ORPHEUS DESCENDING
SET & COSTUME DESIGN
DIRECTOR: Anna Barkan
SET & COSTUME DESIGN: Jana Lakatos
LIGHTING DESIGN: Abigail Sage
HAIR & MAKEUP: Ruth Norwood
PHOTOGRAPHY: Stuart Ray & Abigail Sage
A mysterious, charismatic drifter named Val meets store keeper 'Lady' in the dark underbelly of a mid-century Southern American town. The world around them is grey, ashen, violent, more dead than alive. Val's presence unleashes a maelstrom of passion, discord, desire and retribution... Val and Lady find goodness in each other, but it may be too late.
Directed by Anna Barkan and performed by a cast of LAMDA graduates, this is the debut production of theatre company Conjure Productions.
★★★★★
"The flooring is intriguing, with white and grey shading, like ground that was burnt and never grew again... Lakatos cleverly uses a dusty "HELLO" sign below the store sign, to signal that the store may more resemble Hell itself.”
“The costumes, also by Lakatos, add a visual delicacy... only in shades of grey, apart from Val and Lady, who are afforded a slither of thoughtfully planned muted colour. It's these small attentions to detail and intent to bring out every nuance in Williams' writing that makes this production so fascinating.”
(Oviya Thirumalai - Adventures in Theatreland)
★★★★★
“Jana Lakatos’ set and costume design evoked both the grit and surreal beauty of a town on the edge of collapse.”
(Bibi Lucille - London Theatre Reviews)
"The minimalist stage design is a triumph of necessity, proving that a simple setting with only essential props can be profoundly effective."
(The Reviews Hub - London)
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