Capilano University Costuming for Stage and Screen

Capilano University Costuming for Stage and Screen Capilano University Costuming for Stage and Screen Program

Learn the technical and creative aspects of costuming for both theatre and film in this 2 year Diploma program

Developed over 10 years ago in collaboration with the motion picture industry, this program is unique in both BC and Canada in offering industry training in all aspects of costuming for both stage and screen. The program covers costume history, wardrobe management, cutting and constructi

on techniques, dying, aging and breakdown and includes hands-on experience on University theatre productions and student film projects.

Looking for work in Nanaimo.  @ Pro Elvis jumpsuits is hiring.   Costume seamstress and costume shop manager
04/28/2026

Looking for work in Nanaimo. @ Pro Elvis jumpsuits is hiring. Costume seamstress and costume shop manager

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04/23/2026

First year’s last project - b***d bodice or doublet. Smashing ❤️💛💙💜.

Interested in working with costumes on a cruise ship. Royal Carribean is hiring.
02/16/2026

Interested in working with costumes on a cruise ship. Royal Carribean is hiring.

Recruitment for experienced costume professionals supporting the launch of entertainment productions aboard Royal Caribbean’s Legend of the Seas.

02/13/2026

CapU Costuming has a new patching machine for leather work. Here's a brief overview of how it works!

A few weeks ago, our second year class was privileged to welcome Arris from to teach one of our intensives. Students were introduced to working with leather, learning to make slip covers for shoes - a technique often seen in the film industry. Say goodbye to never having the right shoe for the fit!

Detail shots from our leatherworking intensive at CapU! Second year students dove in to making slip covers, the majority...
02/13/2026

Detail shots from our leatherworking intensive at CapU! Second year students dove in to making slip covers, the majority of them having never worked with leather or shoes. If you could make any shoe, what would you make?

Every spring our first and second year students team up with Capilano Motion Picture Arts Program to work on a short fil...
02/12/2026

Every spring our first and second year students team up with Capilano Motion Picture Arts Program to work on a short film together. The first film production collaboration of the year just wrapped! Butterflies and Heliophysics, Directed by Rebecca Thomas (.rt), Starring Julius Heck () and Alexis Cannon (.cannon_) is an apocalyptic love story. Here are some behind the scenes pictures provided by our costuming crew!:
Costume Designer:
ACD + Coordinator: .t_costumes
Set/Truck Costumer: .smys
Set/Truck Costumer:

This week, the 2nd year’s in CapU costuming made masks in our mask intensive! Everyone came up with their own concept fo...
01/31/2026

This week, the 2nd year’s in CapU costuming made masks in our mask intensive! Everyone came up with their own concept for a mask and worked with our instructor to learn how to realize it!

01/28/2026

On set, actors of course need to eat, but us costumers have to protect the costume while they do it!

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