A Single Man

WORLD PREMIERE

Factory International Manchester & Royal Ballet, Covent Garden.

The World of Interiors:

“ Chiara Stephenson’s set for A Single Man, a ballet based on Christopher Isherwood’s novel of the same name, is an exemplar for how clever, allusive design can help turn granular prose into light and lyrical body language.”

Chiara’s behind-the-scenes close-ups show the level of detail each symbolic object in George’s life was given despite the dusty coating they were all destined to receive

Though his work still offers him some mechanical pleasure, since Jim’s death Isherwood’s literature professor ‘misuses [books] quite ruthlessly […] to take his mind off the hands of the clock’

A Doll’s House

Sheffield Theatre

The Guardian:

“ the biggest influence on the production comes from Chiara Stephenson’s impressive design, with the walls of the apparently happy family home made occasionally opaque under Richard Howell’s lighting design. When the walls rise and we see the inside of the house where secrets lie, ready to ambush the inhabitants, Nora’s downfall, rise and liberation become as compelling as they are inexorable. The final flourish, when she finally reclaims herself from her father’s and then her husband’s benevolent tyranny, is deeply moving.”