Stage design is often a hidden art. While audiences marvel at the final grand result of an opera, few realize the months of drafting, sculpting, and building work that happen before opening night. Etienne Pluss is one of the opera world's most sought-after stage designers…
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THE AUDIENCE SEES EVERYTHING: STAGE DESIGNER ETIENNE PLUSS ON VISUAL STORYTELLING
LEO SIMPE-ASANTE: THE NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD UPDATING BECKETT
At nineteen, the Royal Central student Leo Simpe-Asante can already list his work as a composer, poet, playwright, and actor on his resume. He has been writing plays and musicals for ten years and as a self-professed "nerd," he shares that without a writing project…
DESIGNER TERESA VERGHO’S NEON-HUED TROLLS AND MECHANICAL DOLLS
Whether she is transforming actors into neon-hued trolls or mechanical dolls, the Berlin-based costume designer Teresa Vergho views the human body as a site of radical construction. Having collaborated with many of the most avant-garde directors of today—from Susanne Kennedy to Ersan Mondtag—Vergho’s work is…
THE AUDIENCE SEES EVERYTHING: STAGE DESIGNER ETIENNE PLUSS ON VISUAL STORYTELLING
Stage design is often a hidden art. While audiences marvel at the final grand result of an opera, few realize the months of drafting, sculpting, and building work that happen before opening night. Etienne Pluss is one of the opera world's most sought-after stage designers…
LEO SIMPE-ASANTE: THE NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD UPDATING BECKETT
At nineteen, the Royal Central student Leo Simpe-Asante can already list his work as a composer, poet, playwright, and actor on his resume. He has been writing plays and musicals for ten years and as a self-professed "nerd," he shares that without a writing project…
DESIGNER TERESA VERGHO’S NEON-HUED TROLLS AND MECHANICAL DOLLS
Whether she is transforming actors into neon-hued trolls or mechanical dolls, the Berlin-based costume designer Teresa Vergho views the human body as a site of radical construction. Having collaborated with many of the most avant-garde directors of today—from Susanne Kennedy to Ersan Mondtag—Vergho’s work is…