Description : set, props and costume design, costume manufacture and set dressing for A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, performed by the learners of St Davids Marist and St Teresa’s High School.  Directed by Jaco Ferreira, and assisted by Susanne Human.  

The costumes were made on a shoestring budget, by re-purposing and adapting existing fabrics, clothing, belts and costume items sourced from the St Davids costume store and various charity shops.  Affordable green taffeta and gold organza fabrics were torn into strips from which I made a number of skirts, tops and trees.  2nd hand jerseys were torn up and sewn back together in layers to create lichen and moss covered forest characters.  A pre-loved pair of donated shiny silver curtains were cut up to create a magical gathered skirt around the stage, and a pair of donated red striped curtains were cut up to make skirts for the warriors.  Scarves and scrunchies were re-purposed into flowers, and a big moon and rolling clouds painted onto cardboard and hung from the hall ceiling.  We re-purposed and dressed some existing set pieces from the Pretoria State Theatre stores to create a moving magical forest, animated by the actors.