![Hey Duggee with Cast, Grant Orchard Creator and Sue Goffe on set.](javascript:changephoto("/media/show_images/show_53/Hey_Duggee_Southampton_MAST._copy.jpg", "Hey Duggee with Cast, Grant Orchard Creator and Sue Goffe on set.", "Photograph of the cast and BBC creatives on the set of Southampton MAST."))
![The Squirrels meet Mrs Weaver](javascript:changephoto("/media/show_images/show_53/Squirrels.jpg", "The Squirrels meet Mrs Weaver", ""))
![Mrs Weaver Song](javascript:changephoto("/media/show_images/show_53/Mrs_Weaver_DFhrLJf.jpg", "Mrs Weaver Song", ""))
![The Theatre Badge](javascript:changephoto("/media/show_images/show_53/The_Theatre_Badge.jpg", "The Theatre Badge", "The Squirrels and the audience members have earned their Theatre Badge.")){kind=icon}
![The amazing Hey Duggee Puppets .](javascript:changephoto("/media/show_images/show_53/KhW10Dx8.jpg", "The amazing Hey Duggee Puppets .", "Group photo with Yvonne Stone, Jackie Trousdale and George Reeve Royal Festival Hall December 2022."))
![Space](javascript:changephoto("/media/show_images/show_53/IMG_0671.jpg", "Space", ""))
![The Squirrels - Boots and Cats](javascript:changephoto("/media/show_images/show_53/IMG_0638.jpg", "The Squirrels - Boots and Cats", ""))
![The Regent Theatre Stoke.](javascript:changephoto("/media/show_images/show_53/IMG-20230107-WA0002.jpg", "The Regent Theatre Stoke.", "The set consists of two doorways which are able to adjust to different positions depending on the venue. The set is a self supporting structure so we can still do the show well in venues which have no flying and yet echo the feel of the TV program."))
![Journey to the Theatre](javascript:changephoto("/media/show_images/show_53/IMG_20221204_111550.jpg", "Journey to the Theatre", "Image showing the planking set surround based on the graphic planking of the BBC animation clubhouse, but treated in a palette reflecting landscape. the upstage portal houses the video screen which is rear projected.
I used as many textures from the BBC production as possible so that we reflect and stay true to the creator Grant Orchard's vision."))
Hey Duggee - Olivier Winner 2023
Kenny Wax Productions Limited
Matthew Xia
OLIVIER WINNER BEST FAMILY SHOW 2023. Set and costume designs for the Kenny Wax stage adaptation by Matthew Xia and Vikki Stone, based on much loved BBC TV series of Hey Duggee created by Grant Orchard. Bringing such a well loved TV series to life on stage was a delight. The responsibility of being faithful to the television show, but also realising the animated characters in 3D was a triumph for the fabulous puppet designers Yvonne Stone and Daisy Beattie. The set provided the environment for those characters to experience their various adventures. With the clever writing by Vikki Stone and Matthew Xia's creative direction the show is a fabulous first theatre experience for many very young audience members. Using the colour palette of the Hey Duggee animation world and the planking graphic style of the clubhouse, the bright tones but simple in hues allow the puppets to operate freely without competing with them. The planking colours suggest landscape, from greens to blues but also helps gives us the interior worlds. The squirrels journey through the colourful Landscape, Club House Interior, Space, then finally arriving at the theatre, with splashes of bright colour punch ing through the planking set. The designs for our one multi-roll actor - Lunga Anele-Skosana, who switches costumes in a series of quick changes, becoming a variety of 'human' versions of other popular characters from the series. Simple hat style animal heads, coats and jackets, or part puppet part costume additions, create Chew Chew, Hennie and Mrs Weaver. Sparkly and inventive lighting design by Ciaran Cunningham, beautiful animated video by George Reeve and sumptuous sound by Rob Bettle all create the necessary environment to help transport our characters on their adventures.
Hey Duggee with Cast, Grant Orchard Creator and Sue Goffe on set.
Photograph of the cast and BBC creatives on the set of Southampton MAST.