I’d Rather Goya Robbed Me Of My Sleep Than Some Other Arsehole

by Rodrigo Garcia. GATE Theatre

Directed by Jude Christian (nominated best director Off West End Awards).  Designed by Fly Davis (finalist best set design Off West End Awards).  Lighting Design Joshua Pharo (finalist best lighting Off West End Awards). Sound Design Adrienne Quartly. Actor Stephan Rhodri

The magic of his performance owes an enormous debt to the beautifully smart set – a white tiled box with overhead strip lighting giving the sense of a sanatorium. The back wall has a cube attached, which represents our protagonist’s kitchen, and in which we find him when the play begins. It is small and grotty – as you imagine his life is – and rotates to give a sense of his own unhingedness. Barcelona is built out of children’s building blocks, the taxi is a toy car and even a Mickey Mouse balloon makes an appearance. It’s all very surreal, delightfully so. – Whats On Stage Maisie Collins

Christian’s production has a cool atmosphere, and is blessed with designer Fly Davis’ white-tiled set, cramped model kitchen and children’s toys standing in for Madrid landmarks. – Alex Sierz – The Stage (please scroll down)

It’s a sinewy, masculine text, given a remarkable production by three women – director Jude Christian, designer Fly Davis and sound designer Adrienne Quartly – who lock the character in a dirty white kitchen that looks unnervingly like a room in a mental hospital, with two squealing, grunting piglets representing his sons. – Maddy Costa Guardian ****

The opening sequence is a gorgeous, surrealist dream that Fly Davis’ set design facilitates magnificently as Joshua Pharo’s lighting swirls around evocatively.  – Ought to be Clowns *****

 

 

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