By Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa (Play)
Black Swan / Barking Gecko
Studio Underground State Theatre WA
Creatives
Playwright and Performer: Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa
Director: Matt Edgerton
Designer: Isla Shaw
Lighting Designer: Lucy Birkinshaw
Dramaturg: Clare Watson
Sound Designer: Tim Collins
Photographs by Daniel Grant
Photographs by Heidrum Lohr
Notable
Nominated for PAWA award for Best Mainstage Production
“Isla Shaw’s magic jewellery box of a set, beautifully creates a family kitchen, but also opens to reveal a plethora of surprises. Costumes are lovely, and the show is creatively lit by Lucy Birkinshaw.”
“One of the show’s most impactful characters, in a sense, is its inventive set. Designed by the award-winning Isla Shaw, the two-island, one cupboard performance space is packed with a variety of intricacies….”
“The set reveals itself to be more than just a kitchen. Positioned against an extraordinary rainbow backdrop of Sikh fabrics that descend into an ordinary clothesline, the design suggests a single backyard while evoking a thousand, unseen others beyond. Designer Isla Shaw has created a set full of surprises: a kitchen draw that becomes a teenager’s bed; a cabinet that transforms into multi-locational-backdrops. Her costumes are also multifunctional, allowing Khalsa’s characters to move quickly through time and space.”