Will Simpson

Theatre · Mind the Gap / UK Tour · 2011

Of Mice and Men

George and Lennie's dream of a place of their own, brought to the stage by Mind the Gap.

My role: Projection Design

Of Mice and Men production photograph

Mind the Gap brought John Steinbeck's story of George and Lennie to the stage in Mike Kenny's adaptation. Their hope of a home of their own sits against the precarious lives of the men and women around them.

The projection shifts between rooms, landscapes and large portraits, giving the spare stage a changing sense of place. Faces appear across the set, while drawn doors and domestic details turn its white surfaces into the spaces of the story.

Material

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Credits
  • Projection designer
    Will Simpson
  • Original novel
    John Steinbeck
  • Adaptation
  • Artistic director
    Tim Wheeler
  • Assistant director
    Joyce Nga-Yu Lee
  • Cast
    Jez Colborne, Robert Ewens, Jessica May Buxton
  • Production manager
    Dave Searle
  • Sound designer
    Si McGrath
  • Tour technical manager
    Charlotte Stanley
  • Company stage manager
    Fiona Johnstone
  • Costume and props
    Naomi Parker-Blackburn
  • Company