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HOLLY TOMKINS
Costume props and puppets
Take a look at some of my favourite marketing projects over the last 10 years.
If you would like to work together on a costume or marketing project, please do get in contact.
HollyVTomkins@gmail.com
PROJECTS
Marketing strategy, video storyboarding and props for Dick Whittington
Being part of the early marketing strategy for the Dick Whittington panto was fabulous and if you look closely you can even see my puppet!
Brief Encounter teaser trailer in the rehearsal room
A fabulous coproduction.
A dazzling adaptation of the greatest love story of all time.
When a chance encounter in a train station tearoom kindles a timid, yet passionate, love affair between a married doctor and a suburban housewife, the two are forced to question if it’s worth risking everything for the sake of love.
Tender and joyous, this show has all the drama of the original masterpiece with added live music, comedy and spectacle, taking you on a rollercoaster ride through all of love’s beautiful complications.
Brief Encounter is adapted by award-winning theatre-maker Emma Rice, directed by the New Wolsey Theatre’s new Chief Executive Douglas Rintoul (Made in Dagenham, Private Lives and All My Sons) and brought to you by the producers behind The Ladykillers and Guys and Dolls.
A dazzling adaptation of the greatest love story of all time.
When a chance encounter in a train station tearoom kindles a timid, yet passionate, love affair between a married doctor and a suburban housewife, the two are forced to question if it’s worth risking everything for the sake of love.
Tender and joyous, this show has all the drama of the original masterpiece with added live music, comedy and spectacle, taking you on a rollercoaster ride through all of love’s beautiful complications.
Brief Encounter is adapted by award-winning theatre-maker Emma Rice, directed by the New Wolsey Theatre’s new Chief Executive Douglas Rintoul (Made in Dagenham, Private Lives and All My Sons) and brought to you by the producers behind The Ladykillers and Guys and Dolls.
The Tempest, Salisbury International Arts Festival
Thrilled to have been the freelance manager on the unforgettable production of Tempest in Churchill Gardens! Our marketing skills paid off, selling out performances and creating an epic experience.
Social Media post for Primary Times
The Lemon Table trailer
Navigating through post-lockdown theatre restrictions was no easy feat, but working on this trailer was an absolute joy! Congrats to the incredible team for their brilliant collaboration.
2019 Salisbury International Arts Festival Highlights
The 2019 Salisbury International Arts Festival was a great boost for the city after a challenging year, with more than 42,000 people enjoying 120 events over 17 days.
The Festival welcomed more than 350 artists from 15 countries to the city.
More than half of festival goers were first-time visitors to the Festival.
Free events included City Encounters – two days of street theatre, circus and dance in Salisbury city centre – as well as Family Fiestas at Bemerton Heath and Salisbury Arts Centre, and Salisbury Live in the city’s pubs and clubs.
International artists included Circus Xanti from Nepal, oud player Rihab Azar from Syria and visual artist Oksana Chepelyk from Ukraine.
The 2019 Festival marks the end of the first year of work from Wiltshire Creative, the newly merged organisation that brings together Salisbury Arts Centre, Salisbury International Arts Festival and Salisbury Playhouse.
Wiltshire Creative Artistic Director Gareth Machin said: “We are delighted that this year’s Festival was enjoyed by so many people.
Throughout the Festival fortnight we were proud to offer world class music, dance, theatre, circus, spoken word and much more in the buildings and spaces of our beautiful city. Thank you to everyone who supported this year’s Festival, in each and every way.”
Gareth worked closely with Guest Festival Director Jonathan Dove to programme the 2019 Festival. Composer Jonathan enjoys a significant history with Salisbury, having begun his full-time professional career at Salisbury Festival 30 years ago. He recently received a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list for services to music.
The Festival opened with hundreds of children singing one of Jonathan’s new compositions, Moon Songs, in Salisbury Cathedral.
The 2019 Salisbury Festival also included a new Festival of Ideas, curated by Nobel Peace Prize winner Rebecca Johnson, which explored questions of the global nuclear threat, climate change and contemporary politics.
Wiltshire Creative is also pleased to announce that next year’s Salisbury International Arts Festival will run from 22 May to 7 June 2020.
The Festival welcomed more than 350 artists from 15 countries to the city.
More than half of festival goers were first-time visitors to the Festival.
