animal costumes in live theater

[heartshapedmurder]

José Varona Le loup (1974) // Germinal Casado Le renard (1965)

[musetensil]

@tundreary

[drinkingdownthepoison]

Ingmar Bergman, Trollflöjten, 1975

[leporellian]

this is going to be the most redcore post but i genuinely think giant puppet dragons are holy beings

[leporellian]

Angels

[tanuki-kimono]

[Spirited Away] currently on stage at the Imperial Theatre Tokyo, with amazing puppets designed by Toby Olié.

[ca-tsuka]

Premiere of “Princess Mononoke” on stage in Japan.

[ca-tsuka]

Princess Mononoke on stage - by Whole Hog Theatre Photos © Polly Clare Boon

[ozu-teapot]

Trollflöjten (The Magic Flute) | Ingmar Bergman | 1975

Josef Köstlinger, et al.

[liquidnight]

Martine Franck

Eumenides by Aeschylus, Théâtre du Soleil, Cartoucherie de Vincennes

Paris, France, 1992

From Martine Franck: One Day to the Next

[danskjavlarna]

Memories of college.  From Millikin’s 1964 yearbook.

Here are collected the best lions I’ve encountered in my research to date.

Shiver in wonderment: Weblog ◆ Books ◆ Videos ◆ Music ◆ Etsy

[everythingstarstuff]

The 1902 Wizard of Oz musical.

[theotherwesley]

KLAUS HAAPANIEMI– Costume designs for the Finnish National Opera production, “The Cunning Little Vixen” 

–This Girl Lel: Klaus & The Vixen

–”Klaus Haapaniemi tells about the concept and ideas behind the opera costumes”

–”A selection of Klaus Haapaniemi’s costume for the Finnish National Opera’s production of The Cunning Little Vixen (PHOTO Ola Bergengren)”

[theotherwesley]

It was physically destroying me that there weren’t more pictures of Klaus Haapaniemi’s costume designs in The Cunning Little Vixen on tumblr, so here are some from the Ooppera Baletti website, where you can also watch a show reel. 

[stageanimals]

As promotion for the upcoming seasonal performances of The Nutcracker Boston Ballet released a series of fun photos featuring the mice troupe & mouse king causing mischief all over Boston! 

Locations include the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Tea Ship & Museum, Chinatown Gate, Greenway Carousel, Faneuil Hall and Boston Public Gardens. More photos can be found on their official TWITTER!

[hoofedfursuits]

Sven the Reindeer 🦌, a quadsuit from the musical version of Frozen ❄️

[preciouslittlelifeforms]

The Finnish National Opera’s 2015 production of Leos Janacek’s The Cunning Little Vixen. The visual concept was created by Klaus Haapaniemi who also designed a gorgeous new dinnerware set(called Tanssi) for Iittala inspired by the opera.

[stageanimals]

As promotion for the upcoming seasonal performances of The Nutcracker Boston Ballet released a series of fun photos featuring the mice troupe & mouse king causing mischief all over Boston! 

Locations include the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Tea Ship & Museum, Chinatown Gate, Greenway Carousel, Faneuil Hall and Boston Public Gardens. More photos can be found on their official TWITTER!

[toytheatre]

Harrison Birtwistle’s The Minotaur