The Oresteia
Written by Aeschylus
Home, Manchester (2015)
Directed by Blanche McIntyre
Lighting design by Lee Curran
Photography by Graeme Cooper
A strongly poetic and non-literal environment which could accommodate the visceral digging of graves and impossible height of the gods.
Best Design nomination, Manchester Theatre Awards 2015
“…it is a beautifully sculpted and boldly austere staging, both modern and alien, close and distant […] Laura Hopkins’s design meets the verbal punch with visual eloquence.”
FT
"…pared down and intelligent [...] it’s atmospherically designed and lit, by Laura Hopkins and Lee Curran respectively.”
The stage
“Laura Hopkins’s black, shingle-covered set seems a kind of hellish beach resort.”
The Guardian
“Peter Hall meets Pina Bausch…Laura Hopkins covers the stage with glistening grey gravel, which, scraped back, reveals the red carpet like a fresh scab."
Whatsonstage.com