Amy Mae Smith’s ingenious lighting design uses a mixture of candlelight and suggestive colours and it transforms the small space from shop to dark London street to the murder-central barbers.
Sweeney Todds lighting gets top marks for intimacy and atmosphere. Early sections are lit by candlelight and lanterns….
Full credit also to Amy Mae Smith’s lighting and Joshua Richardson’s sound design, which also manipulate the snug surroundings to great effect….
‘this fleet-footed, stylishly lit affair delivers the essentials’
I could write for several paragraphs more about the dexterity of the troupe of climbing, singing, character-swapping actors, or the tirelessness of the pianist and the accompanying violin and clarinet, or the clever use of space, and the perfectly-handled light.