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He worked extensively for Christopher Gable at Northern Ballet Theatre where he designed such works as <i>Carmen</i>, <i>The Brontes</i> and <i>A Christmas Carol</i> and has designed stage shows for French and Saunders and Victoria Wood. Lez is especially linked with Matthew Bourne's dance company New Adventures (formerly Adventures in Motion Pictures) for which he designed <i>Highland Fling</i>, <i>Swan Lake</i>, <i>Edward Scissorhands</i>, <i>The Car Man</i> and <i>Cinderella</i>. Lez Brotherston's costume designs for <i>Edward Scissorhands</i> display his characteristic figures; often looking to the left, they strike a strong and distinct pose.","physicalDescription":"Full length male figure wearing a Hawaiian print shirt, green shorts, brown boots and a green visor, using his metal hands as kebab skewers. The design is edged by a line of thick black felt tip pen forming a rectangular frame, with another line making a second rectangle inside the first. 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Unlike the film, which was set in the late 1980s, Bourne staged the dance version in 1950s suburbia, with Sadler’s Wells resident company, New Adventures.\n\r\nPen and ink on paper; Fibreglass, leather, velcro and metal\r\nDesigned by Lez Brotherston\r\nGauntlet made by Phil Reynolds\r\nMuseum nos. S.124-2008 (design); and S.2332:3 & 5-2014 (gauntlet)","date":{"text":"2020","earliest":"2020-01-01","latest":"2020-12-31"}}],"partNumbers":["S.124-2008"],"accessionNumberNum":"124","accessionNumberPrefix":"S","accessionYear":2008,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-10-14","recordCreationDate":"2009-03-31","availableToBook":false}}