New Website!

My new website is now live at

www.helencoyston.com

I'll still be updating this blog with work in progress, but all finished projects will now appear on the new site so come and visit me there.

Watership Down - Final Model

Final model box for Watership Down at Watford Palace Theatre, rehearsals are now well underway for what promises to be a beautiful production.

Book of Mirrors at The Minack Theatre (Set Design)

It's been nearly a year since we started planning the design for this steampunk musical, but this week sees the World Premiere of The Book of Mirrors at the stunning Minack Theatre in Cornwall. An epic task, but a fantastic result, with the work of a lot of talented people bringing the vision to life. Here are some pics of the set, with more show images by Simon Wallace and on the Minack website here....

http://www.flickr.com/photos/meltingpotpictures/sets/72157631040148086/

http://www.minack.com/showbom12.htm 

http://www.bookofmirrors.com/designs.html

Watership Down - White Card Model

White card model for Watership Down at Watford Palace Theatre. A combined Skatepark/woodland wilderness, lots of rabbits of skateboards and wheelbarrows containing moveable hedgerows should make this a bit of a spectacle.

Broken News

Some great pictures from photographer Ambra Vernuccio, taken during the first outing of Squint's production of Broken News at the New Wimbledon Studio in April. This is a piece of new writing that Squint will develop and send out on tour in 2013...so watch this space...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ambravernuccio/sets/72157629752506901/with/7578338984/

June Projects

June has been a month of making and construction type things: A weekend spent in Wolverhampton helping out Last Fancies on their site specific show Situation (and getting to smash up a car. Always good) and a couple of weeks working on Goat and Monkey's latest project The Seed. A few days spent in the beautiful High Beeches gardens in Sussex was a lovely way to round off the month. 

Next up...the very exciting Watership Down at Watford Palace....rabbits and skateboards...Watch this space!


Photos from Situation - Arena Theatre, Wolverhampton

The Seed -High Beeches Gardens, West Sussex 

Production Photos - 'There is a War'

Great photos by Alex Rumford of There is a War at WPT. 

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