In February 2011 we helped to ‘The Ruddy Armatures’ with the costumes for their production of Arcadia by Tom Stoppard. It is a play questioning God and science. It was set in 1809 and 1812, and we could find any appropriate trousers so we made 8 pairs along with 10 neck cloths and 2 dresses. Making the dresses was my main job, which was a lot of fun. Thomasina’s dress was interesting as I could concentrate on the detail, but Lady Croom’s dress was much more complicated as it was made from a thick velvet, which was very difficult to pleat and gather. Overall this was a really exciting project and looked really good onstage.
We were working with ‘The Ruddy Armatures’ which is company of actors that put on a few shows a year and it was a great opportunity to see how productions are organised outside of the University.
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