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Show 2022 launches Wimbledon College of Arts as a centre for performance

A group of people on stage all stand and face a video camera on a tripod which is looking at them from the point of view of the audience. You can see the lighting rig and stage set up behind them.
  • Written bySarah McLean
  • Published date 21 July 2022
A group of people on stage all stand and face a video camera on a tripod which is looking at them from the point of view of the audience. You can see the lighting rig and stage set up behind them.
Network/ /Recorder, performance, 2022.
BA (Hons) Acting and Performance, Wimbledon College of Arts, UAL | Photograph: Kristina Sarkisyan

In June 2022, the Wimbledon College of Arts Undergraduate Show saw the College open its doors to more than 3,000 people for a week of performances, exhibitions and events from the new generation of performers, theatre-makers and designers.

The Show brought the final exhibitions of work by all of our graduating students together at the Wimbledon College of Arts site where a multi-million pound investment has transformed the College into a world-leading centre for performance. The event was doubly special as it was the first time the College could hold on-site exhibitions after 2 years of pandemic restrictions.

A large bright reception area with displays of work inside including a life-size model of a centaur and a costume on a mannequin on a raised plinth. On the wall above the work it says SHOW in large bold graphic letters.
The entrance to the Show, with graduating student work on display.
, Wimbledon College of Arts, UAL | Photograph: Kristy Noble

Alongside displays of design work in costume, theatre and set design and technical arts, 2022 also saw the first graduating cohort of actors, live artists and theatre makers at Wimbledon.

Projects from BA Acting and Performance and BA Contemporary Theatre and Performance graduates, ranging from intimate monologues and installation pieces to films and large-scale productions, gave an opportunity for Wimbledon’s first public audiences to see performances in the College’s newly renovated on-site theatre.

Jayne Knowles, Dean of Performance said: “The Show was a fantastic opportunity to showcase the College and, most importantly, to support our graduating students who have not only pursued their degree study through the most challenging times, but have done so with strength, tenacity and creativity.”

Here we present some highlights of the Show, and do visit our course pages to find out more about Wimbledon's undergraduate courses.

A woman lies in a metal circular pool of water in a dark room with a video projected above her.
Jaya Twill, The Power To Extend Your Life, performance, 2022.
BA (Hons) Acting and Performance, Wimbledon College of Arts, UAL | Photograph: Kristina Sarkisyan
A model of a small mythical-looking green furry creature looks up from the dark with one hand raised.
Pavla Zdarska, Model of a Hejkal, a Czech mythical creature, 2022. Pavla studied BA Production Arts for Screen (Technical Arts Pathway) which is now taught as BA Technical Arts for Theatre and Performance.
BA (Hons) Production Arts for Screen, Wimbledon College of Arts, UAL | Photograph: Kristy Noble
A series of colourful costumes on display on mannequins in a large dark room with black ceiling and walls.
Costume work on display at the Undergraduate Show 2022.
BA (Hons) Costume for Theatre and Screen, Wimbledon College of Arts, UAL | Photograph: Kristy Noble
A man dressed as a newsreader in a suit sits at a red circular desk. Three people are attempting to move him from his seat and he is clinging to the desk.
Network/ / Recorder, performance, 2022
BA (Hons) Acting and Performance, Wimbledon College of Arts, UAL | Photograph: Kristina Sarkisyan
A room showing a theatre model box with light projected onto it, and other design work on display on the wall behind.
Theatre Design work on display at the Undergraduate Show 2022.
BA (Hons) Theatre Design, Wimbledon College of Arts, UAL | Photograph: Kristy Noble
A large bright studio room with skylights displays work including images and text on boards.
Work by graduating students from the Set Design pathway on display at the Undergraduate Show 2022.
BA (Hons) Production Arts for Screen, Wimbledon College of Arts, UAL | Photograph: Kristy Noble
A large bright room with a display of colour costumes on mannequins.
Costume work on display at the Undergraduate Show 2022.
BA (Hons) Costume for Theatre and Screen, Wimbledon College of Arts, UAL | Photograph: Kristy Noble
A model showing Dr Dolittle's room with a man perched on a high ladder speaking to a giraffe.
Emily Tupholme, Dr Dolittle talks to the animals - A stop motion creation, 2022. Emily studied BA Production Arts for Screen (Technical Arts Pathway) which is now taught as BA Technical Arts for Theatre and Performance.
BA (Hons) Production Arts for Screen, Wimbledon College of Arts, UAL | Photograph: Kristy Noble
A dark stage. A green spotlight falls on an actor wearing a wire horse-head mask. A blue spotlight falls on an old-fashioned pram.
Scene from Till Death Do We Part by SnapFuse Theatre Company, a company of final-year students from Wimbledon's BA Contemporary Theatre and Performance course.
BA (Hons) Contemporary Theatre and Performance, Wimbledon College of Arts, UAL
Two women fold some bedding on a table on a stage, facing each other. Under the table you can see silhouettes of two other people behind a sheet.
Psychonaut Theatre Company, Mums, performance, 2022.
BA (Hons) Acting and Performance, Wimbledon College of Arts, UAL | Photograph: Kristina Sarkisyan
A theatre model box is lit ip with blue and red lights.
Chon Fong, Don't Look Up, 2022.
BA (Hons) Theatre Design, Wimbledon College of Arts, UAL | Photograph: Kristy Noble
A mannequin wears an elaborate costume with large green and red fanned headdress and crystal-beaded dress under a velvet coat.
Hannah Cohen, For Follies, designed by Gregg Barnes. Screen-printed silk dress, individually hand painted dots, and beaded over the top. Painted and printed 1920’s velvet coat. Large collar made using a spot welded frame, covered and painted, then decorated with Swarovski crystals and beads. A 1920’s silk petticoat with pin tucks and hip pleats.
BA (Hons) Costume for Theatre and Screen, Wimbledon College of Arts, UAL | Photograph: Kristy Noble
A man dressed in white crouches down on a stage, looking up at a tv monitor on a tripod.
Killology, performance, 2022.
BA (Hons) Acting and Performance, Wimbledon College of Arts, UAL | Photograph: Kristina Sarkisyan
A man on a stage lit with a circular light from above. He is running holding up a dress almost like a kite. Also on stage is a white chair and a large suitcase.
Juraj Benko, Honey Badger, performance, 2022.
BA (Hons) Acting and Performance, Wimbledon College of Arts, UAL | Photograph: Kristina Sarkisyan
3 women on a stage sitting and reclining wearing togas in what appears to be a garden scene.
Scene from Till Death Do We Part by SnapFuse Theatre Company, a company of final-year students from Wimbledon's BA Contemporary Theatre and Performance course.
BA (Hons) Contemporary Theatre and Performance, Wimbledon College of Arts, UAL
A puppet-like creaate made from red and white material stands next to a wooden display board of designs in a room at an exhibition.
Fiona Wagstaff, Theatre Design work on display at the Undergraduate Show 2022.
BA (Hons) Theatre Design, Wimbledon College of Arts, UAL | Photograph: Kristy Noble
Two men dance on a dark stage. They are each under spotlights and the rest of the stage is lit with red light.
Killology, performance, 2022
BA (Hons) Acting and Performance, Wimbledon College of Arts, UAL | Photograph: Kristina Sarkisyan

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