Making Progress

Costume-sewing Day

This is what a costume-sewing day at Progress Theatre looks like. On the floor is Louise, making a start on Door’s costume. Standing at the back is Laura (Door), working on the Angel’s costume. Pam is running up monks’ robes on the overlocker, and Liz (Old Bailey) is painstakingly hand-sewing feathers onto her own costume.

The costumes are for Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere, which runs from the 19th to the 28th of January. Last Friday evening we interrupted rehearsals for WriteFest and The 39 Steps to take over the stage for a photo shoot. The publicity shots are being sorted and edited, and I can’t wait to show them to you as soon as they’re released. A lot of the costume pieces we used for the shoot are only temporary, but the overall atmosphere of the photos is absolutely brilliant.

I’ll be posting more little bits and pieces on here, but I won’t be showing you full pictures of the costumes – we’d rather you came to the theatre to see them! For sneaky peeks, your best bet is to follow @RdgNeverwhere on Twitter.

Tickets are on sale now, but you might have to be quick – a tweet from Neil Gaiman toppled the theatre’s website and generated an awful lot of extra interest! I’ll be involved in costume fittings throughout the rehearsal process, but I’m really looking forward to going along as a member of the audience and seeing the whole show for myself.

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  1. I can’t wait to see the finished costumes either! 😉
    We’re getting there, slowly, but it feels like a bit of a mammoth task at the moment! Wish you could see the show – we’ll make sure to put up plenty of photos for those who can’t make it. 🙂

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