The Union Theatre
Music and lyrics by Lionel Bart
Book by Lionel Bart and Joan Maitland
Adapted and directed by Phil Willmott
Musical Director: Rosa Lennox,
Choreographer: Daniel Maguire,
Set Design: Reuben Speed,
Costume Design: Penn O’Gara,
Lighting Design: Harvey Nowak-Green,
Sound Design: Ralph Warman,
Assistant Director: Phil Setren.
Production Photography: Mark Senior.
“Reuben Speed's multi-purpose set (being used for the whole 3-play cycle of the Wilmott Company at this address) works brilliantly in creating umpteen different settings.” – British Theatre.com
“What really makes Blitz! work for me is the use of space, whilst it might be small, the stage is transformed throughout the piece to an underground station, a pub, a bomb-site and more.” – A Younger Theatre
“Reuben Speed, with most of the shelter action based claustrophobically on the platform of (the mythical) Petticoat Lane underground station and in Shoreditch’s rat-run alleyways is inspired.” – Musical Theatre Review
Initial set drawing of the fictionalised Underground Station ‘Petticoat Lane’.
Initial concept drawing of the ‘Petticoat Lane’ street scene and how this truck might look.
Sketch of set in Act 1, The Underground station
Sketch of set in Act 2, showing the market stalls and position of the trucks.