Description
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Theatre/Arts and Something A Little Different
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Tickets from £25.00 - £60.00
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Over 18
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Tue, 23rd Jan 2024 @ 18:30 - 19:30
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18:30 - 19:30
Join us at Covent Garden Hotel for another evening with THESP, bringing you more stories from the stage. This time we'll be taking a closer look at the role of a set designer with an esteemed panel, including Derek McLane Moulin Rouge, Anything Goes, The Sound of Music, Hairspray, Tom Pye My Neighbour Totoro, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Medea, Gentleman Jack and Georgia Lowe Lyonesse, Grenfell, Winner of the 2023 Evening Standard Award for Best Design for The Good Person of Szechwan, who’ll be in conversation with THESP Founder, Gilly Hopper, discussing the worlds they create and how they build them.
The event will start promptly at 6.30pm, finishing by 7.30pm.
Tickets are £25 and include a glass of wine. Or, for £60 enjoy a two course menu and a glass of wine at the hotel's restaurant, Brasserie Max. To book a table, call 020 7806 1007 or e-mail max@firmdale.com and quote ‘Theatre Talk’.
Derek McLane
Derek McLane is an Emmy and Tony Award-winning production designer for Broadway and television, who’s nearly 350 designs include Moulin Rouge!, A Soldier’s Play, 33 Variations with Jane Fonda, How to Succeed in Business Without Even Trying with Daniel Radcliffe, Anything Goes, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo with Robin Williams, The Sound of Music and Hairspray. Derek is also Chairman of the Board of The New Group Theatre.
Tom Pye
Tom Pye's career spans the genres of theatre, ballet, opera and film with productions including My Neighbour Totoro, for which he won the Olivier Awards Best Set Design earlier this year, Medea starring Fiona Shaw, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? starring Imelda Staunton, A Christmas Carol starring Jim Broadbent, Cinderella at The Royal Ballet, The Hours at The Metropolitan Opera, Onegin at ENO/Metropolitan Opera, The Cunning Little Vixen at Glyndebourne and Gentleman Jack for HBO/BBC, among many others.
Georgia Lowe
Georgia recently won the 2023 Evening Standard Award for her design for The Good Person of Szechwan Sheffield Crucible/Lyric/ETT. She trained on The Motley Theatre Design Course and was a Linbury Prize finalist in 2011. She was resident design assistant at the RSC between 2011 and 2012. She is currently designing The Crucible for Sheffield Crucible and the transfer of Grenfell: in the words of survivors to St Ann’s Warehouse in New York. Recent designs include: Lyonesse at Harold Pinter Theatre, The Trials at Donmar Warehouse, and Henry VIII at The Globe.
Gilly Hopper
Gilly is a freelance journalist and the Founder of THESP, a social club dedicated to theatre.
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Tickets/Times
| Ticket | Event time | Cost |
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Ticket Only
Includes a glass of wine, beer or soft drink |
18:30 - 19:30 | £25.00 |
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Ticket & Dinner
Includes a glass of wine, beer or soft drink at the event, followed by a two-course dinner at Brasserie Max, which also includes a glass or wine or soft drink |
18:30 - 19:30 | £60.00 |
Location
Address
Covent Garden Hotel, 10, Monmouth Street, London, WC2H 9HB
Nearest Station
Leicester Square (Tube)
Getting there
Organiser
Covent Garden Hotel
Located on Monmouth Street in Seven Dials, Covent Garden Hotel is a small, luxury hotel filled with unique and interesting interiors designed by Kit Kemp. The building dates back to the 1890s, when it was a French Hospital and the design reflects a quirky take on traditional English style, with an eclectic art collection, sweeping staircase, cosy alcoves and elegant wood panelling.
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