Pinocchio

During the pre production of this show, Pinocchios nose went through many iterations and designs. We finally settled on this design, which is a cable driven system connected into a spool of thin paper wound around a small section of straw. The straw is affixed to the face of the performer and the cable is routed through the hat, and down the costume to the performers left side. During the scene when Pinocchios nose grows, The performer uses a wire key to push the cable out which stretches the paper spool into a cone. The paper that becomes exposed was masked with makeup matching the performers face.