Peepshow model theatre

Finished the peepshow box model auditorium

Total of 500 seats!

Peepshow auditorium model

Last week I worked on the inside of the Peepshow box that I designed last year. For the design of the auditorium I combined elements of the Bristol Old Vic and The Georgian Theatre Royal in Richmond.

SBTD exhibition - Make/Believe Nottingham

 My display at the SBTD exhibition in Nottingham, on until the 31st January.

More info here:
Link to SBTD website

I am exhibiting:

The Boy Who Cried Wolf - Tutti Frutti

The Raree Man Peepshow - Prom Prom Productions

Cinderella - Georgian Theatre Royal

Catalogue page:

The Boy Who Cried Wolf modelbox

I made the scale figures using a wire armature, Supersculpy for the figure, Das for the clothes and paint to finish.

Panto design

Puss in Boots Set and cloths design

The design is influenced by 1950s fabric prints, illustration and adverts, particularly travel posters. 

I have used block colours with sharp edges and no black outlines.

Link to The Georgian Thetare Royal Website

Finished design for 365 Leeds Stories

Between Autumn 2013 and Summer 2014, Alison Andrews and Matthew Bellwood will be working with people from all over Leeds to create a series of maps of the city. These will be produced in collaboration with a range of other artists. Maps will be sung, embroidered, floated down rivers, fixed on to buses and rendered as shadows. Each map will show the city from a different perspective.

In May 2014, the maps and the stories they tell will be presented in Leeds Central Library where they will take the form of a labyrinth, an interactive maze of maps through which new routes and journeys may be imagined.

 Finished design for the Labyrinth, for 365 Leeds Stories. 

This is the centre of the Labyrinth, with a well in the centre. People who travel through the labyrinth have the chance to leave a story in the well.

Click here for more info

Finished designs for 'Cinderella' Panto 2013 at The Georgian Theatre Royal

I designed four clothes, the boudoir, ballroom, kitchen and a double layered front cloth.

The Boy Who Cried Wolf final model

Here is the final model for The Boy Who Cried Wolf

Ludus City Walk - July 2012

'The City Walk' figures

Magnifying glasses were handed out for the audience to look closely and view the tiny figures.

Above: Show Frances and Gideon having a lovely time during the show!

Ludus Festival - CityWalk miniature figures

I have been working with A Quiet Word on their show 'CityWalk' making miniature figures, they are 4.5 cms high, I have made seven in total, more pics to follow. The show opens on the 26th and runs until the 30th. Link to details below

http://www.ludusfestival.org/citywalk/

Prince of Denmark research and model

Research images

Scale model of back wall

The Leeds Library - Leeds Model

 Finally finished making the model of Leeds for 'The Book in my Head is now on the Page' at the Leeds Library on Friday night as part of the Light night performances.

Santa's Grotto initial design

Here is my scale model initial design idea for the Santa's Grotto area.

Brassed Off - Initial modelbox ideas

I have been working on the initial design ideas for Brassed Off, opening in June at the Mansfield Palace Theatre.

Looking for the Rainbow - SBTD figures

I have been re-making my model box and figures for the SBTD exhibition. Finished the models, now working my way through the model!

Terror Season at Southwark Playhouse

Here is my initial scale model for the Terror Season set, the design will be used for all four plays, with different configurations and props/set added/removed from the design to create the different settings.

Bittersweet Sunshine..

I have worked on the projection screen at the back of the set, this will be used for flash back scenes, where Solomon (who was a child soldier in Sierra Leone) imagines huge shadows from his former life taking over his surroundings.

Under Milk Wood model box..

I have been developing the design for Under Milk Wood. Adding texture and colour to the floor and adding set dressing to show different locations and scenes.  For example currently you can see the washing that is hung up by Polly Garter. 

The floor is split into different section also mirroring the hands of a clock face and sections of a clock.

Under Milk Wood model box

This is the first stages of the Under Milk Wood model box, the reverend Eli Jenkins writing desk is upstage right on the raised floor. There are lots of suspended props and costume surrounding the central set.

Looking for the Rainbow..

I have reworked the floor, though may change it back to yellow, the model shows all scene changes, I have changed the river so it comes from up stage rather than down stage right. I have also added circular coloured mats for the children to sit on.

Opening scene, ironing in the house

The cave

The hook a duck fairground game

The River

Back at home..the Rainbow

 

Under Milk Wood..

I am working with the Mansfield Palace Theatre, designing Under Milk Wood, which is on in June, here is the first stages of the scale model.
The play centers around a small welsh village, we see the comings and going of the villages occupants over a 24 hour period, from their private dreams to their daily routines.