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Tahra Zafar, costume and effects designer

Desert Island Discs by BBC

Mar 8, 202650:57Society & Culture

Tahra Zafar is a costume and creature effects designer. She designed the Paddington Bear puppet featured in the hit West End production Paddington: The Musical. Born into a theatre family, she grew up with an Armenian Am...

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Tahra Zafar, costume and effects designer is an episode from Desert Island Discs by BBC. Tahra Zafar is a costume and creature effects designer. She designed the Paddington Bear puppet featured in the hit West End production Paddington: The...

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