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For the Royal Opera House
My very last complete draughting project for the Royal Opera House workshops: a witch's house for the Christmas opera/ballet Tsarina's Slippers.
Just before going into the paint shop.
9.7.09
Tavira
There's something about tradition that brings people together: church rituals, Christmas family dinners or summer balls are endured by all generations alike as part of a link that mustn't be broken through the ages. And when its setting is made out of endless hours of labouring over a single perfect flower, everyone agrees that there must be something special about the occasion, even if its meaning has been lost in time.
8.7.09
Algarve
Today a friend was telling me I was dressed like a Greek landscape: strong blue cardigan, white shirt and a tanned face. But those are also the colours of my country; colours impossible to describe through cloth, photos or words; the colours of my saudade inscribed as strongly in my soul as to make my body ache for its presence.
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Hansel & Gretel
It's one of the best children's plays I've ever seen and certainly the best Hansel & Gretel!I've been working on a production of the opera version of the story for the Royal Opera House, in London.
Although this production at the Gulbenkian Theatre, at UKC, Kent, is on the other end of the scale in budget and size, Lyngo Theatre Company has made it into an amazingly magical stage space.
Travellings beds with hat-pillows, a soft sugary moon and racoonish witches will envolve you, adults and children, in a story of love and hunger, where the darkest of places can become home.
Their website: www.lyngo.co.uk
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