‘Pascoe captures the mood of each act with a distinct palette of colour and tone that reflects the inner emotional landscape of the central character. His choices become bolder and ever more successful with every act … In Act IV, the red of the backdrop evoked a cross between a Wagnerian landscape and a scene from Bonfire of the Vanities. All the former pedestals and columns could be recognised but now lay broken on their sides, the wreckage of an imploded civilisation.’