Costume Department.

All Costume design for CROWNS has been created by Ned Townsend.

Nelson Blake, Anna Lloyd, Ned Townsend and Brady Aulich performing a dress run. 

The costume of a show is developed through the inspiration of a theme, as well as the actors and actresses that the costume designer has to work with; and the overall decision of the director. Costume can enhance the show as well as add extra definition to a character. Whether or not your character is small or large, innocent or dominant, costume will enhance that given character's attributes throughout the show.  

The two core influences for the costume design of CROWNS are the colour scheme, white representing the living, mortal realm and black representing death and the supernatural. The costume department has drawn significant influence from these elements as overall factors when creating their costume design.

An industrial, conflicting, and revolutionary concept presented in the fashions displayed by each character.

Having the actors bodies painted white, as well as dressed in plain whites enables all the characters to be equal. Whilst all individual outfits are unique to the characters to distinguish themselves; it forces the audience to look past the often grand and colourful outfits common in Shakespeare works, and to emphasize with each specific character whilst they express different levels of power from their actions and expressions executed on stage.

Ned Townsend, as he tries to find costumes for 19 characters.

Ned's initial costume design for all characters started with this sketch.

Behind the scenes in the costume rooms sourcing Lady Macbeth's costume (Actress: Kate Spencer).