My Sister Jill

Written by Patricia Cornelius
Melbourne Theatre Company, 2023

CREATIVE TEAM
Directed by Susie Dee, Assistant Direction by Kitan Petkovski, Set and Costume Design by Marg Horwell, Lighting Design by Rachel Burke, Sound Design by Kelly Ryall

CAST
Ian Bliss, Maude Davey, Lucy Goleby, Benjamin Nichol, James O'Connell, Zachary Pidd, Angourie Rice

VENUE
The Sumner, Southbank Theatres

"Rachel Burke’s lighting is excellent, clarifying transitions and driving the pace"

The Guardian, Tim Byrne  29.09.2023

"The design team have also worked with Cornelius and Dee before and each support the writing in ways that make it hard to imagine it being seen and heard in any other way...

And it’s lit by Rachel Burke. The lighting controls the mood and focuses attention exactly where it needs to be. It feels intimate while looking like a film, except for the shadows that could only be on a stage."

Anne Marie Peard , Australian Arts Review  01. 10. 2023

"The show is set in and around the family’s weatherboard home, and the set design by Marg Horwell features a beautifully restored 1953 FX Holden on stage. It is a pared back, familiar landscape of dry yellow light, lino tiles, fading wallpaper and porch chairs, and the site of a cultural identity permeated by patriarchal violence from the perspective of White Australian culture..."

The Conversation, Sarah Austin 03.10.2023

"Rachel Burke’s lighting design directs the eye subtly, while her recreation of bonfire night fireworks is thoroughly charming."

Theatre Matters, Adam Rafferty 29. 10. 2023

PHOTO CREDIT
Sarah Walker

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