#bridget costello

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Bridget Costello as Christine, from the Middle East Tour.

#nice to have some official photos from her run there! #Bridget costello #nikki skinner #nadim naaman #phantom of the opera #the phantom of the opera #poto middle east tour

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Some Christines donning three fairly different wigs

KIMILEE BRYANT: For her Basel run (left) she wore a big, bushy early European style. When joining the early US tour (middle) those wig also had elements of bushy, but they were more fitted around the head. This is similar to what she also wore in Toronto (not depicted). For her final Broadway run (right) she wore the more ringley-y style.

SIERRA BOGGESS: For her original Las Vegas run (left) she wore a wig with lots of volume over the temples, and ringley-y curls. For her later Broadway runs (not depicted) the wigs also had ringlets, but they were lower over the forehead. For one specific photoshoot she was also fitted with a wig with no forehead curls (middle). For the RAH celebrations (right) she wore a fairly classic UK look, but with looser and bigger curls - which sadly deflated during the performance, so here's one from the beginning of the show... She also wore a curlier UK wig for the Classic Brit Award (not depicted), and a similar wig with bigger and softer curls for the alas cancelled Paris run (also not depicted).

CLAIRE LYON: For her initial World Tour run (left) she wore the large-curled dark wig with defined drapes over the forehead/sides. For her second World Tour run (middle) she was fitted with a more UK styled wig with lighter drapes and small forehead curls, but with large and soft curls in the locks. A similar, albeit shorter and less curly look, was worn for her surprise emergency cover in the Restaged Aussie Tour (right).

HARRIET JONES: Oh the lady of many wigs! For her initial West End run (not depicted) she wore a pre-raphaelite like wig with long auburn locks with loose curls. Later during her West End run (left) she wore a similar wig with slightly more brown teint and tighter curls. When she joined the Greek-soon-to-be-Middle-East-tour production (middle) her wig was styled similar to her original West End wig, but blonde and without forehead curls. For her current run (right) she wears a shorter blonde wig with side-parted hair and tight curls.

GEORGIA WILKINSON: When she was in the Sydney Harbour production she both understudied Christine and stunted as the double. She wore what I think was the same dark brown wig, but sometimes seen with fairly loose big curls (left) and sometimes with tighter curls (not depicted). I assume this was due to humidity. When she joined the Greek/Middle East tour (middle) she first donned a long, sleek blonde wig similar to that of Harriet Jones, but platina blonde. Later on she too was fitted with a shorter, curlier wig with side-parted styling over the forehead (right).

BRIDGET COSTELLO: Her brown West End wig (left) was usually tightly curled and with defined curls over the forehead. A similar style was worn for the Restaged Aussie Tour (middle) but with less forehead curls and looser, bigger locks. For the Middle East Tour she wears a a shorter blonde side-parted with with tight curls, in the vein of Harriet Jones and Georgia Wilkinson.

HANNA-LIINA VõSA: She is the only Christine on the list who's never done the replica version yet she's managed to don three different wigs! For her initial Estonian run (left) she wore a short, blonde wig with side-parted hair and tight curls. For her first Finnish run (middle) she wore a reddish blonde wig with middle-parted hair and loose curls. For her second Finnish run (right) her wig was brighter red, with side-parted hair and more defined curls.

AMY MANFORD: For her West End run (left) her wig was brown, with defined forehead curls and tightly curled locks. Her Restaged Aussie Tour wig (middle) was also brown, but sleeker in look and without forehead curls. For her Greek run (right) she donned a blonde wig, but in styling not too unlike her West End wig.

(note: this is not a complete list, just those I had good photos of)

#christine wig #christine daae #phantom of the opera #costume nerding #kimilee bryant #sierra boggess #claire lyon #harriet jones #georgia wilkinson #bridget costello #hanna liina vosa #amy manford

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Bridget Costello in her 3 different Christine wigs

(West End, Australia, Riyadh)

Pictures: Bridget Costello instagram

#phantom of the opera #phantomoftheopera #bridget costello #bridget mary costello #poto london #poto west end #poto australia revival #poto australia tour #poto australian tour #poto Sydney #poto melbourne #poto middle east tour #poto Middle Eastern tour #poto Riyadh

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Rehearsal shots from Phantom Riyadh/Middle East Tour. No official cast announcement despite opening in two days (!) but here is a look at Nadim Naaman as the Phantom, Georgia Wilkinson and Bridget Costello as Christine, and Lara Martins as Carlotta. If anyone knows the Raoul, please let me know!

#phantom of the opera #poto riyadh #poto middle east tour #Nadim Naaman #Georgia Wilkinson #Bridget Costello #Lara Martins

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POTO Melbourne - December 6 2022

Raphael Wong (u/s), Bridget Costello, Blake Bowden

#bridget costello #raphael wong #point of no return #poto audio #poto australia #phantom of the opera

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Bridget Costello Australia

Last night was Bridget's last scheduled Christine show, along with raphaels

#bridget costello #raphael wong #phantom australia #poto australia #melbourne #poto melbourne #kayleigh marven

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#Bridget Costello #Phantom of the Opera #potoedit

[cantikdaae]

Here is a small Phantom review I never shared from the time I first saw the show live in London on December 13, 2019.

