One Good Pantomime!

 

Robin Hood- the Panto

Nestled near the tracks of the town of Hudson Quebec is the restored Hudson train Station now residing as the Hudson Village Theatre.   Here a good old fashioned British Pantomime has become an annual tradition.

This year I had the pleasure of working with the Hudson Village Players for the  Holiday fable of Robin Hood & His Merry Men, directed by Mary Vuorela.

The production hosted two sets of talent which meant a tone of green tights and of course in true  Panto fashion, boobs and bums.  All the fabric was donated.  Have a look below:

Thank you to my good friend, Valerie Baylis for helping with sewing and design and Karen Pearce for supplement costumes of those not made but still required.

Photographer: James McCafferty, jamesmccafferty@live.ca, 
(514) 207-5770

The Leads

Robin's vest and accessories dress him up over the 
other Merry Men

Marion is dressed as a Medieval Royal
using green fabric to show she her desire to be a Merry Man.

Robin's Crew

In getting to know these guys, it was capturing each of their individual personalities.  

They are funny and added some great entertainment for the audience's enjoyment.

The Friar: Glen's robe was made from burlap dyed darker to show better on stage.  He naturally has no hair, so the wig with the bald top was made just for him.

Little John: Adam is a Big guy and his costume was made to look like his character, a bit behind the others.

Will Scarlets: Dressed in red, Marc and Calvin were dressed to be a bit showy crediting his name.

The Merry Ladies

 Ellen-a-Dale is an entertainer so her costume  allows her to show off her artistic flair.
The actors each chose the colours and design elements from suggested ideas.  It was easy to see how they brought their characters alive through their choices.

Gymkhana Thatch was dressed to emphasize her desire to join the "Men".  Her colours and tunic were designed to allow her to blend in as one of the boys.

                                                                 

The Kids

My Fav was dressing this little guy.  His costume included a wig with elf ears.  His character was a reference to Lord of Rings.

The Law

The Sheriff's were quite dolled up.  

Chris wanted his character to be mashed up wth the wild west.  He wore a fringed shirt with a Medieval pant and tight.  His hat was a cowboy hat fascinator and of course he wore a cape.

Don played his Sheriff as an old fashioned villain.  His costume was more traditional, dark and adorned with silver jewelry so show status. 

Don's hat was more militant in a beret.

He was very snidely

The Ladies

Phil and Steve played the Nanny to Maid Marion.

Their costumes came with a two piece girdles to enhance their womanly features.

The dress is all one piece all attached.

The hair was sewn into the nanny bonnet.

Overall she was meant to look scattered and not at all put together.

On Stage 

Of Course there's a Cow!

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his was my first attempt at making an animal.  It's played by two people and meant to look like a cartoon that could lend it's self to some mishaps.

I love the eyes and the snout.

The head is two layers of foam all stitched together with the top brown faux fur.

Merriment all together

The King and his Sheriff

The King was dressed to look ridiculous as if he did not fit the clothes.  The fabric we found was a stretch royal blue velveteen.  Trimmed with gold and white tights, he's surely not a respectable man.