Carolyn Willitts
SNF 01
Sketch for Saturday Night Forever, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. Sherman Studio, Cardiff. Venue 13, The Edinburgh International Fringe Festival, June 1998
Writer: Roger Williams
Director: Steve O’Reilly
Designer: Carolyn Willitts
Theatre Company: CF1 Theatre Company
Photographs: Carolyn Willitts
“Saturday Night Forever adds to the new cool Wales phenomenon.” The Scotsman
"As a political event, Saturday Night Forever, is important" Western Mail
"An eye opening and captivating piece of tragicomedy" Theatre in Wales
"Saturday Night Forever is a roller-coaster ride through Cardiff's night life. It follows Lee, a 20-something living in the heart of the city as he finds the love of his life, and then loses him again. A fast, real, and touching story about what it means to be young and gay in urban Wales."
The minimal set was designed on a low budget to tour in the boot of a car, and was created using some of the off cuts of the opal polycarbonate left over from My Piece Of Happiness. The square panels were painted with thick bright paint from which graphics were scratched out referencing some of Derek Jarman’s last paintings.
The hanging panels could be back lit with white light, which made the scratch marks glow, or front lit using gels the same colour as the paint which made them glow vividly in the surrounding blackness. The sound and lighting designer and technician took his place on the stage throughout the performance and took the part of the dj for the nightclub scene. I'm now married to him.
SNF 01
Sketch for Saturday Night Forever, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. Sherman Studio, Cardiff. Venue 13, The Edinburgh International Fringe Festival, June 1998
Writer: Roger Williams
Director: Steve O’Reilly
Designer: Carolyn Willitts
Theatre Company: CF1 Theatre Company
Photographs: Carolyn Willitts
“Saturday Night Forever adds to the new cool Wales phenomenon.” The Scotsman
"As a political event, Saturday Night Forever, is important" Western Mail
"An eye opening and captivating piece of tragicomedy" Theatre in Wales
"Saturday Night Forever is a roller-coaster ride through Cardiff's night life. It follows Lee, a 20-something living in the heart of the city as he finds the love of his life, and then loses him again. A fast, real, and touching story about what it means to be young and gay in urban Wales."
The minimal set was designed on a low budget to tour in the boot of a car, and was created using some of the off cuts of the opal polycarbonate left over from My Piece Of Happiness. The square panels were painted with thick bright paint from which graphics were scratched out referencing some of Derek Jarman’s last paintings.
The hanging panels could be back lit with white light, which made the scratch marks glow, or front lit using gels the same colour as the paint which made them glow vividly in the surrounding blackness. The sound and lighting designer and technician took his place on the stage throughout the performance and took the part of the dj for the nightclub scene. I'm now married to him.