I recently lit a production of “Nevermore” the musical, which is based on the life of the author and poet, Edgar Allen Poe and his literary works. It’s a dreamscape of a musical, with Poe’s poems serving as a basis of a journey through his own psychic decline.
I wanted to produce a moody landscape that would heighten the beautiful atmosphere created by the haunting melodies and dialogue throughout the piece. The light would be faint and dusty and ensure that Poe’s troubled life remain awash in murkiness.
Whilst the Courtyard space is not particularly big, I wanted to create a surrounding darkness from which the characters would emerge – primarily the five influential women that haunt Poe throughout his life. These figures would move through the space, through shafts of light, separating them from their surroundings and adding to a sense of them drifting in and out of Poe’s consciousness.
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