Dido and Aeneas

The Bristol Proms, Bristol Old Vic

Director Tom Morris tasked me with lighting this Opera using the 17th century technology available during Purcell’s era! I designed sconces for floor lights and stage lighting and hoped that the beeswax candles would last for the show’s duration. Fire buckets were the light source for back projection. Branches, fabric and a structural shadow frame shifted during the performance. A pure, inverted, flame was projected with a massive lens for the finale.

Role Shadow projection and lighting design

Client Bristol Old Vic

Photography Andy Squire