Albert Finney as Hamlet, black and White photograph, 1975. Photograph by Anthony Crickmay
COLLECTIONS
Theatre & Performance
The V&A's Theatre Collections hold the UK's
national collection of material about live
performance in the UK since Shakespeare's
day, covering drama, dance, musical theatre,
circus, music hall, rock and pop, and other
forms of live entertainment.
Theatre and Performance galleries dedicated
to the performing arts, display works of art,
costumes, ephemera, video recordings,
puppets, posters and photographs.
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TheatreLab
Workshops providing students with the opportunity to explore the creative process of performance and experience the richness of the V&A collections live.
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Stage Costume
This resource looks at the art and science of designing, making and wearing stage costumes, with detailed examples of items from the V&A Theatre Collections.
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Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes
Serge Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes 1909-1929, the work of the company and its cultural impact on 20th century design, choreography, music and art.
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Theatrevoice
Theatrevoice is managed by V&A Theatre and Performance Department and Rose Bruford College and is the leading site for audio content about British theatre. It features journalists and practitioners from across the theatre industry. It was set up in 2003 to encourage theatre to be talked about in a new way, allowing critics to be more expansive than the usual space constraints of print media.