Free events included City Encounters – two days of street theatre, circus and dance in Salisbury city centre – as well as Family Fiestas at Bemerton Heath and Salisbury Arts Centre, and Salisbury Live in the city’s pubs and clubs.
International artists included Circus Xanti from Nepal, oud player Rihab Azar from Syria and visual artist Oksana Chepelyk from Ukraine.
The 2019 Festival marks the end of the first year of work from Wiltshire Creative, the newly merged organisation that brings together Salisbury Arts Centre, Salisbury International Arts Festival and Salisbury Playhouse.
Wiltshire Creative Artistic Director Gareth Machin said: “We are delighted that this year’s Festival was enjoyed by so many people.
Throughout the Festival fortnight we were proud to offer world class music, dance, theatre, circus, spoken word and much more in the buildings and spaces of our beautiful city. Thank you to everyone who supported this year’s Festival, in each and every way.”
Gareth worked closely with Guest Festival Director Jonathan Dove to programme the 2019 Festival. Composer Jonathan enjoys a significant history with Salisbury, having begun his full-time professional career at Salisbury Festival 30 years ago. He recently received a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list for services to music.
The Festival opened with hundreds of children singing one of Jonathan’s new compositions, Moon Songs, in Salisbury Cathedral.
The 2019 Salisbury Festival also included a new Festival of Ideas, curated by Nobel Peace Prize winner Rebecca Johnson, which explored questions of the global nuclear threat, climate change and contemporary politics.
Wiltshire Creative is also pleased to announce that next year’s Salisbury International Arts Festival will run from 22 May to 7 June 2020.
Social Media digital model box post
Excited to share the behind-the-scenes of the fabulous model box!
I enjoyed working on the marketing strategy for Jeeves and Wooster 2023 and had great fun animating a stunning digital film. Luckiest freelance marketing manager in town!
I enjoyed working on the marketing strategy for Jeeves and Wooster 2023 and had great fun animating a stunning digital film. Luckiest freelance marketing manager in town!
BBC South Today
BBC South Today report on The Tempest in Churchill Gardens
Lift Off 2018
Wiltshire Creative’s Lift Off! weekend, celebrating the arts in Salisbury, attracted estimated crowds of more than 13,000 residents and visitors into the city over the 2018 August Bank Holiday weekend.
Launched in 2018, Wiltshire Creative brings together Salisbury Arts Centre, Salisbury International Arts Festival and Salisbury Playhouse. For more information visit www.wiltshirecreative.co.uk.
The Lift Off! weekend was supported by Arts Council England, Wiltshire Council, Salisbury City Council, Salisbury BID, Salisbury Cathedral, Raring2Go, Fletcher & Partners, Wiltshire Recovery Co-ordinating Group and Without Walls, the UK’s largest commissioner of outdoor art. A founding sponsor of Wiltshire Creative is Smith & Williamson.
With thanks to Brunton Media http://www.bruntonmedia.com/ and Adrian Harris http://www.adrianharrisphotography.co...
Launched in 2018, Wiltshire Creative brings together Salisbury Arts Centre, Salisbury International Arts Festival and Salisbury Playhouse. For more information visit www.wiltshirecreative.co.uk.
The Lift Off! weekend was supported by Arts Council England, Wiltshire Council, Salisbury City Council, Salisbury BID, Salisbury Cathedral, Raring2Go, Fletcher & Partners, Wiltshire Recovery Co-ordinating Group and Without Walls, the UK’s largest commissioner of outdoor art. A founding sponsor of Wiltshire Creative is Smith & Williamson.
With thanks to Brunton Media http://www.bruntonmedia.com/ and Adrian Harris http://www.adrianharrisphotography.co...
Breaking the Code at Salisbury Playhouse
The Lemon Table
Working on this project right after theatres reopened was truly invigorating!
Proud to have been a part of a fabulous project directed by Michael Grandage and starring Ian McDiarmid! The challenges were real, but the joy of storyboarding and working on this stunning piece from a distance was truly rewarding.
Proud to have been a part of a fabulous project directed by Michael Grandage and starring Ian McDiarmid! The challenges were real, but the joy of storyboarding and working on this stunning piece from a distance was truly rewarding.
