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Leaving Home
Date
2024, 2025 Coalmine remount
Role
Costume Designer
Theatre
Matchstick Theatre at Coalmine Theatre, Matchstick Theatre at Breaking Circus
Director
Jacob Planinc
Photo Credit
Stoo Metz & Barry McCluskey
Awards
Merritt Nominee for Outstanding Costume Design
"Kaelen MacDonald’s costume design ably conveys the wealth gap between the two families being depicted."
-Review: It’s time to reassess David French’s ‘Leaving Home’, Ryan Borochovitz, NEXT Magazine
"Dressed impressively by costume designer Kaelen MacDonald (Neptune’s Little Shop of Horrors)"
-The Fight is On in Matchstick Theatre’s Fierce “Leaving Home” at Coal Mine Toronto, Front Mezz Junkies
"Kaelen MacDonald’s costume designs cement the 50’s feel, with petticoats, cardigans, and tweed suits galore. The attention to detail in this production is impressive"
-Matchstick Theatre’s “Leaving Home", A View from the Box
"Planinc has also assembled a crackerjack design team [...] Kaelen MacDonald’s colourful period costumes with a great flashy, red dress for Kalayil’s character"
-Leaving Home: a Must-See, Reboot of a Canadian Classic with a Crackerjack Team, N.S. Reviews
