Monday 30 December 2013

All go on Othello!

Having been sent the designs 3 days ago, it is now all go on the production in a mass of online sourcing research. As part of my role I have been finding a selection of online option for each costume garment, everything from hats and shoes to dresses and coats, spreadsheeting them and passing them on to designer Eleanor and supervisor, Emilie Cox.
 
Today, the task was finding hire houses and arranging appointments for our designer, Eleanor Bull, to go and look to hire costumes, mainly the suits as we need 10 of them. So far we have contacted eight hire companies altogether with Eleanor arranging one appointment, and I have arranged two appointments and contacted seven myself and am awaiting contact. Six are in London for our designer to get to, but as we are both AUB graduates and know the costume store there well we have contacted them in the hopes that we will be able to hire from the University and I have found another hire company formed by AUB costume Alumni.
 
Now while waiting to hear back from hire companies, the task is searching out more of the costume elements!

Saturday 28 December 2013

Othello!

Fantastic news!
 
I wanted to wait until it was confirmed, but I am now Costume Assistant for a production of 'Othello', designed by Eleanor Bull and costume supervised by Emilie Cox,  both of whom are fellow AUB Costume graduates. The company is Orangutan Productions and it is being performed at The Riverside Studio's in Hammersmith, London and production will be playing from the 14th of January to the 8th of February. I have developed somewhat of a track record with Shakespeare, having designed for 'A Midsummer Nights Dream', and 'Romeo and Juliet', both in dramatically different time periods, and this will be another change. With the production opening mid January, as you can imagine its going to be all go from here!
 
Today I recieved the dropbox files from Eleanor, and the designs are film noir based, very edgy and fascinating, and have been going over the costume plots. Very excited to get started!