Run Rabbit Run - 2016
Costume designer and maker
Jimmy and Ray, two childhood friends (early 20’s), drink together. Jimmy has recently been dumped by his girlfriend and looks for comfort from Ray. He finds none. Instead he is teased and given no solace at all. Until in one small moment Ray reveals his compassion. Yet male bravado still dictates that this gesture is wrapped in the disguise of tomfoolery.
‘Run Rabbit Run’ focuses on Jimmy and Ray along with their alter egos - more childish version of themselves - rabbit cowboys - representations of their confidence or lack of, their simplistic ideas of what it is to be a man. These rabbit cowboys show the young men’s inner feelings.
Through seeing snippets of the alter egos we understand the pair’s true vulnerability behind the facade of masculinity and their true feeling towards each other.