Saturday, 13 November 2010

The design for The First Arabian Night is going really well. Today Heather Dineen and I finished the giant quilt which covers the stage. It consists of 12 double duvet quilts sewn together after they have been dyed a beautiful yellow ochre. Next we will be sewing thousands of sequins on to it...

Friday, 24 September 2010

Monday, 24 May 2010

The Long Mirror


This image for my design of The Long Mirror illlustrates the circular form I chose to use for the design.

The Long Mirror

This image is of my design for JB Priestley's The Long Mirror
which I designed for the main house in Theatr Clwyd, North Wales. The set comprised a circular room set with a wrap around cyclorama which depicted the Snowdonia mountain range. The play is set in an hotel which is sited at the foot of Snowdon.
The landscape becomes an oppressive presence as the story within the play becomes more established.

Friday, 30 April 2010

My latest design for The First Arabian Night


This is a computer modelled image of my latest design for The First Arabian Night, which will be staged at The Arts University College in late 2010. I have been working with Dr Ian Stephenson from Bournemouth University. Ian has developed an amazing new computer modelling software package called Stage Builder which can help designers to design their sets, light them and walk around the performance space...amazing stuff! This technology has been really useful to use in the planning of this project which is to be directed by Sean Aita.

Three Steps to Heaven at The Watford Palace Theatre


The image shows the stunning lighting design by Ian Saunders and the elaborate scene painting on th moving portals that I designed.

Three Steps to Heaven


The full cast in the Celestial bar!

Three steps to heaven at Watford Palace Theatre


I was inspired within this design by my fascination with Hawaiian shirt textiles and classic American diner iconography. The director, Clifford Milner and I wanted the space to look clean and streamlined to reflect the surreal nature of the piece....after all who knows what Heaven looks like?