Auriane Défago
FREN

Set design 2025

Amélie

RoleSet design concept & models

Selected from 16 proposals

Postcards become stage sets, telling the story of Amélie Poulain’s places and memories.

Amélie — Set models, like a collection of postcards.
Set models, like a collection of postcards.
Amélie — The café comes to life on stage. Photograph © EJMA.ch.
The café comes to life on stage. Photograph © EJMA.ch.
Amélie — The sets under the stage lights. Photograph © EJMA.ch.
The sets under the stage lights. Photograph © EJMA.ch.
Amélie — Memories and images become scenery. Photograph © EJMA.ch.
Memories and images become scenery. Photograph © EJMA.ch.
Amélie — Another atmosphere within the same stage structure. Photograph © EJMA.ch.
Another atmosphere within the same stage structure. Photograph © EJMA.ch.
Amélie — Other places and memories: set design explorations.
Other places and memories: set design explorations.
The brief
Propose the sets for the musical Amélie at the Lausanne Opera, in collaboration with EJMA and directed by Frédéric Brodard.
Design choices
Use postcards as a stage design principle: each set becomes an image of Amélie Poulain’s places and memories.
The outcome
A proposal selected from 16, developed from models into 250 × 350 cm stage sets.

A proposal selected from 16 projects for the musical Amélie at the Lausanne Opera, in collaboration with EJMA. Directed by Frédéric Brodard.

Stage sets · 250 × 350 cm

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