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"The Ache" was performed by the Richard Burton Company at the Bute Theatre, RWCMD, Cardiff, in March 2021. It was designed, produced and performed within strict COVID-19 guidelines to a limited audience of staff and students.​​

Written for RWCMD's annual New Writing season, "The Ache" is a raw and fragmented exploration of the ways in which we find human connection within a modern society increasingly dominated by technology. 

Director: Stef O'Driscoll 

Writer: Robert Alan Evans 

Set, Costume and AV Design: Ellen Collings 

Lighting Design: Jamie Holden 

Sound Design: Lauren Moir 

Due to COVID-19 restrictions in place during the design process, much of my process work was digital, opting to utilise Sketchup to create a digitial model box that could be easily shared via Zoom, and Podium to create renders of the space for presentation purposes.

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As a show firmly grounded in the exploration of technology, we opted to implement projection into the design, which I designed alongisde set and costume.

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The AV was used in a variety of ways, such as signalling the passing of time via a video sequence tracking the evolution of self image through time, providing visual simulous for transitions, and allowing the set to be versatile in representing changing locations for scenes. 

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Presented here are the edited video sequences.

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