Fourth year Visual Studies student Jess Shane, along with Assistant Professor Ed Pien, designed the set for the play "Les Enfants Terribles," now running until Saturday, November 15, 2014 with the UC Follies Theatre Company. The play is an adaptation of Jean Cocteau's surrealist novel and Shane, along with the rest of the production team, spoke with The Varsity about the project:

Written in 1929, the novel follows the lives of Paul and Elisabeth, two young siblings whose codependence manifests in an inner world of their own creation. It’s a strange, intensely imaginative world, one which production designer Jess Shane has decided to bring to life through a number of multimedia techniques.

“We wanted to bring the audience into [Paul and Elisabeth’s] bedroom,” she said, explaining that the set will look like a child’s bedroom. Shane has decided to employ the use of live projection and puppetry to help bring the children’s inner world to life. After completing an exchange in Lyon, France, where she learned about the use of puppetry in theatre, she found herself excited about the idea of integrating it into the performance.

The puppets will portray the adults in the play, representing the physical supports which allow the children to stay alive, but never showing them directly. 

Tickets are $10 for students, $15 for adults. The play will be presented at University College Junior Common Room, 15 King's College Circle and starts at 8:00 PM each night.