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THE AUDIENCE SEES EVERYTHING: STAGE DESIGNER ETIENNE PLUSS ON VISUAL STORYTELLING

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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…

BY Louise Snouck
Date June 1, 2026
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LEO SIMPE-ASANTE: THE NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD UPDATING BECKETT

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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…

BY Louise Snouck
Date May 27, 2026
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DESIGNER TERESA VERGHO’S NEON-HUED TROLLS AND MECHANICAL DOLLS

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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…

BY Louise Snouck Hurgronje
Date April 30, 2026
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THE AUDIENCE SEES EVERYTHING: STAGE DESIGNER ETIENNE PLUSS ON VISUAL STORYTELLING

Read

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…

BY Louise Snouck
Date June 1, 2026
Read 6 min. read
02

LEO SIMPE-ASANTE: THE NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD UPDATING BECKETT

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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…

BY Louise Snouck
Date May 27, 2026
Read 5 min. read
03

DESIGNER TERESA VERGHO’S NEON-HUED TROLLS AND MECHANICAL DOLLS

Read

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…

BY Louise Snouck Hurgronje
Date April 30, 2026
Read 5 min.

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