Wimbledon staff, students and alumni address the urgent issue of sustainability in the costume industry
Guest post by Kathleen Ridley, Lecturer for BA Costume for Theatre and Screen on sustainability in the costume industry.
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Stories
Summer Show 2019: Interview with BA Graduate Ida, Set Design for Screen
Ida, a graduating student in BA Set Design for Screen, talks about the work she produced for the 2019 Summer Show and how she used it to spread awareness about mental health.
Summer Show 2019: Interview with Hazel Owen, BA Theatre Design
BA Theatre Design student Hazel talks about her designs for Alban Berg’s opera Lulu, exploring themes of fragmentation and desire.
In pictures: Undergraduate and MFA Summer Show 2019
A look back at the first of this year's Summer Shows which celebrated the innovation and skill of our graduating students.
What's on
Epic Win
The exhibition is part of an on-going series of work by artist William Waterhouse, and is the result of a series of one-to-one “play dates” with colleagues and friends.
Forster & Heighes: trig point 51.4134° N, 0.2115° W
- 3 February 2020 - 25 February 2020
- Location: Wimbledon Space, Wimbledon College of Arts
The site-specific artists establish a base station at Wimbledon Space, from which to conduct an active and eclectic survey of the educational landscape.
Staging Mixed Reality Symposium
- 5 March 2020
- Location: National Theatre, Cottesloe Room, Clore Learning Centre
Join world leading designers, directors, theatre companies and leading academics for a one-day symposium considering the practical and creative possibilities of mixed reality and virtual worlds in theatre and performance.