White Horse Theatre Production Design

Well as far as good intentions go, I am serenely cruising down the path to witty, engaging, punctual blogging success. Life does, however, seem to get in the way; so here I am (again) apologising for eons of blog-free vacuum, offering up another sporadic blog post...

 I have just returned (again!) from spending another three months in Germany where I have been dismembering Ken dolls, haggling at flea markets, assembling bizarre steampunk automata, spending many hours (and even more Euros) whimpering in Primark, and of course warming my blueing fingers over an elderly gas heater in between bouts of painting.

 So whilst I collate my production photographs from my first couple of months out there, here is a little taster of what we’ve been up to behind the scenes at White Horse Theatre...

So nice to be designing again... I get to wear nice clothes like normal human beings! Spot the following: The Golden Gallery of St Paul's (upside down), three legs of ham, two old man's hands, an old man mask, an umbrella (soon to become the London Eye), an ice cream tray, two strings of saussages and a phonograph.

 

The workings of a mad woman - Smellsock Fomes' Resurrector Machine

 Here we have the sculpted head of Lord Swigwell, soon to be cast and made into a mask for The Great Detective. On the right is a Bayeaux Tapestry-inspired squirrel puppet for Maid Marian. Both were made by the wonderful Lucy Dentith.

Here is a little puppet of Smellsock Fomes in his flying machine and the famous diamond necklace, both also from The Great Detective and made by myself and Sophie Clayton.

The beginnings of a beautiful Bayeaux deer, also made by the lovely Sophie Clayton.

The backdrop for The Great Detective, also in progress, and painted by the very talented Meg Williams.


More show photos, anecdotes and enthralling plotlines coming soon!