Edgar and Annabel

Currently, I am the set and costume designer for a production of ‘Edgar and Annabel’ performed by the European Theatre Arts students at Rose Bruford College. The narrative is centred around the characters Nick and Marianne, who live a double life as Edgar and Annabel in an audio-surveillance-based dystopian reality. I really wanted to highlight the fishbowl-esque qualities of the reality they’re living in. Achieving this, I’ve been heavily researching show room kitchens, replicating that fake lived-in quality they have to them. Abstracting the kitchen to its most basic components builds on that image of a place where people don’t actually live. I chose to surround the kitchen with a rundown surveillance area showing how they’re being eavesdropped on from every angle. For the costumes, I’ve chosen silhouettes and colours that go from sharp and dark to softer and warmer as they get closer to each other. I love reflecting the emotional journey of a narrative in my designs.