Rebecca Christopher
Rebecca Christopher
Rebecca is a designer with an interest in experimental design. She enjoys merging collage and colour to produce expressive work in a contemporary setting. Using colour, Rebecca aims to apply vibrancy coupled with ornate typefaces to create cohesive designs. Her goal is to produce work that captures the materiality of physical objects into a creative digital space.
The set and lighting design for Macbeth together evoke the protagonist's descent into madness and ambition.
The fragmented black-and-white crown on stage symbolises Macbeth's hollow pursuit of power, with sharp, angular forms casting distorted shadows that echo his unravelling psyche. Moving elements of the crown intensify this disorientation, allowing characters to emerge against the maze-like structure and immerse the audience in his dark world.
Complementing this, the lighting design uses a cyclorama bathed in warm and cool whites to shift emotional tones, mirroring Macbeth's internal conflict. Spotlights isolate characters during pivotal moments, while footlights cast layered shadows that enhance the crown's ominous effect without backlighting, heightening the psychological intensity and creating a visually textured experience that underscores the play's dark atmosphere and themes of ambition and downfall.