Stan's Cafe

Set in a Winnebago on a film set, Made Up is the story of Kate, a young film star, and her make-up artist, Sue. Kate is beautiful but scared, creating an act both in front of the camera and in her private life. Sue has her own unresolved issues and people she needs to make up with. Their time together in the make up trailer develops into a special relationship.

Made Up is a collaboration between internationally acclaimed theatre company, Stan’s Cafe and make-up artist Andrew Whiteoak, who has worked extensively in theatrical, film and TV make-up with notable credits such as Downton Abbey and Disney’s 2017 live action movie, Beauty and the Beast. Artistic Director, James Yarker and Andrew, plus performers Emily Holyoake (Kate) and Alexis Tuttle (Sue) have worked together to devise this new production told through an ambitious sequence of live make-up transformations and looks from glamour to Goth, period to pensioner, and reflects the relationship between performers and the make-up artists they work with.