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Run Sister Run

Arcola Theatre, London

June 2025

DirectorMarlie Haco

DesignerTomás Palmer

Composer & Co-Sound DesignerAkos Lustyik

Co-Sound DesignerFlorence Hand

Casting DirectorGabrielle Dawes

Stage ManagerElla Kirk

Lighting SupplierWhite Light

Alex Forey’s sharp, stark lights sweep across the stage like slow waves, with intense LEDs casting a nasty, unnatural glow over the heaps of petals. Glaring white, delirious purple and seasick blue-green give some sequences the quality of distorted memories or feverish dreams, but a warm, gold glow seeps in from time to time, too, hinting at the happiness and stability that often seems to elude the family. The Stage
Tomás Palmer’s set design and lighting designed by Alex Forey wonderfully complement the narrative, creating visual cues as the story transports the audience back in time through each segment of the tale. Everything Theatre

Photos by Marc Brenner