Blackpool Pleasure Beach - Behind the Scene

 

Figure 1 Personal Photograph, Costumes of the performers

At Blackpool Pleasure Beach, they have circus and ice-skating performances. They have a department that provide costumes for the performers. Each show has its own theme, and what surprised me was that they make a costume for each of the performers.

During my year at Cheadle and Marple Sixth Form College, I learnt that within the ballet showcase business, in order to save money on costume making they would design the costume being able to fit at least three different sizes. 

However, in the Blackpool Pleasure Beach showcase business, they have a costume fitted per performer.

 

Figure 2 Personal photograph: Costume.

Another thing that struck me was the numbers of costumes, because each performer would have their very own costume, and every other month, they would have to come in for a full body measurement.

During the tour, I noticed that most of the costumes were enormous; almost sculpture like when they were next to each other and colour coded.

Most of the costumes were feather based, I wonder if this was because the enormous size of the costumes to create the dramatic effect, so by using feathers it would not be so heavy and make it easier for the performers to balance the costume on their body, while they were performing at the same time.