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speak their names
2022
The biggest challenge of touring theatre is to keep things lean so Speak Their Names also made use of a very minimal set to convey a writer’s garret in Triora, that is changed with lighting to go back 400 years in time, to a forest outside the village.
Another challenge of Speak Their Names was how to create a fire effect on stage - with misters, halogen bulbs and a portable power source concealed inside the stove.
west side story
december 2019
For the International School of Nice’s production of West Side Story Doc’s iconic café was created on one side of the stage, whilst Maria’s bedroom took up the other. The back wall of the bedroom rotated to reveal the bridal shop. Complete with fencing, fire escapes and staircases, this ambitious set was built by the student technical team, led by Ron Booth.
Expertise gained during production of A Man Like You came in handy when blood was spilt again on stage during the rumble in which Riff and Bernardo are killed.
arabian nights
february 2019
The for the International School of Nice’s production of Arabian Nights, the student technical team, under the expert guidance of Ron Booth, brought to life an Arabian palace with diaphanous colourful fabrics, embroidered cushions and ornamental lanterns.
separate tables
may 2019
In a second collaboration with SET Theatre in Le Cannet, the light and sound was created for a production of Separate Tables, the collective name for two plays set in a run-down residential hotel in Bournemouth by Terence Rattigan.
the ladykillers
october 2018
In a first collaboration with SET Theatre in Le Cannet, a parlour and rooftop was created for this black comedy, adapted in 1955 by Graham Linehan.
peponi's got talent
july 2018
The Kenyan flag overlaid with the words ‘Peponi’s Got Talent’ was the painted backdrop for the fourth Parents’ Revue.
constellations
june 2018
In keeping with its theme of parallel universes the natural order of things was subverted for the set of Constellations. Luminous stars scattered over the floor symbolised constellations shrunk billions of times, whilst the walls, covered in hexagons, became the inside of a honeycomb magnified billions of times.
a man like you
2016 - 2018
In A Man Like You the bleakness and claustrophobia of a windowless concrete room in Somalia had to co-exist on stage with a luxury residence in Nairobi. It was achieved with props; a rickety bed, a chair recycled from an old lawnmower, a set of custom-made iron manacles and a retractable knife, for the Somali room; antique rugs, silver picture frames and a comfortable armchair for the Nairobi one. Touring A Man Like You around the world brought the special challenge of making it all fit into several suitcases.
Another challenge was the extensive use of blood that had to appear on stage during the play. A blood bomb sewn into the actor's shirt had a tie attached to it that released the blood at the moment of stabbing.
the parents' revue
july 2014
Peponi’s motto: ‘Populus e pluribus ortus’ means ‘A school of many nations, a family of one’. The Parents’ Revue redefined the brand with a new motto: ‘Plus populi plus pecuniae’ which means: ‘The more students we have, the more money we make’. The new motto was the painted backdrop for the show.
pinocchio
2008
The last of the Kabete backdrops was of Geppetto’s studio, the setting for the adventures of Pinocchio.
the gruffalo
2007
A forest backdrop was the setting for Kabete Kindergarten’s production of The Gruffalo.
the wizard of oz
2007
Continuing the tradition of painted sets at Kabete, Dorothy and Toto were accompanied on their adventures to Oz and back again.
peter pan
2006
For a production of Peter Pan by Kabete Kindergarten the bedroom Wendy Darling shares with her brothers John and Michael before they're whisked away to Neverland was created.
dracula spectacula
1985
A crumbling castle complete with stairs, trap doors and entrances, all overgrown with encroaching forest, was the setting for Dracula Spectacula, that narrates the adventures of Miss Nadia Naive and her pupils, who find themselves stranded in Transylvania, with a sinister Count and his gruesome acolytes.
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