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Dateline:
4th August, 2011
Linbury Prize for Stage Design 2011
Twelve young designers have been announced as finalists in this year's
Linbury Prize for Stage Design, which gives recent design graduates
the chance to showcase their work in an exhibition from 31st October
to 27th November at the National Theatre and compete to design a forthcoming
production for a professional theatre company.
Each of the four commissioning companies (see our news
story of 19th April) has chosen three finalists to work with
on designing a forthcoming production. One from each group will then
win a commission to realise their designs on stage, with one of the
top four competitors awarded the overall winner's title. The exhibition,
featuring work by all twelve finalists, runs from 31st October to 27th
November at the National Theatre, with the winners announced at a ceremony
on 10th November.
The finalists, the companies and the productions are:
Lyric Hammersmith and Filter
Artistic Director Sean Holmes and Filter reunite to remix, rework
and revitalise A Midsummer Night's Dream. This new version
of Shakespeare's classic play follows the success of Three
Sisters and Twelfth
Night.
Colin Eccleston - The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts,
2011
Hyemi Shin - Wimbledon College of Art, 2011
Anne Gry Skovdal - The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts,
2011
Royal Opera House Linbury Studio Theatre (ROH2)
Composer Neil Hannon's 2012 OperaShot will be based on the
extraordinary novel Roy Orbison in Clingfilm by the Düsseldorf-based
internet eccentric Ulrich Haarbürste. The production will be
directed by John Lloyd Davies, and continues ROH2's OperaShot
policy of commissioning composers from outside the operatic mainstream
to create new and innovative music theatre work.
Emma Bailey - Motley Theatre Design, 2010
Nina Patel-Grainger - Nottingham Trent University, 2010
Holly Piggott - Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, 2011
The Opera Group
The Opera Group's winner will design the premiere production of a
new opera by British composer Edward Rushton and Indian poet Jeet
Thayil, Babur in London. Four young people believe they have
found their true destiny, until the ghost of a 500-year old Indian
emperor, the first of the Mughals, rides up the Thames. This major
international collaboration is a partnership with Anvil Arts, Opera
North, the British Council, Pro Helvetia and the Ensemble fur Neue
Musik Zurich. The production, directed by John Fulljames, will tour
Switzerland, India and the UK.
Sarah Beaton - Central School of Speech and Drama, 2011
Jacob Hughes - Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, 2011
Ellan Parry - Motley Theatre Design, 2011
Watermill Theatre, Newbury
Shakespeare's The Tempest will use a combination of the Watermill's
trademark actor musicians with a newly composed score creating the
'music of the isle'. The production will be directed by Paul Hart
who trained at the Donmar Warehouse and is now Associate Director
for Propeller.
Guoda Jaruseviciute - Central School of Speech & Drama, 2011
Georgia Lowe - Motley Theatre Design, 2010
Jemima Robinson - Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, 2011
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