Behind the scenes of Costume Making
We
had a great opportunity to go behind the scenes of the Playhouse's
costume making. We spoke to a lady who was currently making costumes
for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
Interesting
secrets of Theatre Costume
- They use cheap vodka to clean the costumes, just spray it on.
- The wigs are made by hooking individual strands of human hair through a net, very time consuming and have to have particularly skilled people to do it.
- Have to make replicas of all costumes for the understudies for the shows.
- Repairs daily, after every show.
- The lady worked 80 hours last week, but rewarding to see the show finally come together.
The Wardrobe
The
most fun we had was in the room with all the costumes from past
shows! They had everything, from huge pantomime costumes to medieval
and Tudor dress. I managed to find some military outfits and some
school uniforms from 1930s, which was helpful for my research into
World War II. To be honest today was probably more of a fun day, I am not sure how much of it was useful for my project but was very interesting nevertheless.
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