Designing 'Wicked' Women

Part of a series of talks led by Assistant Curators across the V&A’s collections

Talk

  • Wednesday, 30 April 2025 at V&A South Kensington

  • V&A South Kensington

  • Past event

+44 (0)20 7942 2000

  • V&A South Kensington

    Cromwell Road
    London, SW7 2RL

  • Meeting Point, Cromwell Road Entrance, Level 0

  • Free event

Designing 'Wicked' Women photo
 Join Harriet Astbury, Assistant Curator of Theatre and Performance, to explore how witchcraft has been performed and perceived throughout history. Go on a journey to discover Frans Frecken’s Witches Sabbath (1606), Shakespeare’s Principal Characters by Thomas Stothard (1812), and Wicked’s West End Elphaba costume.
 
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Header image: Oil painting entitled 'Shakespeare's Principal Characters' by Thomas Stothard, Great Britain, 1812, FA.197[O] © Victoria and Albert Museum, London