Tomorrow's Designers on display today
04 June 2008
Work from some of the UK’s freshest talent will be on
display
at the Design Exhibition, Bute Theatre, Royal Welsh College of
Music & Drama from 5-11 June, 10am-8pm.
Graduates from the Theatre Design department present an
exhibition of designs, models and costumes for theatre, opera and
dance
The Theatre Design department at the Royal Welsh College of
Music & Drama prides itself on preparing students to go on to
achieve success in the competitive and demanding industry, not only
in Theatre but also film and television. Providing training in
specialist areas of set and costume design and realisation, the BA
(Hons) Theatre Design course gives students a chance to explore
their creative potential unhindered by practical limitations – the
spectacular results can be seen at this unique exhibition.
Last year students Tom Scutt and Rhys Jarman were among the four
winners of the Linbury Biennial Prize, the UK’s foremost award for
emerging theatre designers, providing a launch pad for their
careers. Tom Scutt also won the Jocelyn Herbert Award and finalist
Sophie Mosburger won a Royal Opera House Bursary. Christopher
Giles, a Linbury finalist in 2005 has recently designed Hamlet for
the Royal Northern Ballet.
Head of Theatre Design Sean Crowley comments, “Over the past ten
years students of Royal Welsh College have been privileged to
enter, compete and excel as a part of the Linbury Prize. It is a
unique competition that is accepted within the industry as a
crucial component in fostering the future of theatre design.”
Colin Richmond, a Linbury finalist from 2003, has gone on to
establish an extremely successful career as a theatre designer,
designing for the Royal Shakespeare Company and the West End
theatres among many others. Adam Wiltshire (a Linbury Prize winner
in 2003) has designed across the UK in Theatre and Opera and to
great acclaim for the Royal Ballet at Covent Garden.
Hayley Grindle (BA Theatre Design 2004) has worked with the RSC and
next year will work on His Dark Materials in Bath. Lindsay Young
(2004) is Costume Designer on Dr Who with Louise Martin (2004) as
her Costume Assistant. Laura Anne Thomas (2004) is Costume
Supervisor at the National Theatre.
Other graduates who have focussed on costume have worked at the
National Theatre, the West End and on feature films such as Harry
Potter.
Production Designer on Dr Who and Torchwood Edward Thomas has
commented on the huge number of students and graduates from Royal
Welsh College that have passed through Dr Who and Torchwood, with
15 of them being significant members of his team. For example,
James North, (2004) is now an Associate Designer on Dr Who.
In September 2008 the College will welcome the first intake of
the new MA in Theatre Design
Work from RWCMD Theatre Design students can also be seen
at
The Soho Theatre, London, 27-28 June
Admission Free