Pukeko Design

08/28/2015

09/10/2012

A little bit about our work with
http://pukekodesign.ca/blog/

A Month at The Opera By Sarah Waghorn — September 10, 2012 Here at Pukeko Design we also do the odd bit of costuming for Opera Lyra. It’s kind of a weird gig because we don’t design the show but we don’t exactly build it either. Opera in North America is very good at sharing so companies like Op...

08/20/2012

You're getting rid of what?

http://pukekodesign.ca/2012/08/one-museums-junk-another-theatres-treasure/

One Museums junk is another Theatres treasure By Kevin Waghorn — August 16, 2012 An awesome addition to the Pukeko Design costume collection was acquiring 40 new pieces from the Museum of Civilizations Dramamuse collection. About a year ago the Museum decided to eliminate the Dramamuse trou...

08/14/2012

It's a Wonderful post from the blog
http://pukekodesign.ca/2012/06/one-nite-wonders/

One Nite Wonders By Kevin Waghorn — June 8, 2012 One Night Wonders was a fundraiser put on by the Lift Foundation. Whenever you work with a not-for-profit or charity you work as hard as you can to ensure that the funds raised go directly back into the organization. Sometimes the vision of t...

08/11/2012

The kind of interesting things that happen back home:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2012/08/10/158560857/giant-crumpled-paper-drops-from-the-sky-lands-on-hill-in-new-zealand

08/10/2012

Opera Lyra wardrobe workshop is all set up and ready for the crew to begin tomorrow. Three weeks to work on 80 costumes!

08/08/2012

Blog post from our website

http://pukekodesign.ca/2012/06/the-goat-or-who-is-sylvia/

The Goat, Or Who is Sylvia? By Sarah Waghorn — June 4, 2012 When you’re the Head of Props at a theatre company, a lot of strange things come your way. A few years back, while at the Great Canadian Theatre Company, I was required to make a life size, recently slaughtered goat. Yes, this is t...

08/08/2012

we welcome our newest client, Immigrant Women Services Ottawa who are having a fundraiser in November. http://www.immigrantwomenservices.com/

Immigrant Women Services Ottawa (IWSO) is a non-profit agency that provides counselling and support services to abused immigrant women and their families in Ottawa and its surrounding areas.

08/07/2012

Love working with Patrick Gauthier and Gruppo Rubato.

New show from Gruppo Rubato this fall...

08/06/2012

Prepping for work on this as well. Actors may not start rehearsing for another six weeks or so but now is the time for us to think about October.

http://www.gctc.ca/plays/fly-me-moon

Have you ever had a workday go from bad to worse? Francis and Loretta are home care workers in Belfast. They take care of an elderly man named Davy, who has a passion for Frank Sinatra and playing the ponies. When Davy dies in the loo, Francis and Loretta tell one lie that leads to another and anoth...

08/06/2012

The next Pukeko project is heading up wardrobe for the Opera. Costumes arrive this week.

http://www.operalyra.ca/season/2012---2013-season/la-boheme.php

06/01/2012

01/22/2009

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