Puccini La Bohème British Youth Opera, September 2010  Director Stephen Barlow Lighting David Howe 

Reviews 

... a hugely enjoyable, rewarding evening. Full marks to director Stephen Barlow and to his designer Yannis Thavoris who have created a Boheme that looks attractive, moves well and, above all, simply works. ... I emerged from this, the latest of my many encounters with Puccini's 1896 masterpiece, with a warm heart. The flat, wide stage of the Peacock Theatre does not give much by way of assistance to a production team, especially for the section of the audience sitting in the stalls. So it is greatly to BYO's credit that the stage looked attractive and well-designed from the outset and the act two Café Momus in particular worked like clockwork... a really fine achievement. (MusicalCriticism.com) 

This was a staging that celebrated the glorious fragility of first love. Designer Yannis Thavoris's delicate, exploded sketch of 1950s Paris saw silk flowers blossom and bedsteads and café tables float up into the air... (Independent on Sunday)