Romeo and Juliet stage design (Project)

Madrid, 2010

Master in Stage Design’s final project.

How to design a space able to change several times on stage, without annoying the public, but most important, without losing its attention?

The answer was lighting.

The whole play would take place on a steep cracked land representing the story’s agitated feeling. This folded surface is made out of translucent grey acrylic panels, allowing the installation of different kinds of lighting underneath, and at the same time, creating a solid platform when lit from the top. Thus, the transition between locations can be fast, subtle and precise.

The main lighting tools are fluorescent tubes, each color depending on the space they want to represent. These tubes, not only create an intense color atmosphere, but also a very sharp one, ideal for this tragedy.