
BLUES IN THE NIGHT (2021)
Blues In The Night was my final show at Bruford. It’s a promenade/ site specific piece collating several snippets of different texts and famous songs, with some rewritten monologues and direction by Steve Dykes.
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The main link between each of the scenes, all set in different rooms/spaces, is the 20s/30s aesthetic which I adapted to make slightly more abstract and modern in places.
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I learnt a lot from this project and used some techniques that I hadn’t explored before such as incorporating natural set decoration (living plants and ivy for ‘ The Verge’, set in a stairwell). I faced a lot of challenges throughout the project, having to design and realise several different spaces with a small team and lots of covid restrictions, but overall it was an exciting opportunity and left room for lots of on the spot creative problem solving.
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Something I’d love to delve deeper into is using unconventional materials and mediums within my designs- things like scent and organic mediums.
Written and Directed by Steve Dykes
Rose Bruford College, American Theatre Arts
Venue: Site specific/promenade/Lamorbey House
Set and Costumes designed by Hannah Williams
Lighting Designed by Amelia Hawkes
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