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Peter Pan: Building the Set!

Northern Ballet Theatre's Head of Technical Services, Tim Anger, sent us through some exclusive photographs from our workshops, where the technical and design teams for Peter Pan are hard at work creating the set.

 

 

Alex Christie manicures the grass on the Island

Alex Christie manicures the grass on the Island.

The waves seen in the show are being made in-house by Alex Christie. They are columns of polystyrene shaped and covered in canvas.

The waves seen in the show are being made in-house by Alex Christie. They are columns of polystyrene shaped and covered in canvas.


Hook's ship in construction at Topshow our scenic contractor. The sides are quite tricky because plywood is being bent in two directions at once.

Hook's ship in construction at Topshow our scenic contractor. The sides are quite tricky because plywood is being bent in two directions at once.

 

 

Simon Fitzgerald weaves a giant bird's nest of pipe-lagging

Simon Fitzgerald weaves a giant bird's nest of pipe-lagging.

The rock and crocodile are both being made in-house by our Assistant Designer Ali Allen. The rock is a steel frame clad in fire-proof polystyrene and fibre-glass. The croc head was carved out of

The rock and crocodile are both being made in-house by our Assistant Designer Ali Allen. The rock is a steel frame clad in fire-proof polystyrene and fibre-glass. The croc head was carved out of
polystyrene to create a mould which will be used to cast a thin rubber "mask".

Thin ply is glued together to build up the required thickness and clamped until dry to create a laminate which will hold its shape

Thin ply is glued together to build up the required thickness and clamped until dry to create a laminate which will hold its shape
when dry.

 

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