Dialogues des Carmélites
Composed by Francis Poulenc
Grange Park Opera June 2013 
Director John Doyle  Set & costume design Liz Ascroft 
Projection design by Joe Stathers-Tracey 
Photographs Paul Keogan
Stephen Barlow :: Conductor
Matthew Stiff :: Marquis de la Force
Hye-Youn Lee :: Blanche de la Force
Nicky Spence :: Chevalier de la Force
Anne-Marie Owens :: Madame de Croissy
Fiona Murphy :: Madame Lidoine
Sara Fulgoni  :: Mother Marie
Kathleen Wilkinson :: Mother Jeanne
Soraya Mafi :: Sister Constance
Olivia Ray :: Sister Mathilde
Nigel Robson :: L'Aumônier du Carmel

Director John Doyle’s interpretation of the opera takes the very Carmelite idea of simplicity, and runs with it, seldom interfering with the opera’s straightforward storytelling. Liz Ashcroft’s spare set is static for most of the opera, a couple of chairs doing a large part of the prop work, the high, pale walls intimidating in their bareness. The lighting, by Paul Keogan, is as striking as any of the other elements if not more so, deftly conjuring different worlds through shades and subtle shifts.
http://www.bachtrack.com/review-grange-park-2013-carmelites  by Paul Kilbey on 26th June 2013

..director John Doyle, designer Liz Ashcroft and lighting wizard Paul Keogan conjured up the authentic period with elegant imaginative restraint. Stark leaning walls; slit with one entrance; a few bare seats; sudden shafts of light and dark.
Geoff Brown The Times 13th June 2013


The production made its mark again and again, as did several individual performances. Lit with imaginative refinement by Paul Keogan, Liz Ashcroft's plain single set worked well for the convent scenes.
George Hall Opera Magazine August 2013