[Progress Theatre] Costuming Lady Windermere's Fan

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Elenor Porrill is in Reading doing a year's placement as part of her course at Bath University and is making the most of her time here to get involved in Progress Theatre. She is performing in and organising the costumes for Lady Windermere's Fan and has also been cast as Katherine in this summer's outdoor production of Love's Labour's Lost...And Won

Although the play was written in the 1890s this production is set slightly later than this so that elements of Art Deco can be introduced in the set. The costumes range from Victorian for the older characters to almost a flapper style for the younger characters.

Elenor (centre) in a scene from Lady Windermere's Fan photo Richard Brown

The costumes all came from Progress's own wardrobe store and our huge collection of dinner jackets was invaluable for clothing the men who need day and evening suits. Elenor even found a box of vintage hair pieces for the women. The all important fans have come from producer Becky, who conveniently has quite a collection of them. The only items Elenor had to buy were accessories and she had fun hunting in charity shops to find appropriate pieces.

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Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde, Thursday 24th April – Saturday 3rd May 2014

Jazz at Progress Louis Moholo-Moholo/Alexander Hawkins Quartet Friday 9th May 2014

Not About Heroes by Stephen MacDonald, Monday 26th May – Saturday 31st May 2014

God of Carnage by Yazmina Reza, adapted by Christoper Hampton Monday 23rd June – Saturday 28th June 2014

Reading Open Air Love's Labour's Lost... And Won by William Shakespeare Wednesday 16th July – Saturday 26th July 2014 at Caversham Court Gardens

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