A Game of Death and Chance (2019)

Ben Harrison

Venue: Gladstone’s Land, Edinburgh
Company: National Trust for Scotland
Director: Ben Harrison & Allie Winton Butler
Set Designer: Karen Tennent

Photos: Mihaela Bodlovic

hugely atmospheric and detailed with excellent lighting and sound design, costume and props. Combine that with fully authentic period rooms, genuine furnishings (and even the smells these provide), it’s as close to experiencing time travel as you’ll get.

Tamarin Fountain, The Fountain

the rooms are atmospheric, the sound and lighting design (by David Paul Jones and Simon Wilkinson respectively) excellent

Suzanne Hawkes, British Theatre Guide