Parlour Song

Set & Costume Design

Danny Khan Photography

Greenwich Theatre

Directed by James Haddrell

Lighting by Henry Slater

Projection By Hannah Schlenker

REVIEWS

Rated Reviewed

"Emily Bestow’s set design is brilliantly intriguing, the large blue, homely backdrop showcasing various trinkets and storage spaces. The set easily transforms into different rooms with slick and easy transitions as the actors move fluidly around."

Broadway World

"an impressive set design by Emily Bestow. Bestow has eschewed some of the more obvious suburban domestic trappings, and instead we have a kind of deconstructed model home – the visual manifestation of Ned’s panicked monologue about seeing 78 new builds that “all have our kitchen”. Also eye-catching is the architectural floor plan projected onto the backdrop, its carefully pencilled in rooms twisting and contorting along with the plot."

West End Best Friend

"the decision of designer Emily Bestow to create a cross-section of a house that is at once blueprint and building is inspired. Decorated with household objects that keep disappearing ... this is a set that is both complex and highly effective"

Adventures in Theatreland

"Making this metaphor most clear was the incredible scenic and costume design by Emily Bestow. The actors move about on a stage that has been transformed into a giant housing blueprint—sometimes with projected cracks, sometimes not—dressed in all blue to blend with the world around them, essentially making them a part of the crumbling house."

The Reviews Hub

Where this particular production does shine, is in its design, well-crafted by Emily Bestow. The decision to use a cross-section of a house as the backdrop is a clever touch, visually representing the intrusion the audience provides into Ned and Joy’s marriage.