Laura Kirst, born in Hamburg, works as a costume and set designer for theater and film. She studied at the Berlin University of the Arts under Prof. Florence von Gerkan and assisted Sasha Waltz.
In recent years, she has collaborated with Bonn Park, Lucia Bihler, Anna Weber, Leonie Böhm, and Kieran Joel, designing costumes and sets for institutions such as Schauspielhaus Hamburg, Volkstheater München, Burgtheater Wien, Staatstheater Wiesbaden, and Schauspiel Köln.
The magazine Theater Heute has twice named Laura Kirst "Young Costume Designer of the Year." Together with Leonie Falke, she runs the fashion label Studiomilch and is part of the theater collective Ciao Now.