Once the costumes, coursework and dissertations were all completed the final part of my classes grade was a show and exhibition of our work. This meant a stressful week of rehearsals, decorating the theatre and organising shelves, plinths and mannequins for displaying our work.
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| My section of the exhibition, my other two costumes are Papageno from The Magic Flute by Mozart (my design project) and Aravis from The Horse and His Boy by C.S Lewis (interpreted for stage from the book illustration by Pauline Baynes) |
As the college was moving to a new site after the summer we also had to contend with some of the organisation and deadlines that the staff had been given for clearing the rooms but it did mean we got to do some cool stuff that we couldn't have done otherwise like decorating the voms' in the theatre. and painting the classroom floors.
The theatre itself is 'in the round' and was the old site of the Stephen Joseph theatre before it moved down the road in the 90's. This setup is quite challenging but also very fun to work with as you have to keep all four sides of the audience engaged with the performance and so can't have your back to any one section for too long.
I was lucky enough to have one of my classmates sisters take some photos of my model wearing my work onstage. (the pink frill was finally added about a day or two before!)
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