MUSICAL THEATRE HAIR TUTORIAL | WIG PREP & WIG DRESSING FOR A SHOW | Georgie Ashford

[@missotis1]

Great video but what do you do to flatten down the lace flaps by the ears?

[@IAmDeborahB]

Home from ballet with a glass of fizz in hand. I’ve always been terrible at pin curls, I have thin hair but lots of it (that’s what my hairdresser tells me). Definitely picked up some tips here x

[@GeorgieAshford]

Yay! Xx

[@sallyjonesie3886]

I've always wanted a good video on wig prep! It's so funny, I was thinking of making a video suggestion about it some time, but you read my mind! Wigs have always been a bit of a fascination of mine - how you manage to make them look so natural, that you almost can't believe it's a wig. :)

[@GeorgieAshford]

Woop that’s spooky! Glad you enjoyed!

[@dsmproductionsofficial131]

How can you not detect the wig I saw the joins and it made you wonder that no actor existed who had the right brown hair

[@finakhan1038]

Took me back to my theatre days working as a head of the wig Dept in Toronto🇨🇦. I miss working in theatre. I was trained in Bristol as a wig maker with Peter Owen. I now work in film and hair prep is different and the lace is cut right back because of high definition technology.But my training and experience in theatre since the 80s I now teach hairdressers all they need to work in film, as they don’t have, wig training and period hair styling👍🙏🏻❤️

[@dsmproductionsofficial131]

Yeah I hate how theatre wigs are so detectable, to think of casting a blonde as a brunette when they in theatre just want to put everyone in unnatural hair whereas on screen we have bigger budgets yet limit only a few actors to a different look

[@finakhan1038]

@@dsmproductionsofficial131 Theatre wigs will only be detectable if there is no Orchestra pit to create a distance of 15 feet from the stage, and the colour of the lace does not match the skin colour.of the actress, The beauty of wearing a wig is you can choose any colour wig to crate a character, its done very often in film, I have a recent example first season a natural blond the producers wanted a brunette character so we coloured her hair, for the second season she wanted a wig to avoid the colouring to protect her hair from the processing and the hot tools. Wearing a wig for an extended period of time for a stage production is ideal as it save time as you will have days for wig maintenance and it takes 5-8 minutes to put on a styled wig once the actor is taught to do her own hair prep. I headed les miserable, Miss Saigon, Beauty and the beast, we will rock you, Jolson, Man of La Mancha, Christmas Carol, the nutcracker ballet to name a few,

[@aislingtierney5369]

Ahhh love all these Oklahoma videos 😍😍😍 you look stunning 🤩🤩

[@GeorgieAshford]

Thank you so much! Xxx

[@DiontaeBlack]

I'd love to hear/see about how Wig Prep goes for people with Afro-Texured hair/ Natural Hair/4C Hair

[@GeorgieAshford]

This is something I really want to do! Will try to make it happen at the next opportunity x

[@tashaforbes6274]

Wow nice. I'm very interesting in musical theater, and have always been curious as to how they fit their hair under the wigs. I have super long thick hair (like nearly a meter long) so I'd probably have to use a different technique, but interesting video nevertheless!

[@testy1iiiiiiiiii]

These wigs are so beautiful... but I guess it won't last for everday use, right?

[@TheatreKid]

Georgie: have you subscribed Paige: well umm 😂

[@GeorgieAshford]

😂😂😂

[@dsmproductionsofficial131]

Georgie Ashford why do they need a blonde actor to play a brunette with pigtails it can’t be that hard to find an actor with that look

[@RobbieSkaff]

thanks : ) this was a fun video and is going to help me with my movie : ))

[@gemmathomas4561]

I feel like I have totally seen her before but I don't know where

[@mcak7147]

love!!!

[@GeorgieAshford]

💖

[@71579musiclover]

Who turns on the microphone? When do you test it out to do mic check?

[@GeorgieAshford]

We have a team of Sound engineers who control the microphones and they check them before the show! X

[@freddieblain9251]

😘💙❤️😍 loving the vids xx

[@GeorgieAshford]

Thank you!! 💖💖💖

[@asdf74]

That changing room is full of photobombers isn´t it? :D Am I the only one thinging of Donald Duck and Clown of jungle

[@GeorgieAshford]

Haha thank you! Love them all x

[@zalaanderson5450]

who made those wigs they look so realistic

[@theroadtocosplayandcomicco5840]

I want one of those wigs

[@marthamcfadden7201]

Pin curl goals 🦔comp make up goals 🤡

[@lisadixon5774]

why do they keep the lace on the wigs x

[@GeorgieAshford]

As the hair has to attach to something and it’s the best way to give the correct hairline...I think. I will ask though!

[@alyssamaehurley6090]

she looks like anne hathaway i’m shook

[@abbiegliddon5220]

Firstttttt

[@GeorgieAshford]

💛

[@dsmproductionsofficial131]

As you are blonde why did they deliberately make the ensemble brunette just to give you a wig that’s detectable, wigs should be flawless and not obvious