'A Little Night Music' by Stephen Sondheim & Hugh Wheeler
Bridewell Theatre, City Academy
Sondheim create a stunning tour de farce when he takes Ingmar Bergman's comedy of manner, 'Smiles of a Summer Night', and turns it into a musical of masterful execution and elegance. Old flames reignite, new lovers meet. Set in the turn of the century in 1900 Sweden.
Set and Costume Designer: Melissa Travers, Director: Victoria Gimby, Musical Director: Benjamin Levy, Choreographer: Philip Michael Hughes, Lighting Designer: Jason Ahn, Producers: Rebecca Wicking & Abigail Welford, Assistant Producer: Giusy Pappalardo
'Furious! The Ballad of'72' by Steve Dykes
Rose Bruford College
A New Musical Play by Steven Dykes and Callum Patrick Hughes. Set in the era famously dubbed “The Gilded Age” by Mark Twain, Furious! follows the 1872 Presidential Campaign of Victoria Woodhull as she and the extraordinary women in her life navigate the sensational scandals, intrigues and events of this momentous year in American history. Featuring a cast of thirteen, a feast of original songs and the exciting integration of digital projection with traditional scenic arts, the show conjures up a Vaudevillian world of Medicine Shows, Yellow Journalism and not-so-secret affairs.
Set and Costume Designer: Melissa Travers, Director: Steven Dykes, Musical Director: Callum Patrick Hughes, Lighting Designer: Joe Pilling, Assistant Lighting Designer: Ash Copeland, Video Designer: Ben Sugrue, Photographer: Ben Wilkin
'Tennessee Williams: Triple Bill'
'I Never Get Dressed Before Dark on Sunday', 'The Magic Tower' and 'The Long Goodbye' by Tennessee Williams
Rose Bruford College
A triple bill of Tennessee Williams’ short plays, 'I Never Get Dressed Till After Dark On Sunday', 'The Magic Tower' and 'The Long Goodbye', all set in one Brownstone apartment in early twentieth century Harlem. A hundred years ago The Brownstones of Harlem, now gentrified and grand, were still rooming houses for the most part, host to a transient population on the way up or on the way back down- artists and strivers - dreamers and the hopeless. The memories housed in the walls of one such apartment were explored as a glimpse into the lives of its inhabitants and a meditation on time and memory.
Set and Costume Designer: Melissa Travers, Director: Adjoa Andoh, Assistant Director: Harriet O'Grady, Lighting Designer: Emma Krans, Assistant Lighting Designer: Lilli Fisher, Photographer: Robert Workman
'Love and Information' by Carol Churchill
Rose Bruford College
A kaleidoscope of short scenes exploring the comedy of communication, a drama of depression, love, sex and memory. This piece explores human connection in a modern age. The set/costumes reflected this creating a cold atmosphere of information contrasted with the unfolding of emotional scenes onstage as well as the use of lighting and projection.
Set and Costume Designer: Melissa Travers, Director: Aran Cherkez, Lighting Designer: Charley Hardwick, Photographer: Michael O'Reilly