Cinderella
Original marketing strategy and panto props
Snow White and the Happy Ever After Beauty Salon
Nothing could dampen the joy of bringing Snow White and the Happy Ever After Beauty Salon to the audience this Christmas! Despite the pandemic restrictions, we unleashed our marketing prowess and brought back the magic of live theatre.
Summer 2021 highlights!
This film celebrates moments of community cohesion and joy throughout summer at Salisbury Arts Centre and Salisbury Playhouse, whilst also highlighting the breadth of Wiltshire Creative’s commitment to bringing arts to outdoor spaces across the region and their role in the cultural recovery of the South West.
Highlights of the summer season at Wiltshire Creative included the return of City Encounters and the advent of Tidworth Encounters and Tidworth Family Fiesta, featuring free family arts, circus, live music and performances from Fool’s Paradise, Circo Rum Ba Ba, Kapow Dance and Swish Boing. Also highlighted in the film is the success of Wiltshire Creative’s SHIFT programme for young creatives and the return of the Summer Open Exhibition at Salisbury Arts Centre, offering space for local artists to display their works.
Highlights of the summer season at Wiltshire Creative included the return of City Encounters and the advent of Tidworth Encounters and Tidworth Family Fiesta, featuring free family arts, circus, live music and performances from Fool’s Paradise, Circo Rum Ba Ba, Kapow Dance and Swish Boing. Also highlighted in the film is the success of Wiltshire Creative’s SHIFT programme for young creatives and the return of the Summer Open Exhibition at Salisbury Arts Centre, offering space for local artists to display their works.
In March 2020 our venues closed and regular activity stopped.
In March 2020 our venues closed and regular activity stopped.
In April 2020 we launched Wiltshire Creative Connects where we created over 60 new films, engaged with over 246,000 people online, collaborated with over 170 artists, shared 80 live online events and workshops, opened our online exhibition and distributed activity packs online and in person.
All of our fascinating films can be viewed on our website here: https://www.wiltshirecreative.co.uk/a...
Thank you to everyone who has helped us keep connected!
A big thanks to our friends Lyte Brigade for use of their song Shooting Star for this short film.
In April 2020 we launched Wiltshire Creative Connects where we created over 60 new films, engaged with over 246,000 people online, collaborated with over 170 artists, shared 80 live online events and workshops, opened our online exhibition and distributed activity packs online and in person.
All of our fascinating films can be viewed on our website here: https://www.wiltshirecreative.co.uk/a...
Thank you to everyone who has helped us keep connected!
A big thanks to our friends Lyte Brigade for use of their song Shooting Star for this short film.
Teaser trailer for Blood Wedding!
Great drama is coming to Salisbury Playhouse in February 2020!
Barney Norris's Blood Wedding runs in the Main House at Salisbury Playhouse from 6-22 February.
Barney Norris's Blood Wedding runs in the Main House at Salisbury Playhouse from 6-22 February.
The Mirror Crack'd
Times are changing. Girls are wearing trousers and Hollywood has come to a sleepy English village in the shape of a beautiful film star. Miss Marple begins to question her place in the world until a mysterious death calls into question the past of all those present.
Everyone's version of events is different. Can Miss Marple unravel the tangle of lies?
This thrilling new play, based on Agatha Christie's novel, explores how we all colour our own memories, our own truths, to disguise the darkness that lies within.
The Mirror Crack'd is a co-production between Wiltshire Creative and Wales Millennium Centre. It runs in the Main House of Salisbury Playhouse from 15 Feb - 9 Mar 2019 and then tours to Dublin, Cambridge and Cardiff.
Everyone's version of events is different. Can Miss Marple unravel the tangle of lies?
This thrilling new play, based on Agatha Christie's novel, explores how we all colour our own memories, our own truths, to disguise the darkness that lies within.
The Mirror Crack'd is a co-production between Wiltshire Creative and Wales Millennium Centre. It runs in the Main House of Salisbury Playhouse from 15 Feb - 9 Mar 2019 and then tours to Dublin, Cambridge and Cardiff.
Stage 65 youth theatre
The making of A Sublime Feeling by Salisbury Playhouse Stage 65 Youth Theatre in collaboration with Kazzum. A Sublime Feeling was staged in the garden at Salisbury Museum and based on the Museum's exhibition, British Art: Ancient Landscapes
Cinderella
Costume props for panto 2022/23
Frankenstein
Puppet design and creation
Aladdin
Costume props at Salisbury Playhouse
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