Do most West End shows use wigs?
Yes, a lot of the time it is wigs, purely because it’s easier to maintain a wig than it is to maintain someone’s hair… you can make a wig to the style that you want whereas you can’t necessarily style somebody’s hair to get the same result. And obviously you can do a lot of the work without the actor having to be there! But you do use people’s hair if you can – if it’s a modern style, you can style somebody’s hair and make it look fun, but most shows generally do use wigs. Are you allowed any creative input of your own? Well, Joseph is so specific because it’s been going for years, so we don’t have as much creative input as you might on a new show because people expect it be as they remember it. Like the Baker and Butler, they haven’t changed since the Palladium show. Jenna (who played the Narrator in the recent production)’s hairpiece is quite creative – I had quite a lot of time with that, because that’s not really got a specific look. On other shows, do you usually get a bit more cr
