Lizzie Clachan
Lizzie Clachan is a British stage and costume designer . In 1999 she was one of the co-founders of the artist collective Shunt .
Life
The London artist collective Shunt , co-founded by Clachan, designs performances at unusual venues. Clachan was previously responsible for the set design for all of Shunt's productions.
Since 2005 the artist has also been invited by established British theater institutions, including a. from the Royal Court Theater and the Royal Shakespeare Company , the National Theater , the London Young Vic and the Bristol Old Vic . She works mainly for contemporary pieces, but occasionally also for Elizabethian classics - such as Marlowe's Edward II directed by Joe Hill-Gibbons, or modern classics - such as Beckett's Happy Days .
Clachan has worked closely with British director Katie Mitchell since 2011 . This cooperation has so far taken her to Cologne, Berlin and Avignon, to the Burgtheater in Vienna and to the Salzburg Festival .
Stage sets (selection)
For the artist collective Shunt
- 1999: Ballad of Bobby Francois
- 2000: The Tennis Show
- 2002: Dance Bear Dance
- 2003: Tropicana
- 2005: Amato Saltone
- 2012: The Architects
For productions by Katie Mitchell
- 2011: Wastwater by Simon Stephens - Royal Court Theater London and Wiener Festwochen
- 2012: The Trial of Ubu by Simon Stephens - Hampstead Theater London
- 2012: The Rings of Saturn based on WG Sebald - Schauspiel Köln and Festival d'Avignon
- 2013: Le vin herbé by Frank Martin - Staatsoper Unter den Linden , Berlin (also costumes)
- 2014: Desireless misfortune by Peter Handke - Burgtheater Vienna in the casino on Schwarzenbergplatz
- 2014: Forbidden Zone by Duncan Macmillan - Salzburg Festival , then Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz , Berlin
Awards (selection)
- 1999 Herald Angel Award and Total Theater Award - both for Ballad of Bobby Francois
- 2002 Time Out's Live Award and Empty Space Award - both for Dance Bear Dance
- 2012 TMA Award for Best Set Design - for Happy Days (Director: Jonathan Humphries, Sheffield Crucible)
Web links
- Lizzie Clachan , official website
- Lizzie Clachan , short biography of the Salzburg Festival
- Lizzie Clachan , short biography of the Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz, Berlin
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Clachan, Lizzie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British stage and costume designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |