Some Thoughts On Theatre, Set Design, and a Moment of Disconnection
I went to see the recent Queensland Theatre Company production of Tartuffe over the weekend, but this is not a review of that show. My review would run very simply: incredible work, great fun, go and fucking see it. Even if you have no idea what Tartuffe is and why Moliere is a big deal. Hell, especially if you don’t know why Moliere is a big deal. But what I’m still noodling about on a Tuesday morning, three days after I saw the show, is a very small slice of the overall show: set design. There’s been a run of QTC shows with incredible sets in the last twelve months. The set for last year’s The Odd Couple was an incredible piece of work, creating an apartment in the middle of the stage that allows for a lot of dynamic movement. The set for Tartuffe is equally incredible work: the rooms and balconies of a double-story mansion on a rotating
