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A Christmas Carol

By Charles Dickens 

Adapted by Neil Bartlett

Performed in The Richard Burton Theatre. RWCMD, Cardiff. 

 

A traditional Proscenium Arch space.

 

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Set Design: Nerys Akers

Costume Design: Rosie Berry

Director: Sean Linnen

BSL Performer: Erin Siobhan Hutching Composer: Jack Millier

Sound Design: Amy Tinniswood

Lighting Design: Toby Gray

Movement Director: Struan Leslie

Puppetry Designer: Abi Stushnoff

Head Carpenters: Amy Howarth & Jacob Kumpata

Production Photographer: Kirsten McTernan 

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The famous story full of magic. In this BSL incorporated adaptation, I sought to create a set that allowed this magic to burst forth. The priority was fluidity, a set that could move around and transform. Appear and disappear. Furniture on trucks, with hidden panels and trap doors revealed ghostly visitors. Taking inspiration from Victorian architecture, I wished to create a striking silhouetted world. Where an abstracted London could be drenched in shadow, all the while an atmospheric soundscape of eerie cello, violin and flute could play live, ever present from the bandstand.

RESEARCH IMAGERY 

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PROCESS WORK

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TECHNICAL DRAWINGS

FINAL MODEL

SCENIC PROCESS

GET IN AND SCENIC DETAILS

PRODUCTION PHOTOS