Costume Design for The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht 

For my designs for The Threepenny Opera, I was inspired by Mr. Peachum's reflection that “between giving people a shock and getting on their nerves there’s obviously a difference... only artists give people the right sort of shock.” I want my designs to deliver that "right sort of shock" by boldly reimagining Brecht's world through the lens of contemporary boxing culture. Set within the brutal, performative world of the boxing ring, the designs break the fourth wall and honour Brecht’s epic theatre techniques. I drew from extensive research, including interviews with a female boxer, and from David H.T. Scott’s The Art and Aesthetics of Boxing, which discusses the boxer’s role as a masculine counterpart to Hollywood’s female stars — both figures of spectacle and popular culture. My interpretation of Macheath is directly influenced by toxic celebrity figures like Conor McGregor, highlighting the glamourisation of violence and masculinity. The set and costume designs frame the characters as performers in a corrupt and performative fight for survival, merging sport, theatre, and spectacle.