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Before building, scenic designer Rachel Hauck creates set renderings.
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A draft of what Pope Joan’s head piece will become.
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An in-process look at Pope Joan's costume.
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Muslin mockups of Lady Nijo's and Griselda's costumes.
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A close-up look of Pope Joan's head piece.
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The Top Girls costume rack, ready to be moved into the dressing rooms.
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Dull Gret's helment, ready to be painted.
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Dull Gret's helmet, after the paint treatment by costume crafts artisan Denise Wallace-Spriggs.
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Some of the head pieces being worn in the show. Pictured are Pope Joan's and Isabella Bird's head pieces.
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Isabella Bird's beautiful costume, nearly done!
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Kathryn Schondek, stitcher and dresser on Top Girls, does some hand stitching on a costume for the show.
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Women on stage and behind the scenes. The ladies of the costume shop working hard to create the beautiful costumes for TOP GIRLS.
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A close-up look at Patient Griselda's costume.
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This image is a print-out of a painting that hangs in The Northall Bar in the Corinthia Hotel in Central London. The real-life restaurant is the model for the restaurant of the play's iconic Act I. Our paint shop is recreating the image on canvas.
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A look into how the paints shop is transferring the image on canvas.
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Our paint shop has been working round the clock to recreate this image on canvas.
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Attention is in the details. Here's a close-up of the stunning recreation our paint shop artisans have been working on.
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Over in the props shop, they created this ornate table legs. Two of these will support a "marble" tabletop.
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One table leg down, one to go. This one's ready for paints.
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Here is our light wall covered in hundreds of lights. To give the same effect as reflective lighting shells at a fraction of the cost, the team used salad bowls.
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Scenic load-in at the Huntington Avenue Theatre.
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A view of scenic load-in from the stage left wings.