Scottishballet; Romeo and Juliet costume

http://www.scottishballet.co.uk/romeo-juliet/romeo-a-juliet-for-modern-day.html
The design and costumes of Romeo and Juliet were conceived by Tatyana Van Walsum. She wanted the costumes to have an off the peg feel, and initially the wardrobe team looked for high street clothes for Romeo and Juliet’s costumes but it was found that these were not suitable to dance in. Romeo’s suit was cut in one city, dyed in another and tailored in yet another, while Juliet’s dress was handmade to look off the peg but adapted so she was able to dance in it.

I want my costumes to be more traditional to the period but I do like the idea of having the colour divide to show the Capulets and the Montagues.

Staging Layout; More detailed

I have done this piece from looking at both photos of verona and the layout i have already done on the computer. This shows what the actual look of the fixed staging would be rather than just its placing. I am really happy with the result.

Casa di Giulietta

A big tourist destination in Verona, said to be where the Capulet family lived. Although this has been said there is not actually any proof that the family ever lived there and if they did there is not proof that a young girl named Juliet existed. It wasn't until 1905 that the city bought the overgrown garden and created this sort of museum, rumour has it this was once actually a whore house.

These are just two of the images from inside the house. Even though the whole story round this building may be fictional I think its helpful to look at these to give me an idea of what to put into the video projection design.

Stage design; Romeo and Juilet

I have looked at the different layout of staging and already existing ones that have been used in the performance of Romeo and Juliet. I first did some sketches and then transferred some onto the computer so that they had a cleaner finish to them.

These are the first two that I transferred onto the computer, I preferred the bottom one so worked on it to get what I think will be the basics of my final stage design. This image shows the skeleton of my final look for the stage.

 

Annie Leibovitz; Love of a Lifetime

http://rantchick.com/romeo-julietvogues-love-of-a-lifetime-feature/
http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/vogues-tragic-romeo-and-juliet-spread-love-of-a-lifetime

Theatre design information bits

http://www.theatrestrust.org.uk/resources/exploring-theatres/types-of-stages
http://www.designandvisualtheatre.com/blogs.html
http://www.ia470.com/primer/theatres.htm
http://www2.anglistik.uni-freiburg.de/intranet/englishbasics/DramaTypesofStages01.htm
http://www.conradaskland.com/blog/2008/03/types-of-theaters/
http://www.pageout.net/user/www/j/d/jdolph/StageSpace.htm

Cart Macabre; Living structures



http://www.livingstructures.co.uk/projects/cart-macabre/

Cart Macabre is a nightmare fairground ride through a dreamlike landscape. It’s a restless exploration of isolation and disorientation, an act of faith on the part of the audience. In total darkness, 32 people are shepherded into eight wooden carts and moved through a succession of theatrical environments. The carts – their smell, their sounds, the sensation of their movement – become an inseparable part of a multi-sensory experience.

Romeo and Juliet; Initial

http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/romeojuliet/facts.html

• Full title · The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
• Author · William Shakespeare
• Type of work · Play
• Genre · Tragic drama
• Language · English
• Time and place written · London, mid-1590s
• Date of first publication · 1597 (in the First Quarto, which was likely an unauthorized incomplete edition); 1599 (in the Second Quarto, which was authorized)
• Publisher · Thomas Creede (in the Second Quarto, using the title The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedie, of Romeo and Juliet)
• Climax · The deaths of Romeo and Juliet in the Capulet tomb (5.3)
• Protagonists · Romeo; Julie
  
• Antagonists · The feuding Montagues and Capulets; Tybalt; the Prince and citizens of Verona; fate
  
• Settings (time) · Renaissance (fourteenth or fifteenth century)
• Settings (place) · Verona and Mantua (cities in northern Italy)
• Point of view · Insofar as a play has a point of view, that of Romeo and Juliet; occasionally the play uses the point of view of the Montague and Capulet servants to illuminate the actions of their masters.
• Falling action · The end of Act 5, scene 3, when the Prince and the parents discover the bodies of Romeo and Juliet, and agree to put aside their feud in the interest of peace.
• Tense · Present

First few key facts about the story of Romeo and Juliet.