Linbury Prize for Stage Design
The Linbury Prize for Stage Design is the most prestigious award for aspiring stage designers with a professional focus on theater , dance and opera in the UK . It has been awarded every two years since 1987.
history
1973 founded John Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Preston Candover and his wife Lady Sainsbury, CBE, the former ballerina Anya Linden, the non-profit Linbury Trust ( Linbury is a portmanteau word that the name Lin to Sains and bury links). The Linbury Prize, designed to advance the careers of young stage designers, is wholly funded by the Linbury Trust and supported by a group of advocates. The first prizes were awarded in 1987.
Selection process
The selection to determine the winners is based on a practice-oriented process:
- The designs of the participants, who have recently completed a theater design degree at colleges in the UK, will be presented to a group of three jurors.
- The designs of more than twelve candidates are selected.
- The selected candidates present their designs to the directors and choreographers of three previously selected, cooperative British theater, opera or dance companies.
- Each company selects three designers to potentially work with.
- The twelve finalists will be asked to draft designs for the theaters' upcoming productions. The costs are covered by a sum provided by the Linbury Trust.
- Four designs, one for each production, are selected. Your designers are the winners of the Linbury Prize for Stage Design and are commissioned to realize the selected designs on stage. The Linbury Trust provides financial support for the winner as well as for the commissioning company.
winner
From 1987 to 1995, every two years, three awards, including the overall winner ( overall winner , OW), awarded.
Four prizes have been awarded every two years since 1997.
The following designers were honored as award winners:
| year | winner | Judges | Client theater |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Sami Fendall (OW) TK Hay Zoë Hurwitz Rose Revitt |
Lizzie Clachan Katrina Lindsay Rajha Shakiry |
Birmingham Royal Ballet Leeds Playhouse Nuffield Southampton Theaters Octagon Theater, Bolton |
| 2017 | Basia Binkowska (OW) Khadija Raza Eleanor Bull Fin Redshaw |
Tom Piper Nicky Shaw Rae Smith |
Lyric Theater, Hammersmith Mercury Theater, Colchester Phoenix Dance Theater Unicorn Theater and ENO |
| 2015 | Grace Smart (OW) Jen McGinley Camilla Clarke Philippa Brocklehurst |
Sophie Jump Tom Piper Tom Scutt |
Lyric Theater, Belfast Nuffield Southampton Theaters Royal Court Theater Traverse Theater , Edinburgh |
| 2013 |
Ana Inés Jabares-Pita (OW) Florence de Mare Madeline Girling Alexander Ruth |
Christopher Oram Es Devlin John Macfarlane |
English Touring Opera National Theater of Scotland Nottingham Playhouse Scottish Dance Theater (in association with V&A Dundee ) |
| 2011 | Hyemi Shin (OW) Emma Bailey Jemima Robinson Sarah Beaton |
Miriam Buether Ian MacNeill Jon Bausor |
Lyric Theater, Hammersmith Royal Opera House (ROH) The Opera Group Watermill Theater , Newbury |
| 2009 | Aleš Valášek (OW) Samal Blak Jean Chan Ruth Sutcliffe |
Katrina Lindsay Bob Crowley Nick Ormerod |
Birmingham Opera Companya Royal Theater Northampton Sound & Fury in collaboration with Fuel and Unicorn Theater |
| 2007 | Garance Marneur (OW) Helen Goddard Rhys Jarman Tom Scutt |
Tim Hatley Anthony Ward Jean Guy-Lecat |
Headlong The Opera Group Hampstead Theater Tricycle Theater |
| 2005 | Patrick Burnier (OW) Phil Brunner James Cotterill Hannah Clark |
Tobias Hoheisel Pamela Howard Julian Crouch |
Bristol Old Vic Gate Theater, Notting Hill Nottingham Playhouse Random Dance, Sadler's Wells |
| 2003 | Becs Andrews (OW) Crista Noel Smith Ben Stones Adam Wiltshire |
Hildegard Bechtler John Macfarlane Vicki Mortimer |
Actors Touring Company Royal Theater Northampton The Opera Group West Yorkshire Playhouse |
| 2001 | Moritz Junge (OW) Jessica Bergström Max Jones Nicholaos Zavaliaris |
Lez Brotherston Tom Cairns Rae Smith |
English Touring Theater Royal Court Theater (JB's commission realized at Soho Theater) Welsh National Opera Young Vic |
| 1999 |
Miriam Buether (OW) Emma Cattell Luke Hunt Isla Shaw |
Richard Hudson Tim Hatley Vicki Mortimer |
English Touring Opera Rambert Dance Company Royal Lyceum Theater Company, Edinburgh Soho Theater Company |
| 1997 | Yannis Thavoris (OW) Fiona-Marie Chivers Stuart Nunn Julie Watson |
Kandis Cook Richard Foxton Ian MacNeil |
The Bush Theater Spitalfields Market Opera / English Touring Opera Second Stride / Phoenix Dance Company Salisbury Playhouse |
| 1995 |
Es Devlin (OW) Frank Gerssen Agnes Treplin |
Robin Cameron Don Deborah MacMillan Tanya McCallin |
Mecklenburgh Opera Octagon Theater, Bolton Traverse Theater, Edinburgh |
| 1993 | Franziska Wilcken (OW) Scott Sellers Lakis Yenethli |
Tom Cairns Nigel Lowery Jenny Tiramani |
Birmingham Royal Ballet Gate Theater , London West Yorkshire Playhouse |
| 1991 | Angela Davies (OW) Lucy Bevan Neil Irish |
Deirdre Clancy William Dudley Jocelyn Herbert |
Second Stride Crucible Theater , Sheffield Opera North , Leeds |
| 1989 | Kenny MacLellan (OW) Tim Hatley Neil Warmington |
Alison Chitty Bob Crowley Antony McDonald with Dame Judi Dench DBE (2nd stage only) |
National Youth Theater of Great Britain Rambert Dance Company Théâtre de Complicité |
| 1987 | Patrick Connellan (OW) Sarah Ashpole Demetra Maraslis Hersey |
|
Website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Linbury Prize: Information for Candidates , Portfolio Guidelines (2019 competition)
- ^ The Linbury Prize for Stage Design Exhibition
- ↑ All nationalities are admitted on the condition that participants are temporarily resident in the UK.
- ↑ Example: Bristol Old Vic Theater School, Theater Design graduates compete for The Linbury Prize (July 16, 2019)
- ↑ Download: The Linbury Prize Committee is seeking expressions of interest from Opera, Theater and Dance Companies to participate in the 2019 Prize.
- ^ Linbury Prize winners 1987-2019