Elissa Hullah

As promised, here are a few of the beautiful production stills taken from The Death of Peter Pan by wonderful Photographer Francine Schaepper.

The design of the play was based on the idea of bringing Neverland into the reality of the characters lives, the merging of fantasy and the real world. The Play is seen a as recollection of Barrie’s, as he reclines in his favourite Chesterfiled, slowlw being overwhelmed by tangling vines of his imagination (more on this in a post to come about Set Design and Construction!) One of  the lighting inspirations I expressed to our lighting designer (Rob Sowinski) and Director (Robert Chuter) came by way of some beautiful Bill Henson Photographs. I had the fortune of seeing this exhibition years ago and always had his beautiful, etheral figures floating in my mind since. They were the perfect inspiration for the atmosphere.

Whilst the photos won’t capture the experience of the play, it can certainly give you an idea of the atmosphere and beautiful realisation of costumes, set and the lighting.

You can check out more of Francine’s Amazing work on her Facebook Page :)

Enjoy!

Sunday night was the final performance for the Death of Peter Pan, a play that has been very close to my heart for the last 6 months. It’s amazing that it is already over. Our Closing Night had a fantastic audience and the the actors gave a great final performance to end on a high.

The Death of Peter Pan has marked my return to theatre design, after spending the last few years immersed in Film and Webseries. I realise after doing this play how much I’ve missed the energy of theatre, it’s ephemerality and it’s urgency. It really is an addiction.  That combined with the incredibly generosity of the Chapel off Chapel Staff who made me feel so at home as I spent almost every second day at least there.

We have still been garnering much praise from the public who came along and saw the show and who have been dedicated in following the Facebook Group. Whilst it can be dangerous to read reviews, I’ve never before worked on a independent play that has had quite as much publicity surrounding it as this one and so avoiding critical reception has been futile :) Fortunately, much of the opinions expressed about my set and costume designs and execution has been very positive and it’s very uplifting to read so many supportive comments. Certainly makes me feel like I’m heading in the right direction ;)

To keep the interest peaked, I thought I would start rolling out some of my BTS images and designs, showing a little of my process and the antics that went on during the last few crazy months :)

Hope you enjoy them! :)