Musical Theatre - Bugsy Malone

For the 2018 passion projects i'm doing musical theatre and this year for musical theatre we are going to be performing Bugsy Malone. If you didn't know Bugsy Malone is based in the 1920 and in the 1920 things were very different from how we live now. For Bugsy Malone My characters are. I think this going to be entertaining and lots of fun to perform.

Lena -  Lena is a character who thinks she is the best and its all about her. She ends up knocking blousey out of the way and making it all about her.














Shady -   Shady is a character that is working for sam but is also working for dandy dan and plays a part to set up a crucial scene.



So to understand these characters more i'm going to do some research about what it would be like for them in the 1920s .



What was The Fashion like ?

Girls 
The fashion back then is different to the now days back then these were the trendy things for them.

Short Flapper style clothes that provided freedom of movement

Striking Art Deco designs

Cloche hats and bobbed hairstyles

The boyish 'garconne' look and adoption of male clothing

Casual styles for day wear as worn by Norma Shearer ( one of the fashion icons ) in the photo 

Fun, fringed flapper dresses or glamorous silk gowns for evening attire

Boys 

The essential part of a 1920s man’s wardrobe was his suit. For day, evening, office, or parties, a man always wore a suit. The only exceptions were for blue collar workers, sport players or Young men or collage men  who dressed more casually. But, even they owned suits and wore them with pride.

What sets 1920s men’s suits apart from other decades are the material and fit. Suits were mostly made of thick wool or a wool tweed, and pants made of wool based flannel that made them heavier than today’s suit materials but lighter than the previous decades. Suit jackets were either single or double breasted and featured 3 or 4 buttons up the front. The top button came to the center of the heart, giving way to notch lapels. The highness of the suit lapels is what really sets 1920s suits apart from suits of other eras.Also the mens suits were bright colors with vibrant patterns.