The Souvenir Programme for Powder & Paint is back from the printers ready for the Gala Night tonight.

10/31/2012

A love story with a twist...a bitter twist

The musical is all about Helena Rubinstein. Out of nowhere she became a household name. Beauty was her business and as the first woman ever to build a global industry she really did have a tale to tell.

'Powder & Paint' is definitely not a biography.
Perhaps it can best be described as a character study wrapped up in romance and mystery. Some liberties have been taken to emphasize the drama and to highlight the challenges which, even today, confront a go-getting woman in a male dominated world. Without doubt 'Madame' Rubinstein met her fair share of fear, loneliness and heartbreak on her rocky road to success.

The story behind Powder & Paint is based on a collection of 2000 letters from 1914 – 1928 between Helena Rubinstein and her London manageress Rosa Bird. They give an extraordinary and very personal insight into a woman who changed the face of women the world over.

Thanks go to Hedgerow Print of Crediton for printing the programme which was art directed and designed by Nick Findell at The Graphic Agenda.

For more information on the musical visit:
www.powderandpaint-themusical.com

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I have a wide range of experience as a Graphic Designer and Art Director - first of all in London's West End advertising agencies and then for 16 years in the music business with The Decca Record Company & Decca International where I became International Art Director. This was followed by 9 years with an advertising agency in Bedfordshire working on accounts such as Vauxhall, NatWest, The Betterware Catalogue, Hertz, Whipsnade Zoo, Budget and Bradford Exchange. For over 19 years I have run my own business, The Graphic Agenda, handling clients such as Collegium Records, Mercedes-Benz Club, Rodale Press, Ciba Vision, Brooklands Museum Trust, Branko Ltd., The Vintage Sports-Car Club, The Choir of London etc. You can see more at www.graphicagenda.co.uk