by Phoenix Dance Theatre
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West Yorkshire Playhouse & International Tour, 2018-
“A great pyramid of packing cases and trunks against a tangerine Caribbean sky sets the tone. Men in sun hats and high-waisted trousers flirting with women in bright print dresses…The mountain of luggage, which remains onstage throughout, is a melancholy reminder of the “myth of return”... It doubles as a cramped interior, and as a tenement block. Windows open to reveal shrewish landladies in housecoats, who peer suspiciously at the newcomers before slamming the shutters closed. ★★★★” -Luke Jennings, The Observer
“Eleanor Bull’s dockside set design brilliantly evokes the sense of departure and arrival.” -Yvette Huddleston, The Yorkshire Post
“Eleanor Bull’s set is a clever cluster of wooden packing cases which evoke the opening quayside with minimal fuss and later open out to reveal suburban kitchen windows or a rented bedsitting room.” -Louise Levene, Financial Times
“Eleanor Bull’s set transforms from stacks of luggage on the quayside in a Caribbean dawn to the boarding houses of Chapeltown and Beeston…Her costumes evoke the colours, styles and fashions of 1948 with the swagger and vibrancy of the new arrivals in contrast to the drabness of their new home.” -Culture Vulture
Choreographer: Sharon Watson
Set and Costume Designer: Eleanor Bull
Music: Christella Litras
Lighting Designer: Luke Haywood
Photos: © Brian Slater
Choreographer: Sharon Watson
Set and Costume Designer: Eleanor Bull
Photos: © Brian Slater
Choreographer: Sharon Watson
Set and Costume Designer: Eleanor Bull