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ISOBEL NICOLSON Designer for Performance

The Impossible Fair
Collaborative Puppet Designer and Maker
A site-specific, promenade puppetry performance of an enchanted Victorian circus, staged on Caerphilly Mountain. In this new play written for the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama I worked collaboratively within a team of makers on the company's costumes, set dressing, and the construction of a life size elephant puppet, animals on a circus carousel, a 'hook-a-duck' booth on a revolve mechanism, and the finale setting of a circus tent.
Director: Emma Williams
Musical Director: Lucy Rivers
Photos: Kirsten McTurnen & Isobel Nicolson
Venue: Mountain View Ranch

Dorothy the elephant

Maquette vs life size puppet

Scaling joint

Elephant body building

Sewing the finale saddle cloth

Finale headdress

Churning out ducks

building the Hook a Duck revolve

The Hook a Duck booth

Finale tent

Pattern cutting the alligator

Carousel alligator

Carousel animals

Me, some mechanized fish and signs
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