Tilly - Costume.

Here's the costume I've put together based on my design sketches. I'm hoping to find a brighter tshirt before the performance, but I think I've definately captured Tilly's personality. And yes I really did enjoy climbing trees for these photos!

Costume Mayhem!

Ok, I'm upset. Again I've just managed to think up some initial costume ideas for Tommy and Tilly (the children) and again I've run out of time to make them. So now I won't achieve my arts award aim which is highly annoying! Anyhow, above are a few sketches.

Rehearsal Snaps!

The River

Time Surfing with Granny

Tommy and Tilly

Beware of the Troll!

I apologise for not blogging lately, I've been ill with a very sore throat and could hardly eat. Not so fun. Anyway here's some photos taken during rehearsals, as you can see we're really enjoying ourselves!

'Tales From the River'

Okk, so this is the plot behind our piece of drama as of now:

• A little boy and girl live by the river.
• One day they meet a water troll.
• The troll threatens to pollute their river if the children cannot answer his riddles.
• The children have to go back in time (causing chaos and changing historical events) to find the answers to his riddles.
• With the help of the audience, the children save the day
• The End.

I now intend to design the costumes only for the two children, as I have very little time before the performance and I think this is an achievable aim!

Ohh! What a Puddle Muddle!

Here are what were my initial ideas for the costume elements. I envisaged that we would dress all in black and then wear these kind of garments over the top to suggest our river theme. However, today we drastically changed our devised piece of drama and it has become more of a fairytale based semi-factual story with specific characters. So I'm now going to abandon these ideas and hope I have enough time to design and make new costumes. Argh!

Arts Event Review - Children's Theatre.

On Friday night I went to see a production of ‘Hansel and Gretel’ at the York Theatre Royal. Below is my review!


Bright, up beat and funny – Amanda Smith’s Hansel and Gretel was immediately captivating. The audience of young children and parents alike were spell bound by the actor’s through their various methods of story telling. The fairytale was told in the form of flashbacks but from different perspectives (those of Hansel and Gretel) which inevitably led to comical arguments between the two actors. Multi-roling allowed the cast of two actors too take on different personas – using exaggerated accents and physicality, which the children found particularly funny.

The acting was suitably melodramatic, with exaggerated facial expressions, enhanced by singing, music, poems and coloured lighting. Audience members were encouraged to participate in the action, the children enjoyed chanting and clapping and also found the use of ‘toilet humour’ most amusing. Brightly coloured costumes featuring primary colours and big patterns were eye catching. These were supplemented by other costume elements as the actors took on different roles, for example Gretel wore a head scarf to become the step mother.

Overall, I found the performance entertaining; however I opted not to take part in the chanting!

Pretty Pretty!

Here are just a few pictures of Rachel's creations, I love all of them!