Over 50 young people from Pembrokeshire, 133 costumes and all sustainably sourced, the Torch Theatre’s Summer Youth Show of Robin Hood: The Legend of the Black Knight is one not to be missed this month. With support from the Port of Milford Haven and the Ingles Charitable Trust, ticket sales are galloping out of the Box Office like Robin Hood on a mission to help the poor....

Fi Russell is the Costume Designer for the show that can be seen on the Torch Theatre stage for three nights only, from Monday 20 July until Wednesday 22. Having trained in Scenography at the University of Wales Aberystwyth and then specialising in Theatre Design completing a post graduate diploma at LAMDA, Fi is a professional theatre designer with over 15 years experience.

“There are over 130 costumes in this show, so it has been a challenge to source that many outfits within budget and to also make them all really identifiable, character rooted and fun,” said Fi who is inspired by audience members.

She added: “I love thinking about how the audience will understand, react and respond to the costumes. For example in this show I’ve used really strong colour definition between the character groups to make it as easy to follow as possible.”

Fi’s recent theatre design highlights have included: Set and Costume for Le Navet Bete’s fast paced comedy ‘Oh Zeus’ and working with magicians the Great Baldini and Peter Clifford on the design for ‘The Curious Case of the Masked Magician’ both of which are currently touring the UK.

“Sustainability and the environment are really important and it’s really embedded in my work. We’re hiring and borrowing many of the costumes rather than buying new ones, and will make sure that no clothes go into landfill at the end of the show,” concluded Fi.

Robin Hood: The Legend of the Black Knight can be seen on the Torch Theatre stage on Monday 20 July, Tuesday 21 July and Wednesday 22 July at 6.30pm. Price: £10 / £8 concessions. Book tickets via the website torchtheatre.co.uk / Box Office: 01646 695267 or click here.