A Bridge to the Stars' was a
collaborative design project with fellow Designer, Hannah Budd. It was
part of the NEAT 11 festival which happened
June 2011, throughout Nottingham. Our play was at Nottingham Playhouse.
White Card Model
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| White card, Blades. K., 2011 |
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| White card, Blades. K., 2011 |
The play had a 20 cast ensemble made up of a British and German cast.
We
wanted to design an environment that allowed the audience to look in on
Joel’s life. We wanted to create an atmosphere, through set and
lighting design that would resemble a clearing in a woodland
environment.
Model Box
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| Model Box, Blades. K. and Budd. H., 2011 |
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| Model Box Close up, Blades. K. and Budd. H., 2011 |
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| Model Box Close up, Blades. K. and Budd. H., 2011 |
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| Model Box, Blades. K and Budd. H., 2011 |
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| Exploding Shed, Parker. C |
These
are photographs of the finished model box, including a photograph of
the installation piece by Cornelia Parker called exploding shed. We drew
inspiration from this image because we believe the idea of still chaos
is a leading theme within the play.
Costume Design
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| Sara, Samuel, Joel, Simon Windstorm, Blades, K., 2011 |
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| Gertrude, Miss Nerderstrom, Rolf, Mrs Westman, Blades, K., 2011 |
In
an effort to style the costumes in a contemporary provincial fashion I
have drawn influence from 1970's - 1990's fashion, with the idea that
the characters are dated.
We
decided to dress everyone in grey basics, and use layers to add
character traits, the idea is that the cast will be interchangeable. For Example, take Gertrude. This lonely, religious, nose-less (Literally), outcast was a challenge to design. There suspending your disbelief, and there's doing your job as a designer! So i conceived the idea of goggles, strapped to her head, distorting her eyes, with a nose flap, drawing attention to all the right places!
Rehearsals and Fittings
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| Trees at Nottingham Playhouse, Budd, H., 2011 |
The Trees arrived at Nottingham Playhouse Theatre in time for Rehearsals to begin! I can't describe my excitement on first clapping eyes on these!
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| Rehearsals, Budd. H., 2011 |
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| Rehearsals, Budd. K., 2011 |
We
designed the trees to house members of the Ensemble in order to create
interesting levels for them to occupy. We wanted to create a
claustrophobic environment, we wanted the audience to feel watched as
they watched the story unfold. We wanted to create a feeling of a small
community in which everyone knew and judged each other's business. The
steel angular tree structures provided a platform for this.
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| Fittings, Blades. K., 2011 |
We worked very
closely with wardrobe throughout the week of rehearsals and fittings. We
needed to be organised and so I provided them with measurements,
photographs of cast members and contact details. I also arranged
fittings with the cast members.
Most
of the costumes were sourced, with a few items bought. We had a budget
of £350 incl laundry, and we came in under budget, spending only £100
on costumes for 14 people!
Here you can see our colour scheme coming together in the dressing room.
Performance
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| Sara's story, Budd. H. and Blades. K., 2011 |
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| Joel and Samuel, Budd. H. and Blades. K., 2011 |
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| Simon Windstorm Driving, Budd. H. and Blades. K., 2011 |
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| Rolf, Budd. H. and Blades. K., 2011 |
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| Ship, Rose. N., 2011 |
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| Rope Laying, Rose. N., 2011 |
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| Joel, Rose. N., 2011 |
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| Mrs Westman, Joel and Samuel, Rose. N., 2011 |
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| Ensemble, Rose. N., 2011 |
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| Ensemble, Budd. H and Blades. K., 2011 |
Here are some
production photographs of 'A Bridge to the Stars'. Which performed as
part of the NEAT 11 Festival at Nottingham Playhouse in the Playroom.
All
involved worked really hard to bring it all together, and it was a
great performance, it sold out in both the matinee and the evening show!
We received a brilliant review, please take a look:
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