The Sugar Wife written by Elizabeth Kuti

The Sugar Wife

I was the Costume Designer and Maker for the play ‘The Sugar Wife’ written by Elizabeth Kuti. It was performed at The Lir Academy in Dublin, Ireland (2023).

Photography by Ste Murray

'The Sugar Wife' brochure

Director - Dolores Rice

Costume Designer & Maker - Maija Koppinen

Set Designer - Clara Cohen

Lighting Designer - Pedro Pacheco

Sound Designer - Cameron McCauley

For this theatre production, we created costumes from scratch and altered clothes into new costumes using second-hand and locally sourced materials. We also hired as well as bought costumes and vintage pieces.

Tierra Porter as Sarah & Laura McAleenan as Hannah

Here are some of the costumes designed for the play:

From design to final costume

Hannah's Chinese robe 1:4 mock-up, babies robe, pattern designs & mock-ups as well as moodboard.

Martha's costume dirtied down & moodboard.

Adrian Mujkanovic as Alfred, Laura McAleenan as Hannah, Tierra Porter as Sarah & Darren Mone as Samuel

TEKIJÄ

Maija Koppinen

Tekijätiedot:

Maija Koppinen - Costume & Textile Designer