A Plague on both your Houses
Devised by the company
National Youth Theatre (1996)
Directed by Pete Brooks
Lighting design by Nigel Edwards
Projection design by Caroline Rye
A deconstructed Romeo and Juliet set in a shrapnel-scarred Verona.
Five scenic elements provided massive moving surfaces for receiving projection as well as creating by turns a piazza, an alley full of embracing lovers, a tryptych and a tomb.
“This devised multi-media piece is ground breaking for the NYT…there is genuine passion and intelligence at work here. “
The Independent