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Some pictures of “Our Town” by Thornton Wilder. An American classic performed beautifully by senior school students.

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Driftwood is a new Australian musical based on the true story of the family leaving Vienna during World War II and ending up in Melbourne.

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‎Show Style Stories with Madeleine Park, Ep Kim Bishop (Costume Designer) - 26 Mar 2022

Great fun to be interviewed by Madeleine Park

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Excited to be designing the costumes for ‘The Wedding Singer’ the musical comedy. Set in the 1980s, there is so much colour and so many shoulder pads! It opens in Adelaide just after Easter then plays Melbourne, the Gold Coast and Sydney.

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Arts Centre Melbourne could have purchased cheap masks on line for their staff to wear when theatres open again. They did not. They have chosen to employ the Wardrobe Department to make them while we are all in lockdown. They consciously gave the job to their backstage workers.

We are sewing at home, surrounded by hundreds of tiny pieces of fabric & elastic that we will craft into stylish, original, hand made face coverings.

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Inspired by the 1960s Qantas uniform, I have designed and constructed a costume for the ‘hostess’ of podcast “Dolly’s Trolly”. Can’t do a final fitting until after lockdown so delivery will be a few weeks away.

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Very excited that this new book features Todd McKenney on the cover wearing a costume I designed for him. (The Boy From Oz, 2010) Expertly tailored by the late Maruska Blyszczak. The tailcoat sleeves are longer than normal so they don’t look too short when his arms are outstretched. There is a hidden belt under the waistcoat so the jacket doesn’t swing open when Todd is dancing. See the fabric folds under his arms, this gusset enables him to put his hands above his head without the jacket’s shoulders moving. He has a “pop up” top hat, a “tie yourself” bow and his bespoke shoes were white leather (not painted) with non slip soles. The outfit has lots of unseen Velcro and press studs for quick costume changing. Costume design MUST have form and FUNCTION.

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Last night “The Laramie Project” opened in the Melbourne suburb of Kew. The play analyses the death of 21-year-old Matthew Shepherd, an openly gay college student brutally murdered in Laramie Wyoming, in 1998, because of his sexuality. It has been a wonderful experience designing the costumes for this important work.