Bleak Expectations
by Mark Evans
The Criterion Theatre, West End
Director: Caroline Leslie
Lighting Designer: Andrew Exeter
Costume Supervisor: Emma Ntinas
Scenic Construction and Art: Bower Wood & Richard Nutbourne
Photographer: Manuel Harlan
Nominated for BEST SET DESIGN in the Broadway World UK / West End Awards 2023
Reviews:
Katie Lias shows again that she is one of the best designers in the business
Broadway World
A playfully lavish design
The Times
A lavish set, including an avalanche of books and a pleasing array of books to be slammed
The Telegraph
The magnificent set
Daily Express
A nice Dickensian set with portraits and books
Time Out
A delightful and dynamic set
The Reviews Hub
Katie Lias’ colourful set, a jumble of victoriana featuring a large pile of books that acts as a staircase. This provides not just useful elevation but a neat metaphor for a show that treads lightly up and down its source material, with mostly grin-inducing results
WhatsOnStage
Katie Lias’s set design goes a long way towards setting the scene before the play even begins
All That Dazzles
