The Jocelyn Herbert Lecture #10: Harriet Walter – A Necessary Surrender: Or an actor’s subjective view of design
Between 2020-2021 we were unable to stage a Jocelyn Herbert Lecture due to the Covid pandemic and, instead, are grateful…
The Jocelyn Herbert Lecture #9: Roy Williams
Award-winning playwright, Roy Williams, looks at some of the most significant productions of his plays, including Lift Off (Royal Court, 1999) and Sing…
The Jocelyn Herbert Lecture #8: Michael Billington – Six Decades of Theatre Design – a Critic’s View
As Britain’s longest-serving theatre critic, Michael Billington is uniquely placed to reflect on the changes he has witnessed in design…
The Jocelyn Herbert Lecture #7: Phyllida Lloyd – Taking the Space
The celebrated director, whose work includes Mary Stuart, Mamma Mia! and the recent all-female Shakespeare trilogy, reflects on the impact of design on…
The Jocelyn Herbert Lecture #6: Rae Smith – 3D Imagination
Rae Smith, the award-winning designer of wonder.land, This House and War Horse (NT), Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci (Met Opera) and Stella (for Neil Bartlett), has exhibited her War Horse art work…
The Jocelyn Herbert Lecture #5: Sian Thomas – Lions and Nightingales
This lecture is a rare opportunity to hear an actor speak publicly on the subject of theatre design. It has…
The Jocelyn Herbert Lecture #4: Walter Asmus – The Art of Beckett
Samuel Beckett called designer Jocelyn Herbert “my closest friend in England”, and they worked together many times. The distinguished German…
The Jocelyn Herbert Lecture #3: Christopher Hampton – Simplifying the Jungle
In his lecture Simplifying The Jungle, Hampton gives a playwright’s insight into the role of the designer in the theatre. He…