Wimbledon College of Art in partnership with the V & A, and as part of London Design Week are involved in the Edward Gordon Craig: His Legacy Exhibition (open 11th September 2010 until March 2011) at the V & A Museum  Jane Collins, Reader in Theatre and currently acting Course Director Theatre at the College has worked  on the exhibition and will take part in the Day of Lectures taking place on Saturday 25th September  in the Hachhauser Auditorium, Sackler Centre V&A.  Tickets £12 (£5 concessions) – to book visit www.vam.ac.uk/tickets

Wimbledon BA Theatre have launched their 2010 Summer Show website. We selected a few images that caught our eye!

From top to bottom:

Genevieve Cox – BA Costume Interpretation
Eun Jung Ha – BA Technical Arts and Special Effects
Elizabeth Richards – BA Costume Design

See more work – www.wcatheatre10.co.uk

Find out more about the 2010 Summer Shows -

www.wimbledon.arts.ac.uk/summershows2010

As part of the build up to the Wimbledon College of Art 2010 Summer Shows we go behind the scenes and talk to students, staff and technicians to find out how preparations are going.

In this video we talk to Oliver Lloyd – BA Set Design for Stage and Screen 3rd year.

Find out more about the 2010 Summer Shows -

www.wimbledon.arts.ac.uk/summershows2010

Wimbledon was delighted to welcome Fukusuke Nakamura, Kabuki grand-master to the College recently for the first UK performance of ‘Sumire’. In an ‘east meets west’ colloboration about the life of Chopin and his connections with Japanese culture, actors, musicians and designers held workshops for our students in  Japanese Kabuki dance, makeup, music and costumes. With performers from East 15 Acting School, and Wimbledon’s Design for Performance,  and Costume Design students supporting this production, a wonderful Kabuki piece was performed to students and an invited audience.

Hollywood actor turned London theatre impresario, Kevin Spacey, has backed two Wimbledon College of Art graduates to make it to the top of the film industry.

Phil Sansom and Olly Williams met in 2001 whilst studying at the College (Phil studied BA Fine Art: Painting, Olly studied BA Theatre: Set Design for Stage & Screen and went on to create the short film Black Hole, which impressed a panel of judges from the first ever Virgin Media Shorts competition.

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