In Arden's 2004 productino of A Midsummer Night's Dream, one of the crowning features of the production was the 'totally hilarious' transformation of Bottom into an ass, picked out in reviews as 'amazing' and 'great - a long way from a typical amateur production'.

This feature tells the story of how Daniel Hill got these big ugly donkey teeth, with a commentary by Daniel himself, and photos taken by Robert Icke, director, at Elite Dental Studios, who sponsored us by creating these fantastic dentures. Visit the EDS website below.



This story has a 'Just-so'-esque story line, with a disappointing plot. Daniel goes to dentist, dentist posts teeth a week later. The end.

Hilly, sitting in Elite Dental Studios waiting to be fitted for some false teeth. False teeth that Eeyore would be proud of. Hilly having impressions taken of both upper and lower teeth. They always say first impressions are important. The Argos for teeth. We simply chose the largest and yellowest. It begs the question however, who else would want them? Dental technician, Mark Price, constructing the ugliest set of teeth he's ever made. With the possible exception of Ken Dodd's Hilly's mouth, in plaster form, furnished with the first trial set of donkey teeth. Hilly's mouth, in human form, furnished with the first trial set of donkey teeth. We felt that they weren't quite donkey-like enough; they didn't stick out as far as we would have liked. So Mark worked his magic. Mark, working his magic. _ ______ ________ ____ _________ _____ ______________ _________ This was better, but they still weren't jutting out enough. Even when smiling Hilly simply looked unfortunate as opposed to donkey-like. This angle shows the teeth didn't protrude nearly enough. Over to Mark._ ______ ________ ____ _________ _____ ______________ _________ NEXT