Fully Sikh


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

  • Stage Whispers

    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.”

  • Theatre Travels

     “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 Conversation

    “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.”

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