We are selling our beautiful Peter Pan set designed and painted by Alexander McPherson. The set comprises a trucked nursery scene, a lagoon, the ship’s deck, Neverland, an underground burrow as well as a rooftop london cloth and includes a crocodile costume! If you are interested, please contact us via the link at the bottom ...
Read MoreWe sculpt various items for our sets, often rocks, architectural details, bespoke props, but trees are a particular favourite.
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This is a selection of what we got up to…
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Our Beautiful Dick Whittington sets have had a busy passed few months appearing in four separate pantomime productions. It never ceases to surprise us how each season tends to have a popular theme, and this last year’s was definitely Dick! The forthcoming season seems to be a battle of the Beauties; with an equal number ...
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We are very happy to be building scenery once again for the outdoor summer season at The Watermill theatre. This is the set for As You Like It and will be followed, with a few adjustments to the set, by the Just So stories. The stage is situated in the idyllic riverside gardens of the ...
Read MoreAs well as some welcome theatre scenery, this barn extension has been keeping us busy in the last couple of weeks. Its purpose is for our client to store his agricultural machinery under cover. The build is complicated by the ground level dropping by at least 500mm diagonally across and also floor plan being a ...
Read MoreWe have been working on some replacement flats for our Dame Trott cottage scene making them lighter and easier to handle than the original scenes which comprised two flown frenchman that were hugely large and heavy. In their place we have created a double sided trucked flat, a door flat that doubles as both inside ...
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We are preparing some props in preparation for a foyer display at Camberely Theatre in the summer to promote their forthcoming pantomime production of Jack and the Beanstalk for which they are hiring our Jack set 3 and various other props and gags including Balor the giant. The pieces were certainly showing their age, so ...
Read MoreWe are very proud of this timber building. It was designed to meet the client’s specific breif and budget. It is clad in larch, is fully insulated, has double glazed windows and doors and nestles neatly in the top corner of our client’s garden absorbing optimum light and taking full advantage of the amazing views. ...
Read More….we decided to brighten up our Cinderella portals with a touch of glitter. See the difference in these before and after photographs.
Read MoreWe are currently installing a fully, insulated larch clad office into our client’s garden, replacing a shed that had been functioning as a temporary office. This has been a true collaboration between us and our clients to create a workspace that fitted their criteria and worked within their fixed budget, creating them an attractive building ...
Read MoreThe pre-built walls are finally being fitted to the base.
Read MoreOur shepherd hut has journeyed from the work shop to the back garden in preparation for its walls and roof to be attached! Musical accompaniment: Home by Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros.
Read MoreThe floor is now built and David has welded the metal framework for the chassis. The foot-print will be 4.7m by 2.3m (15′ x 7’6″). Next, the wheels and a axles. If you are interested in buying this shepherd hut or commissioning your own, please get in touch on dshcarpentry@aol.com.
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David has made a start on building a shepherd hut. The framework for all the walls are now complete. Next will be the floor and then the chassis. We intend to build this to sell it on. It will be finished inside and have a wood burner installed. Whoever buys it can request other customisations ...
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Between set construction commissions we are cracking on with preparations for the forthcoming pantomime season. Here are the portals for the production of Beauty and the Beast at The Corn Exchange in Newbury. Every year we re-design the Corn Exchange’s tailor made portals so they match the set that we supply them. Alex McPherson has ...
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During these unprecedented weeks of frightening news, emotional and financial hardship in which the country pulls together in it’s battle against the Covid-19 virus, we count our blessings that DSH is a small, family run business and as such we are able to continue manufacturing scenery and taking orders for pantomime set hire. Our workshop ...
Read MoreSince the government announcement of emergency funding to The Arts, we at DSH would like to say to all producers and venues who were on the brink of writing off their pantomime season that we are here, we have scenery and we can work with you to help create your production. Whether you normally build your ...
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