Cast: Josh Piterman, Bridget Costello, Danny Whitehead, Britt Lenting, Ross Dawes, Kris Manuel, Paul Ettore Tabone, Victoria Ward, Georgia Ware

* Britt says candiamo (let’s change) instead of andiamo (let’s go) thanks to my italian friends who told me

* bridget was wearing a short puffy wig with a lot of spiral curls

* bridget went down her knees before wishing (during journey to graveyard)

* there was a small flub before don juan where the music accidentally started too early, if you don’t know you probably didn’t notice

* i love danny his reaction to josh removing the noose, he screams “no please no”

* after the return of the ring bridget and josh their foreheads are together for quite a few seconds before she leaves

* when christine and raoul leave the lair by boat josh watches them from the lair and after he lays on the floor for quite a few seconds before singing “you alone can make my song take flight”

some additional notes:

- all the costumes were really sparkly and shiny

- i really loved bridget’s big eyes acting

- bridget literally sang the first part of i remember on her back in the boat, which i thought was interesting

- the gun shot in before the performance scared me so much

- i thought ponr was kinda boring

- josh kneeled during the proposal after ponr

- i cried during hannibal rehearsal

- the couple next to me was sleeping some of the time

- i forgot to take pictures/video of the curtain calls because i couldn’t find my phone, so here is a screenshot of a video of the same performance i found online

#phantom review #phantom of the opera #phantom west end #phantom london #josh piterman #bridget costello #danny whitehead

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Bridget Mary Costello and Mietta White

#phantom of the opera #the phantom of the opera #Bridget Mary Costello #mietta white #phantom

[thelittletsarina]

if you're still gifting (thank you so much, you've truly been so generous!) could you perhaps share your Phantom April 22, 2019 audio with David Thaxton? :)

Sure!

David Thaxton, Bridget Costello (u/s), Jeremy Taylor, Kimberly Blake, Ross Dawes, Alan Vicary, Jacinta Mulcahy, Paul Ettore Tabone, Georgia Ware April 22, 2019; London

https://www.mediafire.com/file/mxwz0xp771he6q4/POTO+UK+2019-04-22+DT+BC+JT.mp3/file

#tsarina’s asks #phantom of the opera #audio gift

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I've been thinking and want to know your thoughts on this. So I know in your head canon Bridget doesn't want to be part of Arthur's fucked up idea of family but still adores Jack and Alfred. The 2 boys see her as a mother like figure; but what about Zee and Matt? I don't know of any major roles of Ireland in the 2 countries besides Ireland holding Canada hostage one time?? Does Bridget play an active role as an individual in their life's even if she doesn't have any reason as Ireland?

Oh the Fenian raids, lord. A whole lot of Irish-American Civil War vets hopped over from Boston and New York and tried to invade Canada to make Britain negotiate in Ireland. The British diverted forces from several points in the empire to Canada via Halifax, called up the militia and there were some scattered engagements and at this crescendo point, the Americans intervened. Alfred dipping back east for all of five minutes to bail Matt out and then fucking off again for the better part of ten years gives me life.

The Irish played an absolutely massive role in Canadian history but being a country founded by the French whom the Irish had beef with and the limey-lites loyalists I feel like Brighid likes Matt, but she doesn't exactly trust him. Matt tends to phrase his arguments as being for the common good of the empire and while he's often correct about what's best for the empire, it's still whats best for the empire. I see him as being unhappy with what the British or in Ireland but and cringing at Arthur's suggestion that Ireland become a dominion without becoming the senior dominion.

The Taoiseach or Prime minister of Ireland John A. Costello announced the creation of the Republic of Ireland in 1948 during a speech given in Ottawa. And for some strange reason, but likely because a Northern Irish governor general we had was a massive cunt but another historian has suggested it was because Canada was well known for its adherence to international law and had recently been a pain in the ass about not letting Britain change the goalposts of independence as Canada had set all the precedence for independence and self rule.

So in my opinion, she's fine to have a beer with him and drunkenly sing the rattling bog. She kind of understands why Alasdair is so emotionally attached to him but at the end of the day, Matt's primary motivation for most of his life has been a loyalty to Arthur and Alfred so it's only when he really turns hard into this idea of being a stickler for international law after 1945 that she works with him. He's not much next to the sheer force of will Alfred and his Irish American bloc or as passionate as Jack and his long history with Brighid are but he's not bad.

#the ask box || probis pateo #Matthew || my country is winter #Brighid || An Bearna Bhaoil

[marleneoftheopera]

POTO Middle East Tour Cast!

Finally, an official cast list: https://www.broadwayentertainmentgroup.com/cast

Some quick notes:

Nadim Naaman is the Phantom.

There are FIVE Christine’s listed: Georgia Wilkinson, Bridget Costello, Harriet Jones are listed as principal, Jessica Hackett and Grace Chapman are the understudies. I don’t know if/when Harriet will actually be joining.

Jessica is also covering Carlotta, which makes her one of the few actresses to cover both Christine and Carlotta at the same time.

