Set Design | Hayden Relf
Written by Hilary Bell
Director | Kate Champion
Assistant Directors | Eve Beck & Madelein DigginsSet & Prop Design | Hayden Relf
Lighting Design | Leia Loisa
Sound Design | Jessica Pizzinga
Costume Design | Hannah Taylor
Photo Credit | Lisa Tomasetti & Screenshots NIDA Archive
NIDA Parade Space Theatre 2021
Perfect Stranger, written by Hilary Bell follows the journey of Ruth. The
play is a series of two-handers, where Ruth traverses through 28 locations
meeting over 35 characters.
The design concept was to mirrior the script where each scene flowed effortlessly into the next, the idea was to give the audience a feeling of constant motion. Using a 10-meter revolve the design stripped the theatre and immersed the audience in the center of the space and the perfor- mance was played out on its perimeter. Using the black box theatre as the backdrop the set essentially became a magic box with a series of reveals. As the audience rotated, props where removed and added behind them, while the audience followed the lead character, Ruth.
The design concept was to mirrior the script where each scene flowed effortlessly into the next, the idea was to give the audience a feeling of constant motion. Using a 10-meter revolve the design stripped the theatre and immersed the audience in the center of the space and the perfor- mance was played out on its perimeter. Using the black box theatre as the backdrop the set essentially became a magic box with a series of reveals. As the audience rotated, props where removed and added behind them, while the audience followed the lead character, Ruth.
