Client: David Leddy\/\/Fire Exit<\/p>\n
Services: Lighting Design<\/p>\n
Chris has experienced three deaths, one after another. She\u2019s in prison awaiting trial. But she doesn\u2019t know why.<\/p>\n
Written for any gender, originally played by a man, and now performed by a woman without changing a word.<\/p>\n
Contrasting bold theatricality, haunting music and razor-sharp slashes of light across a stark stage, Coriolanus Vanishes is a complex descent through passion, shame, devastation and the many, many forms of madness.<\/p>\n
Just beneath the surface of everyday life there\u2019s complete anarchy lying in wait.<\/p>\n
Exploring how shadowy childhood memories can besiege our adult relationships, Coriolanus Vanishes combines the moral ambiguity of the global arms trade with the chaotic challenges of adopting an abused child.<\/p>\n
Sometimes your friends are worse than your enemies, and sometimes you\u2019re the worst of all. What happens then?<\/p>\n
First staged in a traditional proscenium arch format, Coriolanus Vanishes transferred to a studio theatre with a thrust stage at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2018. A second layer of technical complexity was the need to fit the show in to a venue shared by several other companies. This meant hanging space for lighting and effects was limited, and turnaround times for re-setting shows required to be complete within 45 minutes. Lighting for the show was adapted to reduce the lighting rig from over 60 fixtures to only four moving lights and some additional effects, without losing any of the original design intent. The transformation of the studio space into the dark world of the show was extraordinary.<\/p>\n
\u201cStunning lighting design \u2026 as beautiful a use of light as I\u2019ve ever seen in a play\u2026 Enormous credit to lighting designer Nich Smith for the vivid and remarkable world he has created.\u201d
\nTime Out<\/p>\n
\u2018\u2026the urgency of Leddy\u2019s storytelling and\u2026elemental beauty of his staging \u2026. Looks and sounds exquisite\u2026. Entirely and beguilingly theatrical.\u2019
\nThe Guardian<\/p>\n
https:\/\/vimeo.com\/350935544
\nhttps:\/\/vimeo.com\/350935306<\/p>\n
Credits:<\/p>\n
Written and directed: DAVID LEDDY<\/p>\n
Performed: IRENE ALLAN<\/p>\n
Design realised: BECKY MINTO
\nLighting design: NICH SMITH
\nSound design: DANNY KRASS
\nProduction Management: NIALL BLACK
\nStage Management: LINSEY JOHNSTONE
\nLighting Technician: G MCDERMOTT
\nSound Technician: RICHARD BELL
\nAssistant Lighting Design: ANA MIRAN<\/p>\n
Consultant Producer: KATE BOWEN
\nGeneral Manager: VIVIANE HULLIN<\/p>\n
Fire Exit in co-production with Tron Theatre. Presented at Traverse Theatre and part of the Made in Scotland 2018 showcase. Funded by Creative Scotland<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","portfolio_category":[16],"class_list":["post-702","bauman_portfolio","type-bauman_portfolio","status-publish","hentry","portfolio_category-theatre"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nichsmith.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/bauman_portfolio\/702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nichsmith.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/bauman_portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nichsmith.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/bauman_portfolio"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nichsmith.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"portfolio_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nichsmith.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fportfolio_category&post=702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}