Design meeting and ideas

Today we had a design meeting with Steffi who is designing the set and costumes for the show.




We also had a look at the next version of the puppets of Hansel and Gretel that we will be using for some parts of the show and I think they look really good.








Steffi had made a small set model working on our ideas about trees and branches in a forest. We also talked about some ways of using projections as part of the set.





Things are really moving on now, we also talked a lot about costumes and how e design will be used to tell the story....

More soon - the show is getting closer and closer, and tickets are selling fast!



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We have been experimenting with some projected background ideas

Steffi made these great pictures that we will try out as projections onto the backdrop.

Some of them are very beautiful

Brown cardboard packages tied up with string..

Steffi the Set Designer has been amassing lots of things for the Hansel & Gretel set. The latest package to arrive at The Junction is a large box with lots of rugs in it that will help dress the stage. She is also talking to a local tree surgeon about what bits of trunk and branches we can use in the theatre

Start of set designing for the show

Alex met with Steffi today (our set designer and one of the performers in the show) to talk in detail about ideas for the set design. We will transform the theatre into a forest so we are currently talking to local tree surgeons about using bits of cut-off branches in our set. Steffi has also been working on some beautiful puppets which we use in the show:

 Here they are in our office at The Junction with a head still to be added to little Hansel!

Workshopping in London

We worked on Saturday with our Director Alex, our Musical Director Carly Davis and a bunch of great performers at St Mary's University College London. We have four confirmed cast members for the show already, but are looking to find a fifth performer for Hansel & Gretel.We explored some of the songs from the show and played some improvisation games together .

Cambridge Evening News - unmissable show this autumn!

Today we were listed in the Cambridge Evening News as one of the 50 unmissable autumn shows:

"The Junction's Christmas shows are always a joy, offering a winning alternative to the usual pantos and ice shows. This year's offering, produced in association with award-winning theatre company New International Encounter promises to transform the theatre into a magical winter woodland, re-imagining the classic fairytale through a mixture of storytelling, clowning and live music"

Horray!

Let it snow.... in August!

For the show we will transform the theatre into a winter forest, so this week we ordered a variety of different types of theatrical snow to see what will work best for covering the floor of the forest as well as falling snow.

The falling snow is especially pretty as it is thick plastic flakes which slowly rain down, so in the theatre with the right lights - the effect will be really magical. The company we ordered from also make different snow effects for TV and film, including Harry Potter, the Golden Compass and Narnia, so I think we are in good company!