"The Balcony" by Jean Genet - Embassy Theatre, Central School of Speech and Drama/2004
Directed by Debbie Seymour - Costumes by Michelle Douek - Lighting by Richard Godin
SET DESIGN BY NICKY BUNCH
Photograph: Michaela Kemp

Act 1, scene 3.

An abstract space exploring the containment of our fantasies and realities, and what happens when they break down. Influenced by the paintings of Francis Bacon, the brothel had a crude theatricality that let the characters step out in and out of their illusions.