During the production process for The Snow Queen the
Alex’s and I were fortunate to be able to visit and raid the REP Stores and Workshop
As someone who has always been fascinated with costumes and props and a confessed ‘hoarder’, (you never know when that spare bit of model kit or piece of dated clothing/furniture may come in handy on another project), the REP stores and construction workshop are like a ‘personal nirvana’. Big ware houses literally filled to the rafters with all sorts of weird and wonderful objects: furniture, clothes, tools and a very long etc.
I could happily be locked in there for days on end, exploring, cataloguing and trying things out. And every time I visit I have to keep a great control of myself to not get distracted and run around like a child in a toy shop.
As someone who has always been fascinated with costumes and props and a confessed ‘hoarder’, (you never know when that spare bit of model kit or piece of dated clothing/furniture may come in handy on another project), the REP stores and construction workshop are like a ‘personal nirvana’. Big ware houses literally filled to the rafters with all sorts of weird and wonderful objects: furniture, clothes, tools and a very long etc.
I could happily be locked in there for days on end, exploring, cataloguing and trying things out. And every time I visit I have to keep a great control of myself to not get distracted and run around like a child in a toy shop.
On our first visit Alex N. and I were to take stock
of possible costumes and props that we could use for Snow Queen. Armed with a
props list, cast lists, costume descriptions and with Ruth as our guide we went
around the myriad racks, (which are thankfully well organised into sections of
type, era, etc.), when we found something that we thought was suitable to our
needs we took it out, photographed it, (sometimes with one of us in the photo
for size/scale), and moved it to allocated areas of the warehouse so that it
wouldn’t get lost or allocated to another show.
These photos were then shown to Ellie at our next production meeting as she would have final say on what items we would or wouldn’t be using.
Below are the lists we used and photos of some of the costumes/props Ellie decided we would need to borrow from the REP.
These photos were then shown to Ellie at our next production meeting as she would have final say on what items we would or wouldn’t be using.
Below are the lists we used and photos of some of the costumes/props Ellie decided we would need to borrow from the REP.
The Throne
That would double up as the Snow Queen's Throne and Granny's Chair
(ie crochet cushion for Granny)
That would double up as the Snow Queen's Throne and Granny's Chair
(ie crochet cushion for Granny)
One of the Devil's Staves that would be later painted white.
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| The Axes for the Forest Men |
The filleting knife for the Lapp & Finn Women
Lanterns for the Village Kids
Some ModRock to decorate the stag
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| Gerda's Outfit |
Mr & Mrs Crow
The Prince
The Princess
A Palace Girl
The Snow Queen
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