Little Shop of Horrors Design Internship
Little Shop of Horrors Design Internship
SECTOR: Set Design
PRODUCTION: Little Shop of Horrors
DATE: 2025-2026
TOOLS USED: SketchUp, InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator
In late 2025 and early 2026, I completed an internship as a designer under Production Designer Penny Challen, working on the Little Shop of Horrors Production performed at QPAC.
This experience allowed me to both observe and participate in the creative process from the ideation stages to the construction and rehearsal stages. I saw the importance of collaboration, with creatives and professionals from a variety of disciplines coming together to bring a show to life.
THE OPPORTUNITY:
MY ROLE:
Within the team, I completed a variety of design tasks. I completed graphic design based prop creation tasks, modelling of set elements and hands on prop and costume construction tasks.
GRAPHIC DESIGN BASED TASKS: Magazine and Newspaper props were created using a combination of Photoshop and Indesign.
MAGAZINE PROP CREATION, USING VINTAGE COMICS:
NEWSPAPER PROP DESIGN:
The newspaper was made to mimic the style of the local papers that circulated New York in the 1960s. Its main purpose is to foreshadow the “Total Eclipse” that is later mentioned in the show.
The magazines were created using existing vintage horror comics. The colours were altered in photoshop to black and white and bright green to reflect the aesthetic of the set and costume design.
MODELLING AND DRAFTING TASK: My main modelling task was to design the LED “Mushnik and Sons” sign. The sign was designed in illustrator and modelled in Sketchup.
DESIGNING IN ILLUSTRATOR:
FINAL DESIGN (ANNOTATED):
FINAL DESIGN (MODELLED):
HANDS ON TASKS: As well as designing, I was also involved in the making process. A few of these tasks were to help in the construction of the set model, to alter props and costumes through painting and sewing.
MODEL MAKING:
PUPPET PROP ALTERATION:
PAINTING COSTUME HAT:
