EMMA BAILEY

PERFORMANCE DESIGNER

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CREATED BY // MADE IN CHINA
SET AND COSTUME // EMMA BAILEY

LIGHTING // ALEX FERNANDES

SOUND // TOM PARKINSON
MOVEMENT // IRENE CIONI PROJECTION DESIGN // MIKAELA LIAKATA CAMERA OPERATOR // VALENTINA FORMENTI PHOTOGRAPHY // JOHN HUNTER AT RULER DESIGN ASSOCIATE // LAUREN DIX

THE YARD THEATRE LONDON ROYAL EXCHANGE MANCHESTER

"Emma Bailey's set is lots of fun to look at with all its colour. And her exciting, creative eye is also represented in Latowicki's disgustingly beautiful, shiny green dress. It's tacky, in all the best ways." Broadway World★★★★

"This is a show with an exterior that glistens and twinkles like a Faberge egg, but its insides are filled with a swirling molten pool of sadness and rage." The Stage★★★★

"The fluffy pink rug, rainbow streamers and overflow of flowers suggest artifice and pretence...It is one of many clever methods used to comment on the separation between our virtual and real selves. Every aspect, from the set design (Emma Bailey) to the contents of the monologue itself, feels essential to Latowicki’s exploration of this idea...There’s so much more that I could say about this extraordinary show, but I just don’t have the words. Sorry. I guess you’ll just have to go and see it instead." Spy in the Stalls★★★★★


"The staging is bright and garish, backdropped by a generic cascading stream scene reminiscent of a smartphone home screen image. This loud visual framing, combined with Tom Parkinson’s varied and jarring soundscape, effectively creates an atmosphere of constant sensory overload, making Latowicki’s multiple bouts of panicked hyperventilation seem all the more justified." The Reviews Hub★★★★★

"Its own sugary veneer in Emma Bailey’s fun design." Time Out

"A woman in a frilly green dress stands centre stage, flanked by sparkly silver curtains. She looks girly but exhausted, stuck between childhood and maturity. The stage is equally in limbo. A projection screen hangs above a bright picture of a waterfall and odd props – flowers, clothes, make-up – lie strewn about. It looks like a film set; a funeral parlour; a karaoke bar; a luxury holiday. This is a set that doesn’t know itself, designed with an easy sense of chaos by Emma Bailey. It is the ideal backdrop for a show about an anxious actress at a crossroads, unsure of where to go next." The Guardian