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Angels in America pART 1:mILLENNIUM aPPROACHES

Designed for thrust staging in the Bute Theatre

By: Tony Kushner
Director: Zoë Templeman- Young
Movement Director: Abigail Kessel
Set Design: Mim Houghton
Costume Design: Rose Thomas
Lighting Design: Jasmine Hoi Ching Tom
Costume Assistants: Caitlin Baird, Charlotte Leadley-Brown, Yifei Lu, Hannah Pitfield
Photography: Kirsten McTernan

References

A collection of reference images that inspired the design for the show.

 

Set in New York, 1985 against the grim backdrop of the AIDS crisis, a key theme that stood out to me was the disparity between the LGBTQ+ community and the wealthy Wall Street republicans and yuppies of the period. 

 

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After reading the script, I created some response sketches of specific scenes, to start visualizing what these moments could look like onstage. I shared these with the director and the set designer and we found these a useful starting point in our initial meetings. 

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Creating a detailed costume plot breaking down each scene, the location, time of day, season and characters in the scene helped to get a sense of what kind of costumes were required and where any changes would need to happen. 

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I set up a Miro board to communicate ideas, share references and collaborate remotely with the director and set designer to create a cohesive vision.

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I created detailed, illustrated costume plots which were used in the costume department and the rehearsal room to work out changes.

I also used the costume drawings in a costume breakdown itemizing each piece of costume needed for each character. 

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Costume Panorama

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Final Designs