Feels more and more like this isn’t the place for networking in Theatre that it once was (happy to be wrong like) but here’s a bunch of my work in one massive long thread that’s probably not the best use of the format but hey ho here we go - retweets appreciated etc 🧵1/12

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seeing jobs that would take at least 3 weeks work being advertised at a fee where a person would need to work 30 shows a year just to make the average UK salary - how do we expect anyone to stay in this industry

“We’re not hiring a Production Manager.”

Being ghosted is one of the worst parts of the theatre industry. It’s so weird. You can just tell me I didn’t get the job, it’s okay…???

Tim Farron, "The unpleasantness about this debate is only matched by the lack of proper information" #BBCQT "85% of refugees settle in the country next to where they come from" "The French take 3x more refugees than we do" "The Germans take 4x more refugees than we do" "If

I’ve never seen this before but those singers were in that studio sanging DOWN 😮‍💨

Set design for Bugsy Malone @mayflower 2024 From screen to scene and everything in between! (Thanks to Brett Orzel & Fraktl Ltd for the set build on this! 🌟)

Director: Jacquelyn Ockwell MD: Tom Attwood Choreography: Sam Taylor-Martin Set & Video: PJ McEvoy Costume: James Henderson LX: Mark Dymock Musical Supervisor & Sound: Simon Slater Creative Producer: Jamie Smith PM: Rob Wells Set Build: Fraktl Ltd Video Op: Indi Morrison

Featuring 160 local children, some of whom were taking part in a theatre production for the very first time - this Summer Youth Project aims to foster an interest in the creative arts within the local community and I can’t think of a better title to do just that 😊

🌃 And just like that a whirlwind couple of weeks down in Southampton brings to a close a project I’ve been working on since the final month of last year Bugsy Malone @mayflower

Prof Stephen Reicher, "I would appeal to you to not call these people protestors. They're not protestors" "To call them protestors is profoundly misleading. It is to discredit a long tradition of perfectly legitimate and peaceful and important protest that has made our society

As soon as I read the blurb of #AliceByHeart I immediately pictured a British Schoolgirl wearing a gas mask (because yes - Doctor Who) but the challenge was then to try & tie that back into the iconography of Carroll’s story so that the schoolgirl was also unmistakably 'Alice'

Of course… It’s only actually the Olympics if it’s done in the Olympia region of Greece This is just sparkling sports day ✨ #Paris2024

**Googles: “How To Handle Fame”**

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ALICE BY HEART @MountviewLDN Director: Kate Budgen MD: Ellen Campbell Choreo: Claira Vaughan Set & Costume: PJ McEvoy LX: Jack Goodwin PM: Cory Duffill Construction: Hannah Smith Scenic: Steven Peters Costume Supervisor: Jessie McKenzie Costume Technician: Laura Perrett

🚇 Thrilled to finally be able to share the production shots of my designs for #AliceByHeart at Mountview Sometimes you encounter a title that seems to really play to your strengths as a designer & I feel like this was definitely one of those gigs 📸: Steve Gregson

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Happy #CostumeProfessionalsAppreciationDay everyone! None of the designs below would have been possible without a whole army of unbelievably talented people and I’m so very grateful to all of them ❤️🪡🧵

Had a week off work (went on holiday, turned off emails, the whole lot) and I didn’t realise how much I needed it. Take holidays people. They’re properly nice.