Costume Design w/Rebecca Radix for The Winter’s Tale

Rebecca Radix is the costume designer for Bard’s 2026 production of The Winter’s Tale. Get to know Radix’s inspiration and vision costuming this play by reading our mini-interview!

1. Tell us a bit about yourself!

I am a costume designer originally from Prince Edward Island who moved to Fredericton in 2019 to study fashion design.Since graduating I have been costuming local productions and working on creating my own TTRPG (Tabletop Roleplaying Game). This is my fourth year costuming for Bard and my sixth show overall.

2. Tell us a bit about your process in costume designing this play!

Designing the play starts with choosing the style and colour palette. For The Winter’s Tale the style will be fairytale and the colours are split between the two kingdoms. Sicilia has deep reds, wines, purples, gold and black, while Bohemia has much more lively and varied colours. Once both colour and style are set I pull as many things from the costume stock as I can and begin to take note of what needs to be sourced and/or made.

3. Do you have any specific inspiration or vision that you would like to share?

The vision for the play was built around the stark difference between the two settings. We really wanted to make the Bohemian shepherds and shepherdesses just so full of life and colour. In contrast, the nobles of Sicilia are in much deeper colours and heavier fabrics to represent how much darker and heavier the mood is there.

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