fiona watt - scenographer
Outlying Islands
by David Greig
Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Director : Philip Howard
Lighting : Chahine Yavroyan
Music : Gavin Marwick
Transferred to : World Stages Festival, Toronto and Jerwood Theatre Upstairs, Royal Court (re-design)
'Fiona Watt's inspired, sparse design brings a whiff of fresh sea air to Greig's nectar-sweet evocation of innocence.'
Evening Standard
'I will be surprised if this year's Edinburgh Festival sees a more persuasive and utilitarian set than Fiona Watt's superb island cliff'
Scotland on Sunday
Winner of Fringe First, Edinburgh Festival
Photos : Douglas Robertson
Further Than The Furthest Thing
by Zinnie Harris
Prime Productions
Byre Theatre, St. Andrews and tour
1961. On a remote island in the mid-Atlantic, a tiny community carries the burden of a terrible secret. When the outside world comes calling, the islanders find their world blown apart from the inside as well as beyond.
Director : Ben Twist
Lighting : Andrew Coulton
Sound : Dave Fennessey
Movement : Janet Smith
Photos : Marc Marni
The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek
by Naomi Wallace
Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Trestle turning into track, the arc symbolises the life force of the train, hurtling through a small, stagnating American town in the 30s'
Director : Philip Howard
Lighting : Renny Robertson
Music : Gavin Marwick
Photos : Kevin Low
Dark Earth
by David Harrower
Traverse Theatre
Edinburgh Festival
Set in the central belt of Scotland, in the shadow of the Antoine Wall, the play explores the relationship between urban and rural living as a remote family chooses to defend itself against the intrusion of the outside world.
Director : Philip Howard
Lighting : Neil Austin
Photos : Douglas Robertson
A Woman of No Importance
by Oscar Wilde
Pitlochry Festival Theatre
We chose to set the piece under an oak tree that accelerated through the seasons as the play progressed. A cast of servants delivered changes of location under the supervision of the Head Butler.
Director : Ben Twist
Lighting : Ace McCarron
Photos: Unknown
Good Angel Bad Angel
by Ron Butlin and Lyell Cresswell
Hebrides Ensemble
A new chamber opera for three voices and four instrumentalists loosely based on RL Stevenson's Markheim, this was an opportunity to explore the blurring of boundaries between performers and musicians. The creation of 'the bauble' was a new collaboration with two sculptors from Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop
Director : Ben Twist
Lighting : Andrew Coulton
Sculptors : Lara Greene & David Hutchins
Photos : Douglas Robertson
