THE GRINNING MAN
at Traflager Studios
Written by Carl Grose
Lyrics by Carl Grose, Tom Morris, Tim Phillips and Marc Teitler
Composer and Lyricists - Tim Phillips and Marc Teitler
Direction - Tom Morris
Design - Jon Bausor
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★★★★★
“AN AUDACIOUS GEM OF RARE QUALITY”
BIG ISSUE
★★★★★
“MAKES YOU LAUGH AND WEEP IN EQUAL MEASURES”
GAY TIMES
★★★★
“AS SATISFYING AND HEART-WRENCHING AS ANYTHING YOU MIGHT SEE ON STAGE AT THE MOMENT.”
WHATS ON STAGE
★★★★
“A RIOT OF IMAGINATION. I SIMPLY LOVED IT”
THE TIMES
★★★★
“COMIC BRILLIANCE”
DAILY TELEGRAPH
★★★★
“THIS STUNNING NEW BRITISH MUSICAL DEMANDS TO BE SEEN”
THE TIMES
BFG - Dundee Rep, Dundee
The Scotsman
★★★★
'In the foreground, in Jean Chan’s inspired and fluent design, there’s a huge, bright wooden platform that can become a house, a palace, or a landscape full of giants'.
- Joyce McMillan
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Arts Foundation Award. 2013
Design for Performance: Set and Costume
Shortlisted 2013
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The Hairy Ape - Southwark Playhouse
TimeOut
★★★★
'Jean Chan's set creates each personal circle of hell with economical imaginative flare'.
- Honour Bayes
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A Younger Theatre
'Much credit must go to...Jean Chan for creating a space that was bold and supple'
-Natasha Kaeda
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The Seagull - Southwark Playhouse
The Guardian
★★★★
'The production is meticulous, but appears effortless'
- Lyn Gardner
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The Garbage King - Unicorn Theatre
The Guardian
★★★★
'This goes beyond most sanitised children's theatre, and it does so with great deal joie de vivre, a clever design from Jean Chan'
- Lyn Gardner
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The Stage
'You can see and hear the cheerful poverty of the rubbish dump and almost smell it, thanks to Jean Chan’s (shades of Cats) magnificent mosaic of debris which forms most of the set and from which puppets and props seamlessly emerge'.
- Susan Elkin
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Why the Lion Danced - Yellow Earth Theatre
What's On Stage
★★★★★
'This is active storytelling at its best, with just enough done to tell the tale without taking away from the audience’s imagination'.
- Mel West
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The Stage
'Full marks too to Jean Chan for her imaginative designs. Few people could find a way of turning a commercial kitchen work surface into a jaw snapping lion as she does'.
- Susan Elkin
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