Selected Covid19 Shutdown Characters

White human in front of a red velvet background. They wear a basic stage black, V-neck top & their hair and make up is done late 5th to early 6th Century BCE styles
A harassed mother in a grey marl top, with her hair pulled up in a scruffy bun, sitting in a bathtub, lookign fed-up.
Human in full clown face and red/yellow classic 'fool' patches shirt and sleeves, with a red & yellow bow in each of 2 long, high bunches, placed per medieval fool horns

Credits in this album: Trapdoor Entertainment

 

Productions in this album:

Coriolanus (Valeria); Like Soap for Chocolate (Mum – Originated Role); King Lear (Fool); Corporate Commercial (R&D Executive); La Famille – Episode 2 (Narrator); Taming of the Shrew (Tranio)

Period Pieces

Behind scenes shot from 'Gafa Sa Túr of a group of people in early 1600s dress, sitting in a tavern. One person is turned 3/4 to camera & wears a linen dress, with brown skirt and grey apron over the top, and a black shawl. They are seen over the shoulder of a woman, sitting in the foreground, with her back to the camera.
Behind the scenes on-set shot from inside the Cavan Burren, shooting for the visitor centre film. Features a Bronze age Shaman and Widow at a burial site caught mid-ceremony
On set still from 'Sacred Sites of Ireland' playing Goddess of Earth
On set shot from 'Secrets of British Castles' Season 1. A Lady in Waiting, dressed in late C13th style, standing in front of a fire, turns and looks back over her shoulder to the camera.
Heavily pregnant Mary Queen of Scots (RHS) & her midwife (LHS). The queen is in her shift and cap. The midwife wears a brown dress and linen apron and a cap. Her sleeves are rolled up to under the elbows (over the elbows would be scandalous).
Several townsfolk from Shellseekers (for BBC & BBC & Germany) seen in WW2 costume (and the ladies in rain bonnets to protect their hair & make-up), beside the harbour wall at Port Isaac Jul 2005

Credits in this album: Irish Arms; Kathryn O’Driscoll

 

Productions in this album: 

Gafa Sa Túr for TG4; Cavan Burren Visitor Centre Film (Bronze Age Widow); Sacred Sites of Ireland (Goddess) for Smithsonian Channel; Secrets of Great British Castles (Late C13th Lady in Waiting; Mary Queen of Scots’ Midwife) for Channel 5 (UK), then others, now Netflix; Shellseekers (Young Mum) BBC & BBC Germany co-production

Family Entertainment Characters

Human dressed as Schrodinger's Cat in a box
A 1920s eccentric psychic medium in evening dress, shawl, fascinator and large pendant
Puppeteer and Crocodile from 'Lifesize Punch & Judy'
Clarissa the Nighttime Faerie, carries a black staff and wears a black top, heavy * sparkly faerie make-up, and wears a lot of 'magical', silver, twinkly jewellery. Her hair is in a top bun, secured with a twinkly crescent moon clip.
Mr & Mrs Beaver in their Lodge. Narnia in the Park at Bishop Lucey Park, Cork, Christmas 2016
BSL interpreter of 'Barney the Horse' sits on a blue seat, in a magnolia coloured, sunny room. There are houseplants in the background on a windowsill. The BSL interpreter wears red and makes the BSL sign for 'horse' towards the camera.
Split Image features a black and white still of Katherine Hepburn in the lower portion, and the actor playing her, in costume in the upper portion
Petraf the Bedtime Story Faerie, sitting in the magic tent. She wears a purple, stripey dress, black top, and burgundy felt waistcoat, with a pouch on her belt. Her wings are mustard & brown, patterned and fall down behind her. Assistance Dog Emma lays beside her in her harness. 'Footsteps in the Forest' at Slieve Gullion Forest Park

Credits in this album: Trapdoor Entertainment; Footsteps NI

 

Productions in this album:

Schrödinger’s Cat; 1920s Murder Mystery;  Lifesize Punch & Judy (Crocodile & Puppeteer); Fairy Tale Without a Name (Clarissa, Fairy of Night); Narnia (Mrs Beaver); Barney the Horse (BSL Interpreter and & Storyteller); Silver Screen Murder Mystery (Katherine Hepburn); Footsteps in the Forest (Petraf the Bedtime Story Faerie)

Other Characters (Theatre, Film & TV)

The cast of 'Hunt for the Omagh Vampire'. L-R: Harker, Van Helsing, the Headless Monk; Vampire Avarta
Puck - A Midsommer Night's Dream Puck leans against a moss-covered tree in sunlit woods & looks straight towards the camera. Their face is half obscured by long, black hair. They wear a punk style pentagonal star necklace on a black cord, & a black vest. Their skin is turned green by the surrounding woodland light.
Yvette ('Allo 'Allo - stage play format) in soft focus. She wears 1940s french style dress: A black barmaid's dress, with a beige waistcoat over top. Her hair is loose in a wine-red beret.
Late C17th Woman in the courtyard at the Battle of the Boyne Museum. Assistance Dog Emma is beside her in the foreground, and there is a gun carriage in the background
Cabaret Dancer in black leotard & tailcoat, with black top hat. Red sash on waste and hat.
Late Edwardian British Suffragette
Cook in the kitchen at ARdgillan Castle, knitting a red thrum cap on 5 needles
Hecate, with silver 'Isis wings' raised in the fully upright position, enters and scares the 3 witches, all in red Isis wings falling down their backs like cloaks
Logo for Tales from the Shadows' 'Equinox' in the centre - a silver birch tree picked out in silver, with the title 'Equinox' in capitals beneath To the LHS is the left half of our winter cailleach's face in cool, natural lighting (actor: Dorothy Laity). On the RHS, is the right half of our summer cailleach's face in dappled sunshine (actor: Lisa Murphy).

Credits in this album: Various

Productions in this album: 
Hunt for the Omagh Vampire (Headless Monk); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Puck); ‘Allo ‘Allo! (Yvette); Battle of the Boyne (Living History Interpreter); Cabaret Dancer; Sufragette; Ardgillan Castle (Cook – Living History Interpreter); Macbeth (Hecate); Equinox (Cathine – Winter Cailleach)