Setting the scene

Designer Amanda Stoodley won the prestigious Theatre Awards UK/Theatrical Management Association award for Best Design on our site-specific production Manchester Lines last summer. Therefore we were delighted to welcome her back to the creative team to work on Manchester Sound: The Massacre. She started the process without a script or a site but inevitably she’s produced a stunning design for the show that has got people talking…

rv. Amanda Stoodley has created an ingenious design, completely transporting her audience into the character’s world and fully utilising the fantastic space’ rn. The Public Reviews

rv. The set design offered delight after delight…We walked from an utterly convincing rave scene into a bawdy 19th century pub’ rn. Manchester Salon

rv. The venue is immaculately presented and crammed with detail. Designer Amanda Stoodley has done an exceptional job’ rn. The Fiction Stroker

So just how has she achieved this against all the odds? We caught up with her to hear more about the process of designing both costumes and set for such a demanding production…

Manchester Sound: The Massacre continues its run until Sat 6 Jul 2013. You can book tickets online or from Cornerhouse Box Office in person or over the phone on 0161 200 1500.