MATTHEW MARSHALL LIGHTING DESIGN

"One of the strongest aspects of this production is the set design by Tracey Grant Lord and lighting design by Matthew Marshall"

Claire Martin, radio13.co.nz

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“A clever and creative lighting design plays off it all”

Sophie, wellingtonista.com

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“Visually, not only is the set exceptional, it is also used fantastically well, with immense depth and clever use of shadow-play. But perhaps the star of the show is the lighting. In such a dark, menacing piece, the right lighting is essential, and here designer Matthew Marshall comes up trumps. Whether it’s the fine lines along the skew-whiff frames, the eerie lights on the dolls’ house, the effects that make characters look like they’re underwater, or the final, unrelenting focus on the Governess’s face, the lighting is (pardon the pun) spot on, and a vital part of a production whose restless energy and macabre tension make it a genuine tour de force.”

Max Rashbrooke, scoop.co.nz

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“The lighting is nuanced and emotional.”

Sophie, wellingtonista.com

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“NZO’s The Turn Of The Screw by Benjamin Britten at Wellington’s Opera House had a perfect cast, was perfectly performed and sung, and had a unsettling set, galvanic lighting and a ghostly, ghastly, uneasy, psychological drama. In short – a fabulous, compelling production.”

Stephen Gibbs, dmsreviewblog

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“When Quint and Miss Jessel burst onto the high ground of the symbolic family bedstead they command the stage and the world in a fearsome manner. They both sing with strength and subtlety and are banality made evil. But they are not of the present and do they really exist? (Mr Marshall’s clever lighting underlines the stark nature of what comes at us from upstage while the front-lighting is diffuse and ambiguous so ‘reality’ is always a moot point.)”

Dave Smith, theatrereview.org.nz

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