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Dateline: 6th October, 2005
The Linbury Biennial Prize for Stage Design, the national search for the country’s most talented young stage designers, will culminate in a month-long exhibition at the National Theatre. Four winners will go on to share around £50,000 in prize money and production sponsorship. The Linbury Biennial Exhibition showcases the work of twelve young stage designers chosen from over 100 applicants to the prize. Since July they have been working with four of the UK’s leading theatre and dance companies on models and designs for forthcoming productions. This year the participating companies are Bristol Old Vic, The Gate, Nottingham Playhouse and Random Dance. Nicholas Hytner, Artistic Director of the National Theatre, said, “It is always an enormous pleasure to host the Linbury exhibition and I look forward with excitement to seeing what the new generation of stage designers are up to. The Linbury has consistently discovered and encouraged the best young designers and has become absolutely indispensable to the future of British theatre, opera and dance”. The National Theatre exhibition attracts leading figures from the theatre industry looking for new stage design talent making it an extraordinary opportunity for exposure and recognition at an early stage in the designers’ careers. From contacts made at the exhibition, many previous finalists have gone on to win commissions and forge highly successful careers, some receiving major awards for their work in stage design. These include Tim Hatley, winner of an Olivier award and a Tony for Humble Boy and Private Lives; Anthony Ward, designer for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Mary Stuart; Vicki Mortimer designer for Closer and Jumpers for The National Theatre, and Adam Wiltshire whose work will be used on the main stage at the Royal Opera House this autumn. The Linbury Biennial, founded in 1987 by Anya Sainsbury, is the only prize of its kind and gives recently graduated stage designers an unparalleled opportunity to work with professional theatre companies and collaborate with writers, directors and technical teams at a crucial stage in their careers. The exhibition runs from 12th November to 10th December in the Lyttleton Circle Foyer and is open from 10am to 11pm. Please note that all three Archive indices are very long and will therefore take some time to download.
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