Prop Making

Giant Duck

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

Production Team

By David Yazbek

RWCMD Richard Burton Company Production
Sherman Main House, Sherman Theatre, Cardiff

June 2023

Director: Eva Sampson

Musical Director: Peter Mitchell

Set Designer: Jijing Chen

Costume Designer: Amy Adair

Lighting Designer: James Blakeman

Scenic Lead: Grace Rumsey

Scenic Artists: Amelia O'Toole, Amy Marsden, Kayleigh Smith, Mayzey Green, Ruth Norwood, Milly Williams, Marcha Goodchild

Duck Makers: Grace Rumsey, Amelia O'Toole

Photographer: Jorge Lizalde

For this production, Grace and I were required to make three soft toy ducks, each increasing in size. Together we made the giant duck (3m tall) and used the same pattern to each make one of the smaller ducks, I made the 'mini duck'.

Making Process

Production Images

Folding Mattress

Pijin/Pigeon

Production Team

By Bethan Marlowe

Theatr Gen & Theatr Iolo Production
Sherman Main House, Sherman Theatre, Cardiff

March 2023

Director: Lee Lyford

Set and Costume Designer: Carl Davies

Design Assistant: Ola Klos

Lighting Designer: Ace McCarron

Scenic Lead: Kayleigh Smith

Scenic Artists: Amelia O'Toole, Nerys Akers, Ella Simpson, Kat Brown, Jesse Musker

Mattress Makers: Kayleigh Smith, Amelia O'Toole, Ruby Aston

Photographer: Kristina Banholzer

For this production, Ruby, Kayleigh and I were required to make mattress that folded easily with secret compartments for props.

Production Images

Making Process

Giant Arch

Cardiff's Old Library Entranceway

To celebrate RWCMD's acquisition of Cardiff's Old Library as a place for rehearsal and performance, our cohort made a replica of the original entranceway to the Old Library to display within RWCMD.

The project was split into four segments and six of us worked on each segment. The group I was in was allocated the arch segment of the entranceway.