Wicked - Glinda

Wicked - Glinda - part 2

Wicked the Musical

presented by Murray Bridge Players and Singers 2019

In May 2019 my local theatre group put on an amateur production of Wicked. The company's 57th major production since 1973.
As the costume designer I designed and made a variety of outfits for different characters.

Galinda

Galinda “with a Ga” the good witch had the most costume changes of the principle cast members. Her changes from one outfit to another had to be made very quickly and sometimes in under 30 seconds! This plays an important factor in the design and construction of costumes for theatre.
This costume was for Ozdust and Popular.

Emma Love as Elphaba & Katelin Kneebone as Galinda.

Rehearsal photo by Jay Birdy

Galinda's pink dress is a Bustier and skirt. I originally made the bustier for one of the step sisters in the companies 2016 production of Into The Woods.

I used Simplicity 5006 for the Bustier. I cut the main bodice from light pink satin. I used some embroidered lace net with a border pattern. I cut the embroidered border off the net and pinned it to the bodice.
To make the straight border of lace fit the curvature of the bodice I had to snip and overlap it in places.
The lace also had repeating motifs which i cut out and used on the front of the bodice.

detail of the embroidered lace

The lace motif pinned to the centre front

The pink bodice ready for stitching.

To secure the lace I used freehand machine embroidery. I sewed around the top and bottom edges of the border and motifs.

I made a seperate lining and boned it, then sewed the two bodices right sides together and turned them through.

I used a chunky zip for the closure and left excess fabric inside so the bodice can be let out in the future

The skirt was off the rack. I pinned the hem up to below the knee and asked a collegue from the costume team to hem the multiple layers and add the border of lace to the hem. Thank you Tracy!

For this production I added straps to make it more supportive for the actress as this bodice did not have enough boning

Rehearsal photos by Jay Birdy

Materials supply list

Spotlight

- pink satin

- hot pink embroidered lace net

Frill Neck Lizard Costume

Frill Neck Lizard Priscilla Queen of the Desert - Amateur theatre production September 2021. Murray Bridge Players and Singers I started this costume on November 7th 2020 Alex as the Frill Neck lizard rehearsal photo by Jaybirdy Photography Classic Australian icon the frill neck lizard appears in the original stage production. design by Charades-theatrical.com While I love this design it has many elements, pants, top, shin covers, cod piece, girdle and sail. Way too many things for my actor to put on so I narrowed it down to a top that zips up the front, some stretchy pants and a headpiece you need a pilots licence to drive. My initial design done with Pret-a-template app This is probably the most labour intensive costume I made, purely because I went back to my skills in a freehand machine embroidery and machine sewed all the decorative embroidery into the fabric making it unique. Unlike the professional above costume where printed stretch metallic lycra has been used, I started wit

Gumby Costume

GUMBY PANTS Priscilla Queen of the Desert - Amateur theatre production September 2021. Murray Bridge Players and Singers Back in 2019 I started making the pattern for these pants. I couldn't find a pattern to make these specialised pants so I new I would have to draft my own from scratch. Pattern drafting was not a skill I had so I enrolled in a course at the WEA. I learned to make a bodice and pants block, from this beginners course I enrolled in an advanced course and my tutor helped me work out the shapes for the panels for these pants. The first three pairs I made were from a one way stretch fabric. It had horizontal stripes and a glitter finish. I found that the one way stretch reduced the manoverability of the pants. For the remaining pairs I chose a two way lycra in foil finishes. To reduce the amount of fabric required I laid the pattern pieces in both directions which meant the stripes didn't match up but that was just too bad. My first sample of one leg of the pants

Cockatoo Costume

Sulphur Crested Cockatoo worn by Cassie Priscilla Queen of the Desert - Amateur theatre production September 2021. Murray Bridge Players and Singers Jo and Cassie - rehearsal photo by Jason McCullough I started these costumes February 2021. In the final scene all actors come on stage in an Australian themed costume, the 3 Divas don a sulphur crested cockatoo costume. Off all the complicated costumes I made this was the easiest but also very time consuming. I looked at many pictures of cockatoo's on Pinterest to get an idea for feather direction, size and concentration. I also looked at other companies cockatoo costumes for design ideas. Charades-theatrical.com My design allowed my actors to choose comfortable undergarment because it was not strapless. Design done on Pret-a-template app. I had to use the bridal design background so I could draw in white. I started these costumes in February 2021, a journey begins with just one step, well a cockatoo costume begins with just one

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