First Family Entertainment: 2011/12 Season: Making

Since Graduating I have been working for the Pantomime Production Company: First Family Entertainment. For the season 2011/12 they had various Pantomimes throughout the country including:

Dick Whittington at Aylesbury Waterside Theatre

Starring; Jonathon Wilkes and Gillian Wright

 

                  Peter Pan at Bristol Hippodrome               

                  Starring; David Hasselhoff

   

   Sleeping Beauty at Theatre Royal 

   Glasgow 

   Starring: Karen Dunbar and Claire Grogan

   Cinderella at Manchester Opera House 

   Starring: Louie Spence, Suzanne Shaw and Tam 

   Ryan

  Aladdin at Milton Keynes Theatre

  Starring: Gareth Gates, Paul Burling, Camilla 

  Dallerup, Russell Grant and Anita Dobson

   Cinderella at Richmond Theatre                        
   Starring: Jenny Éclair and Gary Wilmot

   Dick Whittington at New Wimbledon Theatre
   Starring: Barry Humphries as Dame Edna Everage,
   Sam Attwater and Eric Potts

    Peter Pan at New Victoria Theatre Woking

    Starring: Steve McFadden and Harry Derbridge

It was my third season working within the wardrobe department making, retouching, mending and decorating costumes before they are sent out to the venues. Below are a few examples of what I worked on for some of the shows.

Dandini Designed by Emma Waugh, 2011

Dandini Making 1, 2011

Dandini Making 2, 2011

Dandini Making Cuffs, 2011

Louie Spence as Dandini 1, Photographer Unknown, 2011

Louie Spence as Dandini 2, Photographer Unknown, 2011

                       Trailer for Cinderella, Manchester Opera House


This is a costume I constructed for Louie Spence as Dandini for Cinderella at Manchester Opera House. This included the jacket, leotard alterations, shoe decoration, cuffs and jabot.

                                 Sou'wester Petticoat Making 1, 2001

                                          Sou'wester making 1, 2011

 Sou'wester coat, Photographer Unknown, 2011, (apologies for the size of image)

I made the petticoat for this costume and also helped with the construction of the Sou'wester, assisting Elizabeth Hodgson. It was worn by Eric Potts as Sarah the Cook in Dick Whittington at New Wimbledon Theatre.

Tommy the Cat Costume, Photographed by Dan Wooler, 2011

 This is a costume I made for Omari Bernard as Tommy the Cat in Dick Whittington at New Wimbledon Theatre. This included making the trousers, decorating the leotard, constructing the cuffs and the gators.