The Borrowers

Set Designer & Co- Puppet Designer

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" Theresa Heskin`s production makes ingenious use of outsized props and puppets to create a palpable sense of danger" - Alfred Hickling , The Guardian- 4 stars

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"Enormous credit must go to the set design, workshop and technical teams who faced up to the challenge of creating out of proportion furniture and props for the borrowers to use and live with. Their hard work certainly enhanced the performance and told the story with a lot more believability and realism. The inventiveness of the link between the upstairs and the borrowers is also fascinating to see, including the use of puppetry and physical theatre.... The Borrowers is another example of a tremendous Christmas production the New Vic have staged."- The Reviews Hub

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" In the New Vic's customary inventive style, a cheese grater ingeniously turns into a pair of gates while a cutlery tray serves as a boat, with the Clock's using a key and a wooden spoon for paddles" - Steve Orme - British Theatre Guide

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" While six-inch high actors are thin on the ground in the Potteries, it turns out there are a whole host of talented Set Designers, prop experts and model makers to make up for it" - Andrew Lees ,

The Sentinel

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PHOTOS BY ANDREW BILLINGTON PHOTOGRAPHY

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Director - Theresa Heskins

Costumes designed by Lis Evans

Lighting designed by Daniella Beattie