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…
The Jocelyn Herbert Lecture #2: ULTZ – The Politics of Good Taste
The second Jocelyn Herbert Lecture, The Politics of Good Taste was delivered by the theatre designer ULTZ in the National Theatre’s Lyttelton…
The Jocelyn Herbert Lecture #1: Richard Eyre – Less is More
Sir Richard Eyre gives the first annual lecture to celebrate the role of theatre design and the theatre designer