Design for a Constructivist stage setting by Alexandra Exter
Alexandra Exter's design for theatrical settings has always been distinguished by innovative approach to the interpretation of theatrical space. As a member of the Russian …
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'The Importance of Being Earnest': Set design
At the St James’s Theatre, the society comedies reflected the world of the audiences watching them. Set design in the 1895 production of 'The Importance of Being Earnest' w…
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Past exhibitions at the former Theatre Museum
Details of past Theatre and Performance related exhibitions, staged at the former Theatre Museum in Covent Garden, which closed in 2007.
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UK design for performance 2003 - 2007
Selected designs for performance featured in the exhibition Collaborators which used costumes, puppets, drawings, photographs, models of stage sets and interactive digital …
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David Lan is an English playwright, filmmaker and theatre director. Born in Cape Town, South Africa in 1952, he emigrated to London in 1972. Since 2000 he has been artistic…
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Modernism: Designing a New World (Paperback)
Modernism: Designing a New World is the first book to explore Modernism in the designed world from a truly international perspective, and across all t…
Buy nowEvent - Theatre & Performance Galleries Tour
Fri 19 February 2010–Tue 31 December 2013
TOUR: Take a guided tour of the V&A's exciting theatre and performance collections, including rock & pop posters, theatre and ballet costumes, puppets, stage sets and more! See new costumes from the Lion King now on display.
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