Costumes in Rehearsal Process

Here is a brief post about how the costumes are doing. Today I have taken some photographs of the rehearsal were some of the costumes are in action.

 

Altogether, all the fascinators and ring tags are in use, the entirety of the Gloom’s, The Gossip’s and The Wild Ones costumes and accessories. all that’s missing is the majority of The Thump’s costume, the bottom half of The Twittering’s, the vest and shoes of The Guzzle’s costume and just the shoes of The Gazer’s. These are items that they are being sourced by the actors themselves and all costumes should be complete in a day or two.

 

Her are the 30 images taken today with brief notes about the action, and further detail of the personal costumes.

 

See Slideshow for Images and references to Figure Image.

 

Fig. 1 – The Wild One collapsing into herself in anger and disbelief.

Fig. 2 – The start of the mayhem in which the characters swap nests.

Fig. 3 – The Gazer, The Gloom, The Gossip among the mayhem stage left.

Fig. 4 – The Thump and The Guzzle in half costume.

Fig. 5 – The Gazer pampering herself and The Twitting with her braid going down the back of her head to demonstrate her tightness with herself.

Fig. 6 – The Wild One imploring to the The Gazer.

Fig. 7 – The Guzzle in The Gloom’s nest.

Fig. 8 – The Gazer sorting out her nest.

Fig. 9 – The Gazer looking among the nest of beauty products.

Fig. 10+16 – The Guzzle sitting in her nest of rubbish and food packets.

Fig. 11+12 – The Wild One yelling at her cage-companions, sorting the leather jacket, feather necklace and red streak of hair.

Fig. 13 – The Gloom blowing her nose in her sickly state.

Fig. 14+15 – Cast on stage.

Fig. 17 – The Guzzle once again her her nest.

Fig. 18 – The Gloom with her grey feathered grey side fascinator complaining about her ailments.

Fig. 19+20 – The Guzzle’s teal fascinator which for the actual performance will contain more feathers and has a small polystyrene block at the back to make the feathers rise higher.

Fig. 21 – Cast onstage.

Fig. 22 –  The Gazer in full out (bar shoes), likewise with The Guzzle a small polystyrene block at the back to make the feathers rise higher and become more flamboyant matching the characteristics of the character.

Fig. 23+24 – The Gossip in full outfit reading magazines and playing on her phone (actual character trait). The cardigan which she is wearing, may or may not be used in the actual performance.

Fig. 25 – The Gloom in front of The Gossip’s tail skirt.

Fig. 26 – The Wild One before her first entrance.

Fig. 27, 28+30 – The Twitting in her rather simple religious believer outfit (top half). Her fasciantor twitches when she does as a separate being, this adds to the nature of a canary.

Fig. 29 – The Gazer, once again gazing at herself in her compact mirror.

 

Overall the costumes are working well on the stage. We have some more work to do before the show begins in six days. But hopefully (fingers crossed) everything will be alright on the night.