Work Experience Placement. Final Day.

I have finished my work placement today and I feel it has been a really valuable experience. I think that working in a professional environment has really improved my confidence. At first I was a bit nervous but to stop this from hindering my time at the Playhouse I tried to volunteer for jobs rather than waiting to be asked. This also helped me to understand the extent of the various tasks that need doing and how much more busy and intense the job is during a tech week and closer to the run up of a show. I've also learnt that even when hiring costumes this still brings many tasks for the wardrobe team, whether it's adjusting it to fit the actor/actress or adding more decoration to make it more unique to the show. Below are some pictures of some of the tasks I undertook. For the show all costumes have to be labelled appropriately so that the dressers have a clear understanding of what each actor is wearing. I helped to organise all the costumes, dividing them by the different actors/actresses and labelling them with the actor's/actress' name and their character. This play is unusual as there are 9 performers playing several parts.

Above is a picture showing the rails divided into the actors/actresses with all their different costumes. Below are some pictures of decoration I added to a garment that was hired.

I had a great time at my work placement and it has helped me to understand the industry better, how a designer works and how the designer works with the actors, how fittings take place in the wardrobe department of a producing theatre, how the different departments work together and the general running of the wardrobe department.