Simon Holton, A Younger Theatre Thu, 2014-01-16 00:00

Kagami Theatre certainly knows how to create an atmosphere. The space of Theatre503’s intimate above-pub auditorium is used well by the design team of this production, a new adaptation Abe Kobo’s 1962 novel, The Woman in the Dunes. The lights come up on a space, designed by Lauren Cameron, matching the all-encompassing monotonous colour of a desert, surrounded on all three sides by light brown sheeting, with a sandy floor. The lighting and sound design (Simon Gethin Thomas & Alan Jones respectively) are likewise evocative. In the centre kneel three hooded figures dressed in a similar material to the walls, simultaneously hidden and conspicuous in the desert landscape.