Featuring iconic performers from opera to stage, popular music to film, this exhibition explores how the role of 'diva' has been subverted or embraced over time.
This exhibition includes a headset experience which is not compatible with hearing aids and cochlear implants. Please email accessibility@vam.ac.uk for more information.
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★★★★★ Viva la Diva! A celebration of dizzying star-power across the ages
![Blue curtain, dress and paintings](https://vanda-production-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2023/06/20/13/34/51/5cda8fcc-25c2-4abc-8626-cf63f1d60b6e/044.jpg)
![Two dresses and an open wooden box](https://vanda-production-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2023/06/20/13/35/25/67b5ff9b-dc1f-4c44-86b2-5018f2d7c357/015.jpg)
Worship the queens of stage, screen and stadium in a smash-hit show
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![Yellow wall with costumes on mannequins and flat images](https://vanda-production-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2023/06/20/13/35/52/02d86f12-7ff9-4359-8750-0b7eecd7ac0f/020.jpg)
DIVA at the V&A: this is one hell of a party
![Display of costumes against pink wall and Warhol pop image of Marilyn Monroe](https://vanda-production-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2023/06/20/13/36/07/17acf4b2-74f0-4f3d-a94f-2ce4d97508a8/027.jpg)
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The V&A's latest exhibition is celebrating divas in all their glory
![Two yellow costumes and a pair of shoes plus photographs](https://vanda-production-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2023/06/20/13/38/20/6767ed0b-7f94-4875-a982-4bbe4412c739/DivaComp3.jpg)
![Three brightly coloured costumes on mannequins](https://vanda-production-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2023/06/20/13/36/43/8986e0f6-dd47-4235-9a8a-45dffd3d4cee/104.jpg)
From Victorian opera singers to Debbie Harry, a new exhibition showcases the historic and iconoclastic fashion of women in charge of their own destinies...the exhibition is set to burst diva territory wide open.
![Photograph of Whitney Houston and her dress on a mannequin](https://vanda-production-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2023/06/20/13/37/04/b6114183-7c14-47c5-9942-bd78408eb725/153.jpg)
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From Callas to Monroe to Rihanna, there isn't a single name missing from the V&A's immersive, memory-stirring, son-et-lumière extravaganza.
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![Black coat on mannequin and image of Rihanna on digital screen](https://vanda-production-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2023/06/20/13/37/29/e8afb186-2c1e-499f-b7a1-b7003c07c917/269.jpg)