4 Minutes 12 Seconds

​by James Fitz

​Hampstead Theatre Downstairs, then Trafalgar Studios

 

Director Anna Ledwich

Designer Janet Bird

Lighting 

Mark Howland

Sound Sarah Weltman

Photography Ikim Yun

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Olivier Nomination for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre 

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Anna Ledwich provides effectively unfussy staging, with Janet Bird's lighted pixels suggesting an online world reframing the physical one Arts Desk

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The simplicity in the story-telling is picked up in the visual affects by designer Janet Bird. A patterned floor covering that is reminiscent of old television test patterns is copied into the overhead lighting panel; a few chairs and a table and this simple aesthetic serves the play well.* * * * British Theatre

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Janet Birds canny design makes the point eloquently: a pattern of pixel – red, blue and green dots – that plays tricks on our eyes. * * * *  WhatOnStage

 

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