In July 2013 Mansfield Palace Theatre revisited a very popular show from a few years ago. 'Brassed Off' holds a emotional tone for Mansfield audiences, due to the mining history of the town. The shows musical aspects were performed by Newstead Band, a previously colliery band itself.
The show was directed by Christopher Neil and was performed by the Palace's community theatre troupe.
When the show was originally put on at the Palace the design was the work of Kelly Jago, but due to other commitments she couldn't help realise the recent show. That task was given to me.
The design was kept the same, apart from the colour of the main set pieces, which Kelly deemed to change. The headstocks, reminiscent of colliery machinery, were originally grey but it was decided that they should be more vibrant, to represent the vitality of spirit the troubled characters conveyed.
I made a model of the set design to present to the actors, coordinated the costumes and props and repainted the set pieces.
Photos of the finished production are below.
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