biography:

Christian is a former student of the University of Winnipeg, and has spent the last 20 years working in the Winnipeg theatre community.  Since 2012, he has been the Makeup designer/ head of make up department for Manitoba Opera Association. Christian has worked as a makeup artist and designer for most of the theatre companies within Manitoba. Several productions of note are The Wizard of Oz (RWB), Beauty and the Beast (Rainbow Stage), and La Cage aux Folles (RMTC). He has worked as make up crew for Phantom of the Opera at the Centennial Concert Hall. Christian has also transferred his skill set into Independent Films and has worked on films with both Absurd Machine Films and Electric Monk. He is also the founder and creative force behind Post Mortem Productions, a company that specializes in makeup, prosthetics, and prop fabrication.

Affiliations:

IATSE Local 63

Teaching Areas:

Make up, sculpting, prosthetics, fabrication

Courses:

Make up, Introduction to basic stage make up

Research Interests:

The development of high quality quick change prosthetics for use in theatre. Develop new materials for prosthetics that create greater availability and access to theatre companies. Different processes of fabrication.