Costume design by Hugh Durrant for Ross King as Idle Jack in the shipwreck scene of "Dick Whittington", Birmingham Hippodrome, 1993.

Costume design for Ross King as Idle Jack in the shipwreck scene. The design depicts a full length male figure wearing a pantomime costume. The costume consists of a ragged sleeveless blue jacket; a ragged pair of blue & white striped shorts which are belted at the waist; a pair of brown open toed sandals; and a pair of yellow waterwings worn on the upper arms. The figure also carries a pair of sunglasses in his left hand.

Given by Hugh Durrant

This costume design by Hugh Durrant is part of a group of designs donated to the Theatre Museum by the artist in 1994. The design was executed for a production of the pantomime "Dick Whittington" performed at the Birmingham Hippodrome on 22nd December 1993. The show was directed by Carole Todd, and the lighting was designed by Andrew Gardner. The cast included Lesley Joseph as Fairy Bow Bells, John Nettles as King Rat, Rosemarie Ford as Dick, Jeffrey Holland as Ada the Cook, and Wayne Sleep as Tommy the Cat.

The production was filmed for inclusion in the National Video Archive of Stage Performance at the Theatre Museum in February 1994 (Catalogue numbers 94/04/V/9001 and 94/04/V/9002 ). These designs were partly acquired as a compliment to the film with the aim of recording the creative progress from the designer's drawings to their realisation on stage.

Historical significance: An excellent example of late 20th century costume design for pantomime, which is currently poorly represented in the Theatre Museum Collection.

Reason For Production: Commission

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