Black Superhero
Royal Court
Jerwood Theatre Downstairs
Writer Danny Lee Wynter
Director Daniel Evans
Set Designer Joanna Scotcher
Costume Designer Kinnetia Isidore
Lighting Designer Ryan Day
Sound Designer Tingying Dong
Video Designer Iain Syme
Movement Director Gerrard Martin
Intimacy Director Yarit Dor
Voice and Dialect Coach Salvatore Sorce
Photographer Johan Persson
What also lifts it is Joanna Scotcher’s inspired set which revolves around Ryan Day’s lighting design, whose poetic effects almost upstage the script: sets are built around plays of light with reconfigured scenes emerging out of momentary blackness. - The Guardian
The relatively simple monochrome set comprised of diamond shapes comes to life with Ryan Day’s lighting design, and in the second act a cascading waterfall of sand creates a stunning look. - Theatre Weekly
These moments are made captivatingly surreal by design from Joanna Scotcher and Ryan Day; a moment towards the end at which sand cascades from the ceiling is cinematic and visually stunning. - Evening Standard
Kinnetia Isidore and Ryan Day use costume and lighting to create a superhero motif on stage to which David is attracted and sometimes engages - Reviews Hub
