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The Costume Supervisor’s Toolkit

Supervising Theatre Costume Production from First Meeting to Final Performance
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The Costume Supervisor’s Toolkit details the essential role of a Costume Supervisor in theatre, opera, and dance productions. Rebecca Pride guides readers through every stage, from initial design meetings to managing fittings and final rehearsals, emphasising practical approaches and teamwork.
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This book is ideal for aspiring costume supervisors, theatre production students, and professionals seeking a comprehensive, practical handbook on costume department management.

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The Costume Supervisor’s Toolkit explores the responsibilities of a Costume Supervisor within a theatrical, opera or dance production company. This guide outlines best working practices such as building a team and creating a costume bible, and provides resources such as sizing guides and case studies from renowned theatrical organizations.

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The Costume Supervisor’s Toolkit explores the responsibilities of a Costume Supervisor within a theatrical, opera or dance production company. Rebecca Pride provides an insight into all manner of processes, beginning with a definition of the role, and offers explanations of the timeline from the first design meetings, leading all the way up to managing fittings and final rehearsals.

This how-to guide outlines best working practices, including building a team and creating a Costume Bible, whilst also providing helpful resources such as sizing guides, a list of useful addresses, and case studies from renowned theatrical organisations.

Series: The Focal Press Toolkit Series

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781138182585

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 27 July 2018

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Illustration: 1 Tables, color; 20 Tables, black and white; 3 Line drawings, color; 47 Halftones, color; 1 Halftones, black and white; 50 Illustrations, color; 1 Illustrations, black and white

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 191.0mm

Height: 235.0mm

Weight: 510g

Pages: 170

About the Author

Rebecca Pride is Course Leader for the award-winning BA (Hons) Costume and Performance Design course at the Arts University Bournemouth. She spent 15 years prior to her career as an academic, working as a costume and set designer in the professional theatre. Her work at the Arts University has included producing numerous costume-led film projects, including Wimbledon Championships 1936-1937, Storytelling from an original point of view, Glass slippers, La Passarella, Reverie, Vampyr and Moulin Rouge.

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