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Last September we launched the Stitch In Time Campaign

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to support the restoration and redevelopment of our Costume Workshop

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and help us continue to create stunning costumes

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for you and audiences around the world to enjoy. 

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The Costume team are now settled in their temporary workshop

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and busy making costumes for all the RSC productions as usual.

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Relocating to the temporary workshop took place in May 2018.

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It was a mammoth task to move the team of 30 staff.

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So when we started planning

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how we’d move the costume workshops

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from its base on Waterside

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up to our temporary space here in Arden Street, 

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we had many things to consider.

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Obviously the size of the workrooms that we had,

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that we were working in and how we’d fit them into the spaces here.

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What we were able to do 

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was lay down a template of what the new workrooms sizes would be,

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we found that they fitted almost exactly into the rehearsal rooms here,

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so we could build little temporary walls 

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and everyone could get used to the spaces 

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they would eventually move back into once the new building was completed.

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Although the temporary workrooms are a change from the ad-hoc layout

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and heritage buildings on Waterside, they are a 20-minute walk to the theatre. 

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It’s a real challenge 

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in that we used to be able to get that phone call saying,

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‘oh could you just nip across the road

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and have a look at so and so doing blah de blah. 

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But now it’s, ‘yeah we’ll be down there in 25 minutes’,

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rather than just nipping across the road. 

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And also transporting stuff can be a bit of a challenge,

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especially if we’re transporting anything weapon related, you know, 

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you have to jump in the car and drive it down there

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you can’t obviously walk it through town. 

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The redevelopment of the Costume Workshop 

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will create the best facilities for costume-making,

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in a working environment fit for the 21st century. 

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Thank you to the thousands of people from across the world

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who have already donated to the Stitch In Time Campaign. 

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Every gift makes a difference

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and is greatly appreciated. 

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Thank you.