Theatre Design - Peter Pan: The Musical

Peter Pan: The Musical at the Hampton Hill Playhouse
Teddington Theatre Club
Saturday 3rd to Saturday 10th December
Directed by Dawn Lacey

There was a lot to do in this production - the orignal plan was to paint the whole of Neverland on the flats for some of the scenes, but we just weren't going to have enough time to do it, since there was only one person doing it (ie: me).  So we decided to have Neverland as projections and lighting, and for me to concentrate on only doing the victorian panelling for the house scenes, Nana's kennel, the Wendy-house (which unfortunately I have no decent pictures of), the totem-pole, St Paul's, and the wardrobe/hold.  I like the use of the word only there.  Luckily we had Alan's daughter Laura drafted in to do the crocodile, which was fantastic, and got a big laugh from the audience!  Here's the flyer below, and some pictures of the stuff I worked on.

The flyer

The totem pole - made by Alan Corbett and painted by me.

Peter Pan flies!  I did the scenic painting for this, painting the flats to look like victorian panelling, and painting the wardrobe built by Alan to look real and aged.  I also painted the silhouette of St Paul's that you can just see above the pillars.

Parts of the set opened out or turned around to reveal white flats on the other side, which could be projected onto.

In the Indian scene, gauze came down, onto which was projected a scene of the Indian camp.  I created an image in Photoshop to be projected onto the gauze.  I also painted the totem pole which was brought on stage by the actors and built up (see top).

 Another scene was the pirate ship.  Parts of the victorian panelling remained, whilst other parts were taken away to reveal what looks like the deck of a ship, complete with the wheel at the top (originally covered with St Paul's.  The wardrobe was turned around to reveal the entrance to the hold.

Graphic Design - Forbidden Planet

Among the many things I had to do for YAT's Return to the Forbidden Planet were a few scraps of graphics.

Firstly I had to do a re-design of an original Forbidden Planet poster - the director wanted me to change it just enough to look different, but wanted it basically the same. So I changed the characters to look a bit like the actual actors, changed a few colours and added my own sky. The line-art was done by hand, and then I coloured it in Photoshop. You can see the final poster with the text and details added by Bill Compton at the bottom.

Next task was to design the ship's logo for the characters' costumes. I researched 1950's and 60's car and airline logos, and then spent a few days sketching things down until I had something I liked the look of. It is loosely based on the NASA logo. To make it extra-special, I included the YAT logo on the design of the rocket - maybe we'll use this again in the future!

Finally, I had to design some space-age holiday posters, the type of which might be hung in a space-shuttle departure lounge. I used a found image from the internet for each one, changing the colours on Photoshop and adding text, graphics, and of course my logo design. Click on each picture to see the original.

Fairy Tale Videos

A few fairy tale videos from 2006/2007. The Big Bad Wolf was part of my final show in my foundation year - I'll post photos of the other works soon. The Poison Apple I did in my second year at uni when I was kinda experimenting with moving from my photography into film. I think it was a good move.

The Big Bad Wolf (2006) from Catie Atkinson on Vimeo.

The Poison Apple (2007) from Catie Atkinson on Vimeo.

Photography

Most of these are pretty old, but are still my favourite photographs that I've taken. Here they are in chronological order (oldest at bottom, newest at top):

"Ferris Wheel Darlington"(2009) - 5mp digital camera on Nokia Mobile Phone


"Dog"(2009) - Digital (some editing in Photoshop)


"Pathway"(2009) - Digital


"Doorway"(2009) - Digital


"Ready to Store"(2008) - Digital


"Ferris Wheel"(2008) - Medium-Format Film (Eastman-Kodak Box-Brownie)


"Nemo Fish"(2007) - 35mm film in Lidl £4.99 underwater camera (!)


"Snow White" or "Eve"(2007) - Digital (some editing in Photoshop)


"Red Riding Hood"(2007) - Digital (some editing in Photoshop)


"Hansel and Gretel"(2007) - Digital (two photographs of me 'playing' the two characters, stitched together on Photoshop)


"Sleeping Beauty in the Wood"(2007) - Digital (some editing in Photoshop)


"Tree"(2006) - Digital


"Tower"(2006) - Digital


"The Road Goes Ever On and On..."(2005) - 35mm Film in my trusty Practika SLR


"Next Collection"(2005) - Digital


"The Lonely Giant"(2005) - 35mm Film in my Practika


"The Mound of the Northern King"(2005) - 35mm Film in my Practika