'La Bella Dormente Nel Bosco' Opera
March, 2024
La Bella Dormente nel Bosco, also known as The Sleeping Beauty in the Woods, is an Italian fairy tale. It tells the story of a princess who is cursed by a wicked fairy to sleep for a hundred years after pricking her finger on a spindle. Despite efforts to avoid the curse, it takes effect, and the princess falls into a deep sleep. A dense forest grows around her castle, hiding it from the world. After a century, a prince discovers the hidden castle, wakes the princess with a kiss, and they live happily ever after.
Director: Caroline Clegg
Photographer: Kirsten McTernan
Costume Designer: Amy Adair
Costume Assistant & Maker: Olivia Lewis, Natalia Hamlin
Set Designer: Jana Lakatos
Maker Process
I worked on this Production as a Costume Assistant, I made the 'Spider Capes' and 'Fairy/Nymphs dresses'.
Costume Assisting & Show Dressing
Assisting & Dressing
- Sourced and mended costumes
- Alterations to garments
- Hand sewing LED lights and battery packs into all 'Fairy trousers'.
- Dressed the show for every performance: backstage and in the wings.
- Laundry call and ironing call for costumes (Shirts, dresses etc).
- (Laundry call, quick changes, Completeing Daily Track Lists etc)
Production Photographs
'La Bella Dormente Nel Bosco' at the Sherman Theatre, Cardiff. (March, 2024)
Photographer: Kirsten McTernan
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