Emmelia Gordon as Pompey
Measure For Measure
by William Shakespeare
January 17th - February 8th, 2014 The Pacific Theatre
A guest production of the Honest Fishmongers Co-op at Pacific Theatre
DIRECTOR Kevin Bennett
SET DESIGNER Shizuka Kai
COSTUME DESIGNER Christopher David Gauthier
LIGHTING DESIGNER Graham Ockley
SOUND DESIGNER Chris Adams
ASST DIRECTOR Katrina Darychuk
CHOREOGRAPHER Lisa Goebel
STAGE MANAGER Ingrid Turk
Cast:
LUCIO/BARNARDINE Peter Anderson
DUKE VINCENTIO Ted Cole
ELBOW/PROVOST Michael Fera
CLAUDIO/FROTH Jeff Gladstone
POMPEY/FRIAR PETER Emmelia Gordon
JULIET/MESSENGER/ GIRL Pippa Johnstone
ESCALUS/FRANCESCA Alison Kelly
ISABELLA/ABHORSON Julie McIsaac
MARIANA/WHORE/JUSTICE Katharine Venour
ANGELO/MISTRESS OVERDONE Simon WebbThis was a Canadian Actors’ Equity Association production under the Artists’ Collective Policy.
"Jacobean Moderns" is how director Kevin Bennett and I came to think of the denizens of Measure for Measure.
With a tight budget and over 20 costumes, items were begged, borrowed (sincere appreciation to Ms. Sydney Cavanagh and Bard on the Beach) but mostly made or repurposed. The old became new, and the new had the starch removed so that the Downtown East Side (DTES of Vancouver) could come crashing into the courts of "Vienna".
By turns regal, subdued, simple, flashy, distressed, over- and underdone. Ruffs, high collars and lace inserts mix with polyester, bodysuits, gender went into the blender at times, and a novice's habit was made from a back-lacing Forever 21 dress.
Lit alternately by candle flame and "traditional" stage lighting designed by Graham Ockley and played against the brilliant cardboard set designed by Shizuka Kai the strange becomes familiar over the course of the evening with every actor having another identity.
Photos by Ron Reed except as noted
Please click on a photo to see it full sized.
by William Shakespeare
January 17th - February 8th, 2014 The Pacific Theatre
A guest production of the Honest Fishmongers Co-op at Pacific Theatre
DIRECTOR Kevin Bennett
SET DESIGNER Shizuka Kai
COSTUME DESIGNER Christopher David Gauthier
LIGHTING DESIGNER Graham Ockley
SOUND DESIGNER Chris Adams
ASST DIRECTOR Katrina Darychuk
CHOREOGRAPHER Lisa Goebel
STAGE MANAGER Ingrid Turk
Cast:
LUCIO/BARNARDINE Peter Anderson
DUKE VINCENTIO Ted Cole
ELBOW/PROVOST Michael Fera
CLAUDIO/FROTH Jeff Gladstone
POMPEY/FRIAR PETER Emmelia Gordon
JULIET/MESSENGER/ GIRL Pippa Johnstone
ESCALUS/FRANCESCA Alison Kelly
ISABELLA/ABHORSON Julie McIsaac
MARIANA/WHORE/JUSTICE Katharine Venour
ANGELO/MISTRESS OVERDONE Simon WebbThis was a Canadian Actors’ Equity Association production under the Artists’ Collective Policy.
"Jacobean Moderns" is how director Kevin Bennett and I came to think of the denizens of Measure for Measure.
With a tight budget and over 20 costumes, items were begged, borrowed (sincere appreciation to Ms. Sydney Cavanagh and Bard on the Beach) but mostly made or repurposed. The old became new, and the new had the starch removed so that the Downtown East Side (DTES of Vancouver) could come crashing into the courts of "Vienna".
By turns regal, subdued, simple, flashy, distressed, over- and underdone. Ruffs, high collars and lace inserts mix with polyester, bodysuits, gender went into the blender at times, and a novice's habit was made from a back-lacing Forever 21 dress.
Lit alternately by candle flame and "traditional" stage lighting designed by Graham Ockley and played against the brilliant cardboard set designed by Shizuka Kai the strange becomes familiar over the course of the evening with every actor having another identity.
Photos by Ron Reed except as noted
Please click on a photo to see it full sized.
"...Christopher David Gauthier’s costumes spin courtliness out of Value Village castoffs."
Colin Thomas, Georgia Straight
