The show's title is named after a lyric from the David Bowie song "The Bewlay Brothers" from his Hunky Dory album. I wanted to reference Hunky Dory without it looking like a pastiche. My photographer and designer Edward Moore suggested we go back to the photograph Bowie himself was referencing on the album cover, a still of Marlene Dietrich in the film Angel. I loved this idea immediately. I feel like it pays homage to both without being obvious. The last thing I wanted to do was a very obvious reconstruction of the Hunky Dory LP sleeve. That said we did use its typeface to inspire our own. It also has a very pleasing & interesting looking capital N which particularly appealed to me because it's my initial. The shirt I wore is similar to Bowie's but the trousers closer to Dietrich's. The brown type is to match the seat I'm sat on & adds some warmth to the blue of the rest of the poster. I wanted the box at the bottom to resemble those used on the Top of the Pops albums, as another 70s LP reference.

Designer

Edward Moore

Photographer

Edward Moore

Show

Nathaniel Metcalfe: Chameleon, Comedian, Corinthian and Caricature