By – Elise Esther Hearst with Phillip Kavanagh after Charles Dickens
With – Natalie Gamsu, Miriam Glaser, Emma Jevons, Evelyn Krape, Jude Perl, Louise Siversen and Michael Whalley
Role: Set Design
Director: Sarah Giles
Associate Director: Cass Fumi
Musical Director: Jude Pearl
Set Design: Jacob Battista
Costume Design: Dann Barber
Lighting Design: Richard Vabre
Sound Design and Composition: Jed Palmer
Photos: Pia Johnson
Quotes from Reviews:
Jacob Battista presents a versatile and realistic stage design that feels consciously oversized to perhaps reflect Ely’s sense of being lost in the space left by her grandmother. Some fun effects really impressed and delighted but were never intrusive or focus puling as they so often can be when money trumps clever. – Doug Knight – Australian Stage
Jacob Battista’s simple set design of a humble family bakery allows for seamless transitions in time and place. Meanwhile, the illusion of possessed kitchen appliances that move of their own accord indicates the presence of the paranormal. The placement of colourful milk crates, an industrial Hobart mixer, and a window filled with Challah, babka, and gingerbread houses, is carefully considered to craft a realistic and nostalgic set, complete with a light dusting of flour to ensure authenticity. – Kris Weber – TheatreMatters
And the design really is wonderful. Dann Barber’s imaginative costumes, Jacob Battista’s set, and Richard Vabre’s lighting bring the tragicomic ghost story to vibrant and eccentric life, delivering more unexpected theatrical reveals than any trad production of A Christmas Carol I’ve seen. – Cameron Woodhead – The Age
Each act is marked by another festive ghost flying through Ely’s bakery with the majesty of Mary Poppins. From the reindeer of Chrismukkah Past, Gingerbread Golem and Lilith Claus, the play showcases superb costuming (Dann Barber) and staging wizardry (Jacob Battista). Maximum respect to the creative crew. – Jeremie Bracka – The jewish Independant
