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April 2010 Crazy Horse

April saw me creating a load of hair pieces for the Crazy Horse night club in Paris,...Angela Cobbin has just asked for some more things for the American production of Mary Poppins and Karin Dawson has asked for some things for a television production of the Nativity she is doing for the BBC,...Garsington is just around the corner,... three operas... a gloriously traditional production of Figaro by Robert Perdziola,  for Armida  Ashley Martin Davis is creating a whole new look, Japan meets Thierry Mugler, and a very earth bound Midsummer Nights Dream for Francis O'Conner. A summer in Oxford, how lovely,  even if it's sadly the last one at the original Garsington Manor,...I am not sure what is happening after that, apparently a lot of films are going on, hurrah !! but as always,  I am looking out for that elusive big West End show.

March 2010 Harry Potter
In March I fulfilled a personal ambition and have been working on Harry Potter - witches and wizards at the Ministry of Magic,...that is on going, which is great, pays the bills and gives me time to do the other stuff including a number of hair pieces for a new television mini-series.

February 2010 Disney

February saw me off to create hairstyles on a huge Disney film, John Carter of Mars, very creative work designed by Kevin Alexander supervised by Zoe Brown. A sci-fi look with a vague retro feeling, based on Edgar Rice Buroughs 1920's books. Interesting work but I can't show you pictures yet as I would get shot by Disney! I also put together the hair and make-up for the iconic Stratford East theatre's production of Two Women.- 60's and 80's hairstyles on a tiny weenie budget,. but what a wonderful place to work, a great atmosphere. I also made a wig for Tom Hickey, (who I did Endgame with last year in The West End), for the Gate theatre in Dublin.

January 2010 New Zealand

It's been a bit chaotic since the beginning of the year, but as usual never dull. I was coming back from New Zealand, via LA, when I got a text "Come home, we have work " - it was once again working for Jenny Shircore, I was asked to work on the film as well as making hair pieces, plaits, false fronts etc,  for Bel Ami. The creatives from Cheek by Jowl, are responsible for this film staring Robert Paterson, Kirstin Scott Thomas, Christina Ricca and Uma Thurman. Paris 1880's - very pretty.

December 2009 Wig Creation
Well the play is finished,..what a trip, I havn't run a show for a while,. but that was an interesting one to do. Complicite are an inspiring company to work for and the show got great reviews, and after a slow start ended up selling out !. Simon Annand came and photographed it all for his next book and as part of an exhibition at the V&A, Miriam Margolyes asked me to do her her make-up and hair for several public appearance and a photo shoot, and Tom Hickey has asked me to be involved in his next production at the Gate in Ireland and there may even be another job out of it,.. watch this space. I finished making the dogs for Mary Poppins and also got to improvise something for a group working in Athens - see picture. I did the wig and I believe the performers did their own make-up rather well too!
The year was rounded out by working with Jenny Shircore again, this time just three of us doing a pop video for a group called Baby Bird, the video was loosely based on an episode of the Twilight Zone - set somewhere in fictional colonial America, interesting facial, scars and a stunt man who had to be wigged whilst hitting the water and then swimming !,- he wasn't the only one holding his breath. Our director was one Johnny Depp, who I was asked to make-up for a pick up for his next film The Rum Diaries, - very very cool. Sadly no pictures allowed. Next year - in addition to the work for The Gate, I have been asked to do a Pirandallo play, and plans have started for Garsington, a beautifully traditionally production of Figaro, a down to earth production of Benjamin Britten's Midsummer Nights Dream, and a Rossini opera called Armida - full of devils, peasants and nymphs. Its been an up and down year, started with a small opera, finsihed with a small play, designed a tv series, worked on a huge film, and did an opera festival,.. I can't complain,... besides who would listen?, but I am really pleased to have this website up and running and I am looking forward to the challenges that next year will bring. But for now, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

October 2009 Clash of the Titans

I have just finished working on the feature film 'Clash of the Titans' and now I am back in the West End actually running a show for Complicite. Originally I was asked to design the hair and make up for their production of 'Endgame' at the Duchess Theatre. However, one thing lead to another and it was decided they needed someone to come and do it for them! As I thought I was going to do a film I said I would find someone for them but as that fell throughI suddenly became available. It will keep me busy for a few hours every day till the begining of December and also gives me time to work on other projects. I am still working for Angela Cobbin on 'Mary Poppins', (right now I am making a dog!!).