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Max Johns

Profession
BA Theatre Design Lecturer
College
Wimbledon College of Arts
Person Type
Staff
Max  Johns

Biography

Max Johns is a designer for live performance and film based in London and Bristol. He trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School with an MA in Theatre Design and a BA in Drama and German from Bristol University. He was the recipient of a BBC Performing Arts Fellowship Award in 2015.
Recent work in the UK has included productions at The Royal Court, Almeida, Young Vic,  RSC, National Theatre Scotland, Edinburgh Lyceum, Manchester Royal Exchange, Birmingham Rep, The Bush, Leeds Playhouse, Royal Festival Hall, V&A, and Bristol Old Vic.
Max lived for a number of years in Germany where he worked for companies including Maxim Gorki Theater, HAU, Kampnagel, Radialsystem, Ballhaus Ost, and WLB Esslingen.
Max is a contributor to the Theatre Green Book, is carbon literate, and has worked as a consultant with Bristol Old Vic Theatre School to improve sustainability in their practices.
Max has taught production design as a visiting lecturer at Bristol and Leeds Universities, Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and Wimbledon College of Arts where he is currently employed as first year lead on the BA Theatre Design.

Links

www.maxjohns.com

BA Theatre Design