
A classic Russian melodrama about circus and regret. It’s a giant production filled with musical jokesters, lovesick lion tamers, death-defying aerialists, and a handful of scam-artists, all falling under the spell of an anonymous gentleman who arrives one day and demands to be made into a clown. HE WHO GETS SLAPPED is a tragicomic masterpiece where philosophy meets physicality and the stirrings of laughter and longing come to a boil under the big top.
As Master Carpenter, I was responsible for translating the Set Designer’s image into a real world construction.