Saturday, June 6, 2009

Award Winning Makeup Artists in Theatre

By Mike J Jones

The makeup artists work back stage and they are generally not well paid. Without these artists the actors and actresses would not be able to play the roles they are casted in. A cosmetic artist can turn a young woman into an old granny, a witch, or a teenage girl. The makeup artist is responsible for displaying an actor or actresses face according to the role that is desired by the director, the photographer and the writer. A makeup artist at times does the hair styling of the actors and actresses too. They have to develop a working relationship with the actors and actresses.

A face-paint person's profession can be quite difficult and wearisome, mainly if they have to do the face-paint of a number of persons. Imagine remembering and doing the accurate face-paint on a person each day for a full season of a stage show.

Most aspiring face-paint persons learn the skill of working as apprentices for renowned face-paint persons. There are now schools that instruct the skills of face-paint. The demand for face-paint persons have grown immensely over the year. They are hired by picture producers, TV studios, fashion houses and theatres. It is the face-paint person who is liable for displaying the face that is requisite for a role.

Life of a face-paint person is not trouble-free and most face-paint persons work as freelance. They have to prepare the persons prior to the show, fixing the face-paint during the show. After the show is done they have to do away with the face-paint and get ready for the next day. They also have to know about every skin allergies that an actor may have, and which face-paint products suit them.

Over the years their have been some excellent face-paint persons in the theatre production, yet the most impressive theatre honours have not recognised them. The Sir Lawrence Olivier Honours, British Theatre Honours, Theatre Critics Honours and the Evening Standards honours do not have honours for the finest face-paint persons.

Without these face-paint persons the role of an actor on stage, picture or television is incomplete. However they are scarcely recognised, even BAFTA does not have honours for face-paint persons and hair stylists. The job of the face-paint persons can be assessed by the plays and pictures that get awarded every year.

By looking at the plays, musicals and Shakespearean plays honours we can assess who the finest face-paint persons would be. As visibly the play or musical gets the honour for all team members who made that play a hit.

It is quite difficult to point out who are the best cosmetic artists in British theater, as their work is only recognised by the plays that win prestigious awards. The best known British artists are Lisa Armstrong, Diane Cheney Wickens, Stuart Freeborn, Ken Jennings, Lauren Luke, Pat McGrath, Linda Mason and Jenny Shircore. These well known makeup artists have worked in a number of different Medias which include theater, TV and film making. Their write ups can be found on the internet. - 23812

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