everthing is 300 miles per hour at the moment, my (very organised but very annoying) calendar on my phone beeps at me every 5 minutes to tell me i should be somewhere else. But its great (except for the lack of sleep). Am loving working with Shotgun, have made the scary decision to have quite a minimal set, which is great if it works, but otherwise looks like i didn't do much work. There's some nice graphics going on and a big black tree, but otherwise its just giant building blocks and a seventies sofa. Am not going to show you any design images before the show - as i hope you'll all come and see it, but here's the flyer, to give you a taster:
my own work is on the back burner, but ever-present in the recesses of my mind... thinking lots about text and layers and stories... anyway, not enough to tell you about at the moment. exciting news of the day is that (through Shotgun) I went to meet a young theatre designer called David Farley (http://www.clarevidalhall.co.uk/clients/david_farley/cv.htm) this morning. He went through my designs with me and we chatted about his work, it was really fun. Nice to see someone actually surviving quite reasonably in this field (he has a studio in Fitzrovia - lovely)! I should have googled him before my visit, but my phone didn't bleep me early enough and i ran out of time, but have checked him out since, he has done some nice stuff, check out this interview with him - http://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/education/productions/macbeth/setdesign.shtml - mmm, I do like a bit of Louise Bourgeois.