Dougie Carter is Raoul; he was previously u/s Phantom in Greece.

Arvid Larsen, who has played Andre in a few productions now, continues as Andre and is also understudying the Phantom.

Aaron Price-Lewis is Buquet and understudies the Phantom.

As previously announced, Nikki Skinner is Meg.

Rebecca Ridout, who was in the London ensemble, will be a cover Carlotta.

Daniel Holley and Michael Franks understudy Raoul.

All of this and other understudy info is at the link!

#poto middle east tour #nadim naaman #georgia wilkinson #Bridget costello #harriet jones #Jessica Hackett #grace Chapman #Dougie Carter #Arvid Larsen #Aaron price-Lewis #phantom of the opera #the phantom of the opera

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Some noticeable differences in Christine's costumes between Norway (2018-2019) + Greece (2020) VS Greece (2023) and Saudi Arabia (2023)

ELISSA SKIRT: The original skirt was made of a floral golden fabric with a transparent golden drape with fringes. The new skirt is made of a blue and golden floral brocade with longer golden drapes. Depicted: Astrid Giske (Oslo) and Harriet Jones (Athens).

DRESSING GOWN: The original was made of a transparent ivory fabric with matching flounces, and fairly short. The new one is made of a thicker ivory satin (?), with whiter lace flounces, and longer. Both are worn over white stays and breeches. Depicted: Mira Ormala (Oslo) and Bridget Costello + Georgia Wilkinson (Riyadh).

MASQUERADE "ANGEL" DRESS: The original costume had a fitted, beaded bodice with golden wing decoration in front, and a fluffy three-tiered skirt. In addition white feather wings. The new version of the dress in Greece had whiter angel wing decorations on the bodice, and a longer skirt with less gathered tiered layers. This costume was also worn with white feather wings in Masquerade, but this was not done for the curtain call (where this photo is from). It seems they went back to the Oslo style in Riyadh, with fluffier skirts and darker wing deco. Depicted: Astrid Giske (Oslo) and Harriet Jones (Athens).

MANAGERS DRESS: This dress was not seen on its own in the original design, only under the navy velvet coat. But a backstage photo from Oslo shows the dress, which was white, calf-length and with discrete navy trims on hem and cuffs, plus a sky blue belt. The neckline was also draped. The new design for the Greek revival went a different route, with a floor-length white dress with puffed sleeves and rows of sky blue stripes in bodice front, lower sleeves and hem. The neckline also had a partlet-like construction and lace. Depicted: Astrid Giske (Oslo) and Georgia Wilkingson + Harriet Jones (Riyadh).

MANAGERS SCENE: The white dress with navy velvet overcoat, as worn in Norway and original Greek production, VS on its own without coat in the Greek revival and Middle East tour. Depicted: Celinde Schoenmaker (Athens) and Harriet Jones (Athens).

WYWSHA: The white dress with navy velvet coat in Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again, VS the new striped dress with velvet coat in the same scene. Depicted: Astrid Giske (Oslo) and Georgia Wilkinson (Athens).

AMINTA COSTUME: The original had a burgundy bodice with round tabs, and a V-shaped front lacing over a "puffed blouse". The top skirt matched the bodice, while the lower half was yellow and wider, with a gathered hem. In Norway Christine - who is blonde in this version - also wore a dark, curly wig and a rose in her hair. This was briefly tried out in Greece, but dropped before the premiere. The new design for the Greek revival feature a dress with similar ideas, but here the bodice is black with a scrolly black and golden front panel over a "puffed blouse", and the skirt all burgundy and wider. Christine also keeps wearing her usual blonde wig. Depicted: Mira Ormala (Oslo) and Harriet Jones (Athens).

(design by Andrew Riley)

#christine wardrobe #phantom of the opera #andrew riley #costume nerding #poto norway #poto greece #poto middle east tour #mira ormala #astrid giske #harriet jones #celinde schoenmaker #bridget costello #georgia wilkinson

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Team Christine: Middle East tour (starting in Riyadh)

Georgia Wilkinson, Bridget Costello & Grace Chapman will be team Christine as part of the Middle East tour.

Pictures: Georgia Wilkinson (Kate Williams Photography), Bridget Costello (Melanie Gowie) & Grace Chapman (The Headshot Box) instagram

#phantom of the opera #phantomoftheopera #Georgia Wilkinson #bridget mary costello #bridget costello #Grace Chapman #poto Riyadh #poto Saudia Arabia #poto Doha #poto Qatar #poto Kuwait #poto Dubai #poto uae #poto United Arab Emirates

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Rehearsal clip from Riyadh. Confirms Nadim Naaman as the Phantom and Georgia Wilkinson and Bridget Costello as Christine. Unsure of the Raoul.

#phantom of the opera #poto riyadh #poto middle east tour #Nadim Naaman #Georgia Wilkinson #Bridget Costello

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POTO Sydney - September 10th 2022 (matinee)

Josh Piterman, Bridget Costello, Blake Bowden

#poto #josh piterman #bridget costello #phantom audio #poto audio #poto australia #phantom of the opera #title song