Lyric Hammersmith
September 2023
Directed by Nicholai La Barrie
Set and Costume designed by Lily Arnold
Lighting designed by Richard Howell
Sound Designed by Asaf Zohar
Photos by The Other Richard
PRESS
‘A brilliant so-tasteful-it’s-a-bit-creepy revolving set from Lily Arnold’ Time Out
‘The carefully composed veneer of fashionable decorum is beautifully caught in Lily Arnold’s design: tall standard lamp; upright statue that looks at first glance like the palm of a hand forbidding entry but turns out to be a flattened ancient face; white fabric; a coffee table displaying art books (Francis Bacon a favourite). This revolves in tiny degrees throughout the evening while a ring of light on the periphery is slowly lowered, penning in the characters.’ The Observer
‘Lily Arnold’s slowly rotating set is the epitome of sophisticated minimalism.’ Theatre Weekly
‘Something that absolutely needs commending in God of Carnage, though, is the incredible set design by Lily Arnold. The set consists of an elegant, modern, minimalist living room in creams and whites, on a raised circular platform. Initially, this seems like nothing important, but gradually, very, very gradually, we realise that the platform is a turntable, and the set is moving.’ West End Best Friend
‘The set and staging choices of the performance are really what stand out in this production. Designed by Lily Arnold, events unfold on a circular platform that revolves at an almost imperceptibly slow pace.’ The Independent
