Organising and the dreaded flu

Today, on meeting with Grace I have been told that we are to have six second years coming on board in 2 weeks! From this we have been trying to work out things that they can do. Their brief states that they must make part of a costume and be able to produce a work book from it. After looking through the list of costumes that need making and what is as yet unassigned, Oliver has decided that two of them can take over making the Lion and Ass heads.
For the fairies, as our breaking down will be taking off after Easter, our main task that we want to set the second years on is the over-costumes for the mechanicals-as-fairies. This will mean four of them making a very basic tunic/waistcoat out of the fabric we provide and then using textural techniques to make them similar in colour and texture to the main fairies and fairy dancers. This will mean that while they are only making part of costumes, they are still technically making a costume each which will be a boost in making a work book and something impressive to put in their CV.

Grace and I also went through the fabrics to be used for the base tunics/waistcoats and have decided on the knitted jerseys from fabric land - with Flute's and Snugs to be made of the Coral with a 2m allowance each, and Snout and Starveling's to be made of the Greengages with 2m allowance for Snout and 1.5m allowance for Starvelings, and any leftover fabric to be used as textural extra's for the other costumes.

 

 

Outcomes from todays meetings

• Materials for second years must be ready for 4th of March
• Make sure Ethan knows to arrive for a wig fitting on Wednesday