Ashamed to Kiss? Certainly Not!!

Remember the show I designed for Theatre Nomad back in August? You can read about it here if you don't!

My friend and the artistic director, Luke Dixon, just sent me photos of the performance of Ashamed to Kiss - they are brilliant! I don't think I need many words here, just enjoy the photos.

Oh, and Happy Winter Solstice, Christmas, Hanukah etc and have a great New Year!!!

Ashamed to Kiss

Oh dear.... Well, things have been a bit busy around here so my blogging has fallen behind... sorry!

But to make up for it here is a little preview of what I have been working on.

I was asked to design the costumes for a production by the English Theatre Company Theatre Nomad. They are doing a 30 minute version of Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew called Ashamed to Kiss with three actors. I was given a burlesque/pantomime style brief and got going on ideas:



After the mood boards helped to to solidify my ideas I drew out some designs and sent them to Luke the Artistic Director for approval:



Luke loved them and I got to work on making them. Petruchio (the male character) and Katarina were already cast, Bianca hadn't been found yet so I just worked on the two costumes. As with theatre, Bianca has currently been cut from the production, so only two costumes were eventually produced:



I am very happy with the way the costumes have turned out. I think they look exactly like my designs! Luke is very happy with them as are the actors.

There will be three performances of Ashamed to Kiss in London in February so go take a look if you're in the area... more details soon!