The Medium
Director: Hannah Noone
Condutor: James Southall
Set designer: Estrella Guo
Costume designer: Serene Liu
Lighting designer: Cameron Gallacher
Stage Manager: Hannah McQuair
Visual Research & Costume Direction
Atmosphere
Although both stories share the same setting, they exist in two contrasting visual worlds: one in colour, the other in black and white.
The Medium focuses on the lives of the lower class, where performance becomes a means of survival, and identity is constructed through the act of playing roles.
Design Development
Costume Language
Process
Cancel the wig and change the wide-leg trousers to a skirt. Add black fabric for a more mysterious look.
Use tea dyeing to make the skirt look more worn and impoverished.
Final Performance
The costume design exaggerates the visual contrast between social classes, emphasising inequality.
Lower-class characters are defined through worn, disordered garments, reflecting a life sustained by alcohol and instability.
Add a distressed finish to the garment as the final touch.
Add shoulder pads and shorten the trouser legs.
