the school for scandal
Scenic Design by Anna Louizos
Red Bull Theatre, 2016
Written by: Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Directed by: Marc Vietor
Costumes by: Andrea Lauer
Lighting by: Russell H. Champa
Featuring: Dana Ivey, Mark Linn-Baker, Frances Barber and Henry Stram; Also Helen Cespedes, Christian Conn, Christian DeMarais, Jacob Dresch, Ramsey Faragallah, Ryan Garbayo, Bradley Gibson, Nadine Malouf, Ben Mehl and Derek Smith
“Director Mark Vietor has kept this merry frolic spinning all evening long, with the help of a very flexible set designed by Anna Louizos, rich and ripe costumes by Andrea Lauer, and spotlighting par excellence by Russell H. Champa that keeps focus cleanly as walls spin, backdrops change and furniture glides effortlessly and with great speed.”
“The production looks terrific, thanks to Anna Louizos’ set, defined by upstage and downstage walls, in the Georgian style, that can expand and contract to create various locations, many of them offering views of the London skyline circa 1777.”
The clever set is also not as it first seems. The walls open in various ways to reveal different settings, allowing the unassuming-at-first set to reveal hidden elements and locations. The cunning use of space and lighting means the audience does not wait long for the scenes to change and is kept entertained by well choreographed sequences. — Tim Koch, The Reviews Hub
Anna Louizos’ clever settings transform one into the other with the turn of a wall or a door and a rearrangement of the furniture, highlighted by Russell H. Champa’s lighting. Her witty use of props (a chamber pot, a trunk, empty picture frames) adds to the fun. — Victor Gluck, TheatreScene.Net