Royal & Derngate selected for Linbury Prize
November 25th, 2009
Item submitted by: Royal & Derngate
Northampton's Royal & Derngate has been chosen this year to be one of the four host theatres for the Linbury Prize for Stage Design. As a result, emerging young designer Ruth Sutcliffe will be working with the theatre on an exciting new production later next year.
The Linbury Prize for Stage Design was founded in 1987 as a springboard for recent graduates from theatre design courses around the UK, giving applicants an unparalleled opportunity to work with professional theatre companies and to collaborate with writers, directors and technical teams at a crucial stage in their careers. Twelve finalists get the chance to work with the four professional production companies. Four of the 12 then win a commission to realise their designs with the participating companies, and one designer is awarded the overall winner's title.
For Royal & Derngate's commission, Ruth Sutcliffe from the Central School of Speech and Drama has been selected as winner, having competed alongside Cara Ashley Newman and David Woodhead, creating designs for a future production of The Duchess of Malfi. This year the overall winner was Alex Valasek for his proposed staging of Going Dark for Sound & Fury.
Royal & Derngate Artistic Director Laurie Sansom commented: “It's really exciting to have to the opportunity to work with the best young designers graduating from design schools. As an added bonus, the Linbury Prize also gives the theatre a contribution of £10,000 towards the production, which allows us to increase the scope of our vision for the play.”
An exhibition featuring the work of all 12 finalists can be seen at the National Theatre in London until 29 November. For more information about the Linbury Prize and past winners, visit www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/linburyprize.
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