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Her career included a five-year period as house designer for the theatrical costumiers, Bermans,  as well as work  on  West End productions, department store exhibitions, and designs for over fifty films, but it was as a costume designer for pantomime, variety and cabaret that she became best known. She designed 15 of the London Palladium's annual Christmas pantomimes, providing costumes for well-known artistes such as Arthur Askey, Cilla Black, Cliff Richard and Tommy Steele. Throughout the 1950s, '60s and '70s she was responsible for the costumes for cabarets at many of the major London nightclubs and hotels, and she also designed summer variety shows, ranging from the London Palladium's extravaganzas to seaside specials at Blackpool and Great Yarmouth.  She designed many of the shows for the Central London nightclub founded by and named after Danny La Rue, the popular entertainer and 'drag' artist. The club opened in 1964 and until its closure in 1972 was a fashionable venue with a clientele that included film stars and royalty. Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon, Noël Coward, Judy Garland and Elizabeth Taylor were all patrons. \r\n\r\nCynthia Tingey often made her designs on black or coloured paper to highlight the colours required for the costumes and would include a number of designs on the same sheet of paper to show how the costumes would work together on stage.  Her designs for showgirls might all use the same colour but be of different shapes and cuts to produce a varied stage picture.","physicalDescription":"Design for dancers at the Danny La Rue Club, showing four full length female figures, all dressed in shades of salmon pink and wearing similar white 'jewelled' necklaces and earrings. From the left, a showgirl in an evening gown and a tiara, the dress with three-quarter length sleeves, the bodice and sleeves patterned abstractly in white, the waist decorated with a bow; a showgirl in a sleeveless, Empire line evening gown and a tiara, the low bodice similarly patterned in white with a bow at the bust; a showgirl in a tight fitting, sleeveless evening gown, the low cut bodice again patterned in white, the skirt caught up sarong style to the front, with three-quarter length gloves and a headdress in the form of a tiara with attached white and pink 'feathers' randomly decorated with white 'jewels'; and a showgirl in a sleeveless 'leotard' patterned in white with, to each hip, pink 'feathers' decorated with white 'jewels', with three-quarter length gloves and a high, fez shaped headdress from which radiate pink feathers.  The design is painted on black card and is signed and dated and inscribed with the name of the venue.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Tingey, Cynthia","id":"A2616"},"association":{"text":"costume designers","id":"AAT163428"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"gouache","id":"AAT70114"},{"text":"card","id":"x30344"}],"techniques":[{"text":"painting (image-making)","id":"AAT54216"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Gouache on card","categories":[{"text":"Entertainment & Leisure","id":"THES48959"},{"text":"Designs","id":"THES48968"},{"text":"Cabaret","id":"THES274470"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"T&P","id":"THES48602"},"images":["2009BY0134"],"imageResolution":"low","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"001","id":"THES356705"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"costume design","id":"AAT163423"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"London","id":"x28980"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1966","earliest":"1966-01-01","latest":"1966-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Given by the artist","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"21.8","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"37.7","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"'Cynthia Tingey -'66'","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"Gouache","method":"Handwriting","position":"Lower right hand corner","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"Signature","note":"Signature; Lower right hand corner; Handwriting; Gouache"},{"content":"'DANNY LA RUE CLUB'","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"Gouache","method":"Handwriting","position":"Upper left hand corner","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"Textual information","note":"Textual information; Upper left hand corner; Handwriting; Gouache"},{"content":"'Showgirls'","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"Gouache","method":"Handwriting","position":"Lower centre","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"Textual information","note":"Textual information; Lower centre; Handwriting; Gouache"}],"objectHistory":"This is one of a collection of designs for pantomime and cabaret, given to the Theatre Museum by the designer, Cynthia Tingey, who created the costumes for 15 of the annual London Palladium pantomimes. This design was made for a cabaret at the Danny La Rue Club, London, in 1966.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Design by Cynthia Tingey for dancers at the Danny La Rue Club, London, 1966","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"6\r\nCostume design for the Danny La Rue Club\r\n1966\n\r\nThe Danny La Rue Club opened in 1964 and soon\r\nestablished itself as one of the most fashionable\r\nvenues in London. The clientele included Princess\r\nMargaret, Lord Snowdon and Noël Coward. These\r\ndesigns show how a group of costumes will work\r\ntogether on the stage. The designer has used black\r\ncard in place of white to highlight the correct colour\r\nrequired for these dazzling outfits.\n\r\nCard and gouache\r\nDesigned by Cynthia Tingey\r\nGiven by Cynthia Holt (Tingey)\r\nMuseum no. S.76-1999","date":{"text":"March 2009-September 2013","earliest":"2009-03-01","latest":"2013-09-30"}}],"partNumbers":["S.76-1999"],"accessionNumberNum":"76","accessionNumberPrefix":"S","accessionYear":1999,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2019LN8876","2019LP7917","2019LT5267","2019LU7337"],"recordModificationDate":"2026-04-15","recordCreationDate":"2000-04-12","availableToBook":true}}