Make-up meeting and all about Wigs!

At 1:30, Louise from make-up arrived with one of her team, Jenny, to talk about the henna for the fairies! She showed us her air brush samples on lycra which she was not happy with as they had streaked and blurred, but she also had a sample of fabric pen on lycra which had come out much better. After talking to Rebecca - our head of year - it has been specified that our makers should be the ones to put the henna markings on the bodysuits, but in collabouration with make-up to make sure they have the same pattern.

 

This also lead to a discussion on Wigs! After discussion with the make-up crew we have found that Hippolyta and Theseus will both need two wigs due to the pottential quick changes as both actors have long hair that will need to be pincurled for the fairy wigs.

We found that after a problem with a wig used in the recent AUCB production of Spring Awakening, one of our course technicians, Mark, as well as being one of our staff members on site at the venue has been put in charge of wigs and making sure that they are right so there are no more last minute problems. Mark took us to his store of wigs from the last productions in the hopes that we could find a wig for Theseus or Hippolyta from among the wigs we already have - and we may have had success with finding a wig for Titania!

 

Upon finishing with the wig hunt in the AUCB supply, Mark asked if I could speak with him just about the wigs, so fetching my designs we sat down to discuss them, and upon finding out just how many wigs there are in the production he asked for another meeting with make-up the same afternoon to discuss them - the main problem being that make-up's budget needs to be able to support the wigs, and at the moment it wont be able to. This is a big production in terms of costume, and needs to be right.

 

At half 3, myself, Mark, and Louise and Jenny from make-up sat down for a propper discussion on the wig situation. The outcome of this meeting - Oberon and Titania are going to have strips of deadlock extensions woven into their hair, the fairy dancers are going to have wigs of dreadlocks knotted by Louise and her team, and on Wednesday they are going to see if the wig we have found will fit Hippolyta. For Ethan (Theseus) there is more of a problem as he has long hair that he will not cut and with it his head is too big for a wig to be bought for him, and so Louise and the team are going to make his wig as well. This is a lot of work for Louise and her team but she is excited to get started and I have absolute faith that she will be able to do this.