The Visit
Designed for site-specific staging
By Tony Kushner
Conceptual Design Project
Designer: Rose Thomas
Set in a post-apocalyptic time where society never progressed past the Industrial Revolution, 'The Visit' is set in a rusty and derelict factory wasteland.
I was interested in illustrating the class divide between the working class citizens of 'Slurry' and the opulent Claire Zachanassian and her eccentric entourage.
After reading the script, I created a scene breakdown to get a sense of the many characters involved in the crowd scenes, the timeline and the props used throughout.
I set this performance in the rust belt of America among disused factories; I had a think about local locations suitable for a site-specific performance and realized the Tata Steelworks in Port Talbot would be ideal. I drew inspiration from this site and disused gas towers for the final images.
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