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“We did create a little secret room, which has been through different iterations. Last season, it was a wine cellar you access through the bookcase.”

The contest was split into two rounds and involved participants making bookcases and bedside tables.

A pile of luggage, the vaulted ceiling of a Victorian train station, a sliding staircase and a frolicsome bookcase conjure the various settings with minimal fuss.

The production designer collaborated with special effects supervisor Paul Corbould to design and construct three circular, motorized bookcases with internal ladders that could spin while the actors danced inside.

Well-stuffed armchairs and table lamps, oak bookcases and desks give way to an orderly progression of white and teal pews.