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Derek Standing
Set Design & Construction
Some 42 years ago, Derek responded to an urgent advert from Canterbury
Dramatic Society and although only 18 he got a job and even survived giving
the cast a nightmare on his first set because he did not know that one
has to add size glue to the powder paint.
Recent productions: RolePlay;
The Birthday Party; The
Accrington Pals; Play It
Again Sam; Fallen Angels |
On the very next production he achieved a personal ambition
by designing a set on the stage of the old Marlowe Theatre.
Somehow, he just seemed to stay and is now also the President
of Canterbury Players.
Derek is his worst critic: it takes him years to look back
at a production and think: ‘perhaps that was not too
bad!’
His proudest claim is the ability to scrounge, bargain and
cannibalise to produce, sometimes, passably professional-looking
sets on a near non-existent budget.
Notable productions:
- Flowering Cherry
- Pride and Prejudice
- Pygmalian
- Look Back in Anger
- The Entertainer (For Reg Brown)
- Ring Round the Moon
- Death of a Salesman
DEREK STANDING'S REVIEWS:
".... Docklands flat, brilliantly designed by Derek Standing, in which the
play was set."
(RolePlay, reviewed by
Elaine Godden, Kentish Gazette.)
"This was an adventurous undertaking and the Players once again
exhibited their exhilirating grasp of a challenge and professional skills in realising
its success."
(La Ronde, reviewed by Elaine Godden,
Kentish Gazette.)
"Derek Standing's sets were professional and worked faultlessly, and
the special effects of smoke and thundering guns gave a terrifying reality to
the scenes at the Battle of the Somme."
(The
Accrington Pals reviewed by Elaine Godden, Kentish Gazette.)
"Derek Standing's set was eye-catching..."
(Play It Again Sam, reviewed by
Elaine Godden, Kentish Gazette.)
"Derek Standing's early modernist set ..................... contributed
to a stunning production."
(Fallen Angels, reviewed by Delia
Dengeon, Kentish Gazette.)
"Derek Standing's simple and effective set also worked well."
(Blue Remembered Hills reviewed by Sian Napier,
Kentish Gazette.)
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