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Zanna Don’t - Old Joint Stock Theatre

All That Dazzles

It’s all staged on a love-heart themed set, decked out in Mean Girls­­-esque pink on Joanne Marshall’s set, all drenched in her similarly rose-tinted lighting. Most intelligently, Marshall’s clever set of rotating screens evokes a number of different settings from a radio studio to a saloon through a swift turn of a set piece.

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Adventures of Theatreland

Speed’s set id further aided by Joanne Marshall’s lighting design, whose flooding of blue lights, whenever Sam thinks of the car accident, is a visual reference to the horrific accident. Marshall’s lighting also handles the two sided mirror segments. The lighting is admirable, especially paired with Tom Bedworth’s sound design.

Step Behind The Stage

Another potential challenge with smaller venues is lighting, but again Lighting Designer Joanne Marshall does an incredible job throughout the piece. Whether it is using the reflective surfaces of the set to impressive effect or utilising a singular white spotlight , I found the lighting more than enhanced the production.’

MusicalTheatreMusings.co.uk

‘This is enhanced by brilliant lighting design by Joanne Marshall which manages to transform the stage in so many way with her use of lighting, ensuring the limited space doesn’t limit the story.’

MusicalManda.site

‘Samantha’s life had been cut into pieces, works well the dramatic lighting by Joanne Marshall and further adds to the atmosphere.’

MusicalTheatreReview.com

Another key component is the fantastically intimate atmosphere afforded by The Other Palace Studio and Reuben Speed’s set and Joanne Marshall’s lighting design.

Ordinary Days - Upstairs at the Gatehouse

Adventures in theatreland

The bare black staging is given a splash of colour with the roof of strung up umbrellas, and gorgeous lighting from Joanne Marshall.

Zanna Don’t - Old Joint Stock Theatre

Musicaltheatrereview.com

‘It’s always impressive what the Old Joint Stock team can do with their intimate space, and this remains true again, with impressive lighting and set design (Joanne Marshall) making the show feel much larger than it realistically is’