Sweeny Todd

This term I am costuming the show Sweeny Todd along with Marion Huard. This is really going to test our creative skills. With Sweeny Todd you are in danger of going the typical way (The Tim Burton way).  Our first aim with this project has been to come up with a very clever concept. We have had many ideas bouncing around from going completely gothic to punk looking at steam punk art. The first main idea was to cross steam punk with a Victorian style costume either having small elements of steam punk with the Victorian attire or small elements of Victorian attire with steam punk. One of the main problems with this show is the budget and this has been a big deciding factor in our concept. In the end we decided that steam punk with Victorian style would be way too expensive and with the budget given to us from the drama society we would not be able to achieve what we wanted not to mention again we were steering very close to Tim Burtons Sweeny Todd. However, this Monday we saw a picture that gave both Marion and I an idea a dress made out of ties. So we have decided that we are going to recycle! Using clothing and old material etc we are going to be making all the costumes with a punky feel to them. The first stop for us will be the boot fairs. This Saturday we will be going to Wimbledon for one. We want to find as much stuff that we can turn into something but that will give our costumes that original feel. It’s not going to be easy though this show is definitely going to be a challenge!