IN THE NEXT ROOM or the vibrator play // St. James Theatre 2013
by Sarah Ruhl
director: Laurence Boswell
lighting designer: Ben Ormerod
sound designer: Fergus O'Hare
composer: Jon Nicholls
photographer: Johan Persson
★★★★ “An outstanding production with a delightfully detailed two-storey design” The Telegraph
★★★★ “Simon Kenny’s split-level, head-versus-heart design conjures up the dilemmas perfectly: above, the white linen, gleaming metal and polished wood of a surgery; below, the stuffed sofas and flounces and floppy fabric of a parlour” The Observer
★★★★ The Times
★★★★ The Guardian
★★★★ The Independent
★★★★ Financial Times
★★★★ Sunday Times
★★★★ Sunday Express
“Impeccably staged on Simon Kenny’s opulent split-level design...period-perfect, with gold curtains twitching back to reveal the stage like the modesty screen behind which the unsuspecting patients undress” Time Out
“Simon Kenny’s set is gorgeously elaborate” Daily Mail
From the 2012 production at the Ustinov Studio, Bath:
★★★★ “An intense pleasure...it’s all dazzlingly executed on Simon Kenny’s two-storey dolls-house set. Electrifying” The Times
★★★★ “Concealment is a strong theme, reflected in Simon Kenny’s exquisite design in which doors, screens, corridors and curtains frame every interaction” The Guardian
“The setting is a New York gynaecologist’s comfortable home and treatment room, splendidly recreated in Simon Kenny’s stunning two-tier set” The Stage
Critics Choice The Independent on Sunday