I and the Village | Constance Villemot

I and the Village, Darren Donohue
Set & costume designer

Co-Directors: Rebecca Pryle & Velenzia Spearpoint
Assistant Director: Tom Ward
Set & Costume Designer: Constance Villemot
Researcher/Dramaturg: Matilda Velevitch
Producer: Natalie Chan
Assistant Producer: Rosie Sharp
Lighting & Sound Designer: Chuma Emembolu
Cast: Chido Kunene, Funke Adeleke, Laide Sonola, Mark Rush

Bread and Roses Company, Bread and Roses Theatre , May/June 2021

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"Design-wise, Constance Villemot excels. Villemot using a small rostrum to shrink the playing space further, authentically creating a cramped, uninspiring dorm-room decorated with three uniform beds and leaden lockers for any possessions, an adroit, veristic depiction of the dreary reality of the women’s lives. Almost prison-like in nature, magnificently fostering this sense of their entrapment in both the limbo of their reality and their own minds, having little to occupy them as they wait. Anchoring the piece well in this Direct Provision Centre and creating the perfect greying backdrop for the vivid imaginations of the women to take flight.." - Ask the Ushers