Linbury Prize for Stage Design

The Linbury Prize for Stage Design is the most prestigious prize for emerging stage designers with professional focus on theatre, dance, and opera companies in the United Kingdom. Since 1987, it has been awarded every two years.

History In 1973, Lord Sainsbury of Preston Candover KG (John Sainsbury) and his wife Lady Sainsbury, CBE, the former ballerina Anya Linden, founded the charitable Linbury Trust (Linbury is a portmanteau combining the names Linden and Sainsbury). The Linbury Prize, intending to launch the careers of young stage designers, is funded entirely by the Linbury Trust and supported by a group of advocates, endorsing its aims. The first Linbury Prizes were awarded in 1987.

Selection The selection to determine the winners follows a procedure:Linbury Prize: Information for Candidates, Portfolio Guidelines (2019 competition)The Linbury Prize for Stage Design Exhibition The designs of entrants, recent graduates of theatre design courses at colleges across the United Kingdom,All nationalities are accepted under the condition the entrants have their (temporary) residence in the UK.Example: Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Theatre Design graduates compete for The Linbury Prize (July 16, 2019) are 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, commissioning British theatre, opera house, or dance companies. Each company selects three designers with whom they desire to collaborate. The twelve finalists are asked to create designs for the companies forthcoming productions. Their expenses are covered by a sum supplied by the Linbury Trust. Four designs, one for each production, are selected. Their creators are the winners of the Linbury Prize for Stage Design, which is the commission to realise the selected designs on stage. Financial support for the winner as well as for the commissioning company is supplied by the Linbury Trust.Download: The Linbury Prize Committee is seeking expressions of interest from Opera, Theatre and Dance Companies to participate in the 2019 Prize.

Winners

From 1987 until 1995, three prizes, including the overall winner (OW), were awarded biennially. Since 1997, four prizes are awarded biennially. The following designers are awarded winners:

Year Winners Judges Commissioning Companies 2019 Sami Fendall (OW)TK HayZoë HurwitzRose Revitt Lizzie ClachanKatrina LindsayRajha Shakiry Birmingham Royal BalletLeeds PlayhouseNuffield Southampton TheatresOctagon Theatre, Bolton 2017 Basia Binkowska (OW)Khadija RazaEleanor BullFin Redshaw Tom PiperNicky ShawRae Smith Lyric Theatre, HammersmithMercury Theatre, ColchesterPhoenix Dance TheatreUnicorn Theatre and ENO 2015 Grace Smart (OW)Jen McGinleyCamilla ClarkePhilippa Brocklehurst Sophie JumpTom PiperTom Scutt Lyric Theatre, BelfastNuffield Southampton TheatresRoyal Court TheatreTraverse Theatre, Edinburgh 2013 Ana Inés Jabares-Pita (OW)Florence de MareMadeline GirlingAlexander Ruth Christopher OramEs DevlinJohn Macfarlane English Touring OperaNational Theatre of ScotlandNottingham PlayhouseScottish Dance Theatre (in association with V&A Dundee) 2011 Hyemi Shin (OW)Emma BaileyJemima RobinsonSarah Beaton Miriam BuetherIan MacNeillJon Bausor Lyric Theatre, HammersmithRoyal Opera House (ROH)The Opera GroupWatermill Theatre, Newbury 2009 Aleš Valášek (OW)Samal BlakJean ChanRuth Sutcliffe Katrina LindsayBob CrowleyNick Ormerod Birmingham Opera CompanyaRoyal Theatre NorthamptonSound & Fury in collaboration with Fuel and Unicorn Theatre 2007 Garance Marneur (OW)Helen GoddardRhys JarmanTom Scutt Tim HatleyAnthony WardJean Guy-Lecat HeadlongThe Opera GroupHampstead TheatreTricycle Theatre 2005 Patrick Burnier (OW)Phil BrunnerJames CotterillHannah Clark Tobias HoheiselPamela HowardJulian Crouch Bristol Old VicGate Theatre, Notting HillNottingham PlayhouseRandom Dance, Sadler's Wells 2003 Becs Andrews (OW)Crista Noel SmithBen StonesAdam Wiltshire Hildegard BechtlerJohn MacfarlaneVicki Mortimer Actors Touring CompanyRoyal Theatre NorthamptonThe Opera GroupWest Yorkshire Playhouse 2001 Moritz Junge (OW)Jessica BergströmMax JonesNicholaos Zavaliaris Lez BrotherstonTom CairnsRae Smith English Touring TheatreRoyal Court Theatre (J. B.'s commission realised at Soho Theatre)Welsh National OperaYoung Vic 1999 Miriam Buether (OW)Emma CattellLuke HuntIsla Shaw Richard HudsonTim HatleyVicki Mortimer English Touring OperaRambert Dance CompanyRoyal Lyceum Theatre Company, EdinburghSoho Theatre Company 1997 Yannis Thavoris (OW)Fiona-Marie ChiversStuart NunnJulie Watson Kandis CookRichard FoxtonIan MacNeil The Bush TheatreSpitalfields Market Opera/English Touring OperaSecond Stride/Phoenix Dance CompanySalisbury Playhouse 1995 Es Devlin (OW)Frank GerssenAgnes Treplin Robin Cameron DonDeborah MacMillanTanya McCallin Mecklenburgh OperaOctagon Theatre, BoltonTraverse Theatre, Edinburgh 1993 Franziska Wilcken (OW)Scott SellersLakis Yenethli Tom CairnsNigel LoweryJenny Tiramani Birmingham Royal BalletGate Theatre, LondonWest Yorkshire Playhouse 1991 Angela Davies (OW)Lucy BevanNeil Irish Deirdre ClancyWilliam DudleyJocelyn Herbert Second StrideCrucible Theatre, SheffieldOpera North, Leeds 1989 Kenny MacLellan (OW)Tim HatleyNeil Warmington Alison ChittyBob CrowleyAntony McDonald with Dame Judi Dench DBE (2nd stage only) National Youth Theatre of Great BritainRambert Dance CompanyThéâtre de Complicité 1987 Patrick Connellan (OW)Sarah AshpoleDemetra Maraslis Hersey

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