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In a Thousand Pieces Costume Live Theatre Review (Coats (woollen - from…
In a Thousand Pieces Costume Live Theatre Review
Black Stiletto Heels
show off to men
complements figure
fashion - thought she was being a model for a photo shoot - naivity, youthfulness, innocence
Coats
covering up
dignity
woollen - from Romania - represents culture
shows where they come from
representative of child-like innocence
loose - shows they don't need to show off their bodies
comfort
buttoned up - closed off and covered
all buttons present at beginning so safe and unharmed
Blue dresses
simple
not be judged
cotton - innocence - young - soft & weak
Cannot fend for themselves - vulnerability
fit in with British fashion - fit in
Audience feels concerned about them - not too worried yet though - normal girls
something a young person would wear - young person coming to UK for fun & freedom
by Paper Birds Theatre Company
directed by Kylie Perry & Jemma McDonnall
Actresses: Georgie Coles, Josie Dale-Jones, Shona Cowie
Set & costume design - Ellen Dowell (original performance)
Corsets
restrictive
meant to make girls more attractive
like the girls were being marketed/sold - like an auction
bodies being judged by men - we as an audience also judging them
being exploited like a doll - dressed up to show off against own will
cared about fitting in - fashion
have fun /young - why they came to England
Got dressed on stage
vulnerability
humility
covering up nudity
covering up what happened to her
Dress innocence - not tell anyone
Taking 3 pairs of knickers off - represents being raped 3 times that day
costumes reflect the innocence of the girls and how they are taken advantage of
buttons
accessory
link to the theme of the play
loss of each button = each rape - gradual loss of dignity - links to being undressed viciously
undressing in undignified way
build up of buttons -overwhelming - show thousands of times she's been raped
buttons could also represent a pound coin as men pay £1 to rape her - she has become the value of a button
buttons placed in jar - sold for her body - self worth of a pound/penny
underwear
skin colour gives the impression of nudity
vulnerability
embarrassment/humility
rape scenes they pull down their knickers - represents someone doing it to them
white pants = innocence
simplistic pants - simple, young, humiliating
blindfold
blind in the sense that they have no control
cannot see clearly why they are doing this - don't entirely understand
all in the same clothes - shows they no longer have an identity - just an object for sale
also shows how many people this happens to worldwide