HALLOWE’EN 2010 IT'S A SCREAM!
Hallowe’en made easy! Over the following pages we’ll furnish you with enough bright ideas to make your Hallowe’en ghoulishly good. We start with a trip to the costume store of the Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh to get some outfit inspiration Planning and words: Natalya Wells
Sarah Earl, 19, is a social work student at Edinburgh University. She’s originally from Perth. Which is your favourite costume? It was incredibly hard to decide, but I prefer the grey dress [this photo] because I like how it’s a bit ripped and dirty. I’m trying to look quite vampy this Hallowe’en.
What will you be doing on the 31st? I’m going back to the old school with some trick or treating, hopefully. Back at home we’re going to have a kind of kiddies tea party – I keep thinking I must buy some pumpkins!
Sarah wears: a 16th century style grey gown last used in a production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 2008.
THE LYCEUM Where better to find your dream costume than a theatre? Behind the scenes of the Lyceum’s successful performances are teams of hard-working designers aiming to get actors and actresses looking their part, from sourcing buttons to rummaging in vintage shops across the country. We visited their cavernous warehouse/workshop near Haymarket in Edinburgh to see what we could find, where a core group of four workers keep tabs on what’s available for future productions, and let our readers Josh and Sarah loose in what was essentially the biggest dressing-up box they had ever seen (when asked for a specific number of costumes, the department manager, simply said, ‘thousands’). Walking through the vast room of clothing rails, The List could imagine transforming into anything from a 1950s teenager to a Tudor monarch. Thanks to Melissa Clarke and the Lyceum staff.
14 THE LIST 21 Oct–4 Nov 2010
Josh wears: an early 19th century style military redcoat, made for Vanity Fair, 2008.
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