The High Table
By Temi Wilkey
A conceptual design for Chapter Theatre's Studio, Cardiff.
Traverse staging in a small studio space.
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Set design & Costume design: Nerys Akers
Director: Patrick Connellan
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The dresses are chosen, the venue's been booked and the RSVPs are flooding in. But with her wedding to Leah drawing nearer, Tara's future is thrown into jeopardy when her Nigerian parents refuse to attend. This kind of love is unheard of, they say.
High above London, suspended between the stars, three of Tara's ancestors are jolted from their eternal rest. Stubborn and opinionated, they keep watch as family secrets are spilled and the rift widens between Tara and her parents. Can these representatives of generations passed keep the family together? And will Tara's decision ever get their blessing?
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RESEARCH
PROCESS WORK
COSTUMES
Babatunde
Adebisi
Yetunde
Teju
Segun
Mosun
Leah
Tara
FINAL MODEL