The Constant Wife
Swan Theatre RSC
Writer Laura Wade
Originating Playwright W. Somerset Maugham
Director Tamara Harvey
Set & Co-Costume Designer Anna Fleischle
Co-Costume Designer Cat Fuller
Lighting Designer Ryan Day
Composer Jamie Cullum
Sound Designer Claire Windsor
Movement Director Annie-Lunnette Deakin-Foster
Casting Director Charlotte Sutton CDG
Music Director Peter Edwards
Voice and Dialect Paula Stephens
Associate Designer Angelica Rush
Assistant Director Sofia Gallucci
Producer Daisy Lee
Production Managers Carl Root & Lucy Guyver
Company Managers Pip Horobin & Suzy Bourke
Stage Manager Rob Walker
Deputy Stage Manager Rosie Giarrantana
Assistant Stage Manager Chloe Chancheong
Production Electricians Jason Hackett & Kiaran Kesby
LX Programmer Sarah Brown
LX Technicians RSC Lighting Department
LX Hires Christielites
Photographer Johan Persson
Gauzy backcloths turn transparent under Ryan Day’s playful lights, revealing silhouetted figures prowling about on their assignations. Tightly controlled bands of illumination spread along the contours of the set, forming neat squares and stretching strips of colour. - The Stage
a time machine where Ryan Day’s light seeps through the walls as the action winds backwards and forwards and a staircase up and down is visible through the screen at the back like an illustration in a storybook. - Whatsonstage
Jamie Cullum’s original jazz compositions, alternately bristling and velvety, complement both mood and milieu while bringing their own comic notes accentuated by Ryan Day’s perky lighting design. - The Guardian
That aside, the other creative aspects are excellent. Ryan Day’s subtle lighting suggests the world outside the Harley Street drawing room - The Real Chrisparkle
