Writer. Nancy Farino
Director. Tessa Walker
Fatherland captures the complexity between a father and daughter as they travel to County Mayo on a bus recently bought by Winston. All characters are hiding personal struggles and dreams sequences and flashbacks appear abstractedly to break an otherwise linear narrative.
Our approach was to hold onto this abstraction in order to show the intimacy and tenderness visible in Joy’s relationship with herself, Winston’s desire for connection and Claire’s search for the truth.
The minimal set helped to evoke driving at night with a painterly monochrome floor within the long thrust stage. The costumes are embedded within the overall palette.
Abstracting the crash using stylised lighting and movement helped to bring a visual poetry to a defining moment within the production.
Set and Costume designer.
Lighting. Christopher Nairne | Sound Khalil Madovi | Movement. Rebecca Wield | Production Manager. Josh Collins
Photographer. Pamela Raith
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