Apparitions / Henri Emmanuel Doublier

I’d like to start with the topic of the light dramaturgie which is reflection and transparency.

The process started when I invited Diederik to come and work with me 3 days on a Papers Ghost, thanks to Bram and Buda!

I wanted to experiment that since a long time because I'm interested by old theatrical tricks.

Visuals part gave the ideas to write the all show, and finally, half of the show is with texts, and half of the show is visual.

That’s why we started with designing a set which can permit strange and interesting visual immersions, to create a strange world where audience can feel in another world.

The set is composed with 2 papers ghost ans white curtains on rails, who can become full of colors and where impressions can be reveled by the light.

My light concept was very simple compare to our complexe set design: Old halogen lamp for all visuals effects, led in strong RGB in reflection for transparency for the curtains. Old lamps with their bright quality versus satured colored led.

We are all ghost in that piece, we are all dead and theaters are place where we can live again.

If we belong to magic.