Rusalka continues at the Edinburgh Festival Theatre until 9 August 2022. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A giant steel disc dominates Tom Piper’s set. It lifts to reveal the murky green waters below, where Rusalka and her fellow water nymphs live. Above ground we see a fin de siècle wrought iron […]
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New designer group unites with theatres for ‘Missing Live Theatre’ ribbon campaign
Newly launched theatre creatives’ group #scenechange is joining forces with theatres across the UK and Ireland in a new campaign to focus attention on the industry’s continuing Covid-closedown as other parts of the entertainment and hospitality industries start to reopen. The #MissingLiveTheatre initiative will wrap theatre buildings with pink barrier tape reading ‘Missing Live Theatre’ […]
Top designers launch new online support platform
A group of leading theatre designers have united to support fellow theatre creatives and ensure their voices are heard as the industry looks to ways to re-shape and re-build for life on the other side of the Covid-closedown. Aimed at providing a platform for all theatre set and costume designers, #scenechange offers a place for […]
Curtain Up exhibition at V&A celebrates 40 years of theatre in London and New York
The artistry of the theatre in the West End and on Broadway will be celebrated in a major new exhibition which opens at the Victoria and Albert Museum this week (running from 9 February to 31 August 2016). Curtain Up: Celebrating 40 Years of Theatre in London and New York is an exploration of the vast […]
