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 Les Girls - made by Lyn



Hamish as a young Bernadette - rehersal photos by jaybirds Photography


Priscilla Queen of the Desert - Amateur theatre production September 2021. 
Murray Bridge Players and Singers

There is a scene where memories of Bernadette in the famous Les Girls performers is featured. For this scene we needed 8 pink supporting dancers and 1 yellow costume for Hamish as a young Bernadette. 

We started with purchased pink stretch satin strapless bunny corsets. The torso length of these had to be altered to suit the taller dancers. We added zips to the centre back so the actors could put them on quickly.
Clear elastic straps were added to hold the costumes up.
Over the top Lyn created and sewed a loose fitting A-line fringed sequin fabric dress. 
Headpieces were made by Trent.
Finally the costume team hand sewed scalloped fringing to the satin gloves.

The fringed sequin net fabric used for embellishments from Tricia's Fabrics Adelaide

This is the original pink bunny corsets used 


We went with the lace teddy on the right for young Bernadette


Rehearsal Photos by Jaybirdy Photography


Rehearsal Photos by Jaybirdy Photography


Backstage


Rehearsal Photos by Jaybirdy Photography


rehearsal Photo by Jason McCullough


Rehearsal Photos by Jaybirdy Photography

Truth or Dare



The boys head into a pub Broken Hill in full drag. Photo by Jason McCullough 



Left - Thong Dress by Mari, Middle - 1950's dress by me, right - flower dress by Trent
photo by Jaybirdy Photography

Thong Dress by Mari 


Kurt as Tick - rehearsal photo by Jaybirdy Photography


rehearsal photo by Jaybirdy Photography








Mari laid out the thongs in the pattern of a dress she could work out the quantity needed. She  covered all the foot straps with masking tape then spray painted them in pink and orange.
She then cut holes for the zip ties and joined the thongs together. 
Kurt tried on the dress and we adjusted the size by loosening the zip ties around the hem so he could dance. 


To make it a dress that could be put on quickly I sewed a chunky open end zip to some wide ribbon for support. I attached some black light knit fabric for the dress lining to the zip. The zip was hand sewn with extra strong thread and a long heavy duty hand needle down the side seam opening. Ribbon straps were added and attached to the zip ties at the top. 
Heather removed all the tape and we had our dress. 
Heather used black electrical tape to decorate some purchased orange gogo boots and Trent created a fabulous foam wig.



Flower Dress by Trent


Trent created this colourful flower dress using poplin and hand cut layered flowers, he also designed, made and painted the foam wig!


rehearsal photo by Jaybirdy Photography

Opera Dress - by Trent


For the Opera Off scene which features the silver shoe, Felicia (Trent) mimes the words to a famous opera while Prue the Diva sings it on the other side of the stage live, Trent created this amazing sparkly dress and a matching foam wig.





Rehearsal photo by Jaybirdy photography


Rehearsal photo by Jaybirdy photography


Rehearsal photo by Jaybirdy photography


Rehearsal photo by Jaybirdy photography





I made a crystal organza pleated shirt with pleather embellishments glued on by Heather. Trent wore the skirt as a cape.

Frock on a Rock


Rehearsal photo by Jaybirdy photography

When the three leads climb a rocky outcrop in full drag, Trent created another masterpiece. Full glitter peacock tail with sequin bodice and foil vinyl skirt. 
The red costume on the right (Metallic Red Ga Ga Deluxe PVC Corset) is from the House of Priscilla costume shop in Darlinghurst NSW Australia.
 On the left in the shadows is a leopard corset made by Gemma and a cape I made. 


Rehearsal photo by Jaybirdy photography


Rehearsal photo by Jaybirdy photography


The leopard cape with feather trim







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