"The Rose Tattoo" by Tennessee Williams - Theatr Clwyd/1995
Directed by Helena Kaut-Howson - Lighting by Nic Beadle
DESIGNER: PAMELA HOWARD
Underneath a grim concrete motorway in America lies a small Sicilian enclave where the past and future is reality and the present does not exist. Serafina's house may be small and simple, but it expands with her memories,
above all those of her deceased husband and her daughter Rosa, the living embodiment of the Rose Tattoo. Life is like a merry-go-round, a fairground of emotions and on this carousel the heart of a woman, Serafina, is shown.
A wall of memories becomes an altar of dreams. The village community, dark and superstitious, is finally transported into the joy of the future.
(For more information about the designer see her entry in the Designers' Register)