Lizzie Clachan is a British theatre designer. She has designed for many theatres in the United Kingdom, including London's West End, as well as across Europe. Clachan has worked at the National Theatre for several decades and prior to that, worked with the alternative theater company, Shunt.[1]
Career
editIn 1998, Clachan was a co-founder of the theater company, Shunt, and designed all of their productions including The Architects, Money, Tropicana, Amato Saltone, Ether Frolics, Dance Bear Dance, The Ballad of Bobby Francois and The Tennis Show.[2][3] Clachan designed Yerma (2016, Young Vic),[4] The Truth (Menier Chocolate Factory/ West End) and The Suppliant Woman (Royal Lyceum/ATC).[2]
Variety praised Clachan's set design for the 2013 performance of Port at the Lyttelton.[5] She created a Mondrian-inspired set for the Wyndham Theatre's performance of The Letter in 2007.[citation needed] The New York Times called Clachan's set design on Macbeth (2015–16) a "startling coup de théâtre."[6] For Yerma, the New York Times wrote that the set design, using glass siding, helped convey the themes of "private grief and public exposure."[7] The Times described her set design for Ladybird (2004) by Vassily Sigarev, as "so lifelike you almost believe you could move in."[8]
Clachan is known for her collaborations with director Katie Mitchell including The Forbidden Zone (Salzburg Festival/Schaubühne Berlin),[9] A Sorrow Beyond Dreams (Burgtheater Vienna), Frank Martin's Le Vin herbé (Staatsoper im Schiller Berlin), The Rings of Saturn (Schauspiel Cologne) and Wastwater (Royal Court/Vienna Festival).[1] Clachan's work with Mitchell on A Woman Killed With Kindness was considered well done by Daily Variety, when the stage was split into parallel sets.[10] Her work on The Forbidden Zone (2016), was called "haunting" by The Guardian.[9] Her designs for The Beaux Stratagem, were "integral to the Restoration comedy's success," according to Exeunt Magazine.[1] The set for The Beaux' Stratagem was convertible, "with many doors and a long and serpentine staircase."[11]
In 2011, Clachan won 'Best Design' at the Theatre Awards UK for Happy Days at Sheffield Crucible Theatre.[12]
Set and costume design credits
edit- 2004, Set design, Ladybird, Royal Court Theatre.[8]
- 2006, Set design, Woman and Scarecrow, Royal Court Theatre[13]
- 2007, Set design, The Letter, Wyndham Theatre.[citation needed]
- 2011, Set design, Happy Days, Sheffield Crucible Theatre.[12]
- 2011, Set design, A Woman Killed With Kindness, Lyttelton.[10]
- 2011, Set design and costumes, Wastwater, Royal Court Theater.[14]
- 2012, Set design and costumes, Die Ringe des Saturn, Festival D'Avignon.[15]
- 2013, Set design, Port, Lyttelton.[5]
- 2013, Set design and costumes, Longing, Hampstead Theater.[16]
- 2015, Set design, Treasure Island, Orcas Center.[17]
- 2015, Set design, As You Like It, National Theatre.[1]
- 2015, Set design, Carmen, Almeida Theatre.[18]
- 2015, Set design, The Beaux' Stratagem, National's Olivier Theater.[19]
- 2015, Set design, The Skriker, Royal Exchange Theatre.[20]
- 2015-16, Set design, Macbeth, Young Vic Theatre.[21]
- 2016, Set design, Yerma[4]
- 2016, Set design, The Forbidden Zone, Schaubühne Berlin.[9]
- 2017, Set design, The Truth, Menier Chocolate Factory[22]
- 2018, Set design, Cyprus Avenue, The Public Theater[23]
- 2020, Set design, Blindness, Donmar Warehouse[24]
- 2022, Set design, Lucia di Lammermoor, Lincoln Center[25]
- 2023, Set design, Days of Wine and Roses[26][27]
- 2023, Set design, The Witches, National Theatre[28]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Saville, Alice (28 September 2015). "Lizzie Clachan: 'I'm interested in the stage as a place for images.'". Exeunt Magazine. Archived from the original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
- ^ a b "Lizzie Clachan - Theatre Designer". AHA Talent. Archived from the original on 2 October 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
- ^ "Parallels H-Sphere".
- ^ a b Arditti, Michael (14 August 2016). "Theatre reviews: Yerma and Breakfast At Tiffany's". Daily Express. Archived from the original on 16 May 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
- ^ a b Benedict, David (30 January 2013). "Port". Variety. 429 (12) (published 4 February 2013): 37. Archived from the original on 28 November 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
- ^ Wolf, Matt (14 January 2016). "Review: 'Cymbeline,' 'Macbeth' and 'As You Like It' in London". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 1 December 2023. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
- ^ Brantley, Ben (8 August 2016). "On the London Stage, Love Doesn't Just Hurt, It Kills". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 1 December 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- ^ a b Marlowe, Sam (10 March 2004). "No Escape from the Eastern Block". The Times – via EBSCOhost.
- ^ a b c Clapp, Susannah (5 June 2016). "The Forbidden Zone review – poisoned by a 'higher form of killing'". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 27 June 2023. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
- ^ a b Benedict, David (2 August 2011). "A Woman Killed With Kindness". Variety. Archived from the original on 24 October 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
- ^ Brantley, Ben (15 September 2015). "London Theater Journal: Getting Giddy". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 1 December 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- ^ a b Amer, Matthew (30 October 2011). "Jacobi and Sheen honoured at Theatre Awards UK". Official London Theatre. Society of London Theatre. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016.
- ^ Leeney, Cathy (Winter 2007). "Character, Writing, and Landscape in Woman and Scarecrow and Other Plays by Marina Carr". The Princeton University Library Chronicle. 68 (1–2): 712, 717. doi:10.25290/prinunivlibrchro.68.1-2.0705. ISSN 0032-8456. JSTOR prinunivlibrchro.68.1-2.0705.
- ^ Benedict, David (7 April 2011). "Wastwater". Daily Variety. Archived from the original on 2 December 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
- ^ "Die Ringe des Saturn (The Rings of Saturn)". Festival d'Avignon. 2012. Archived from the original on 2 December 2023. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
- ^ Benedict, David (9 March 2013). "Legit Review: 'Longing' Leaves Audiences Wanting". Daily Variety. Archived from the original on 8 December 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
- ^ Kass, Artha (15 January 2015). "Family-friendly Treasure Island to Stream Live". Orcas Issues. Archived from the original on 4 January 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Sadler, Victoria (19 April 2015). "Theatre Review: Carmen Disruption, Almeida Theatre". Victoria Sadler. Archived from the original on 4 January 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
- ^ Billington, Michael (27 May 2015). "The Beaux' Stratagem review – true love and liberation lead a merry dance in Lichfield". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 12 September 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
- ^ Billington, Michael (5 July 2015). "The Skriker review – Maxine Peake in a Midsummer Night's vision of climate catastrophe". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 31 May 2023. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
- ^ Woddis, Carole (17 December 2015). "Macbeth". Carole Woddis: Theatre Writer & Journalist. Archived from the original on 29 June 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
- ^ Provenzano, Thomas (June 2017). "Review of The Truth". Theatre Journal. 69 (2): 277. ISSN 0192-2882. JSTOR 26367321.
- ^ Brantley, Ben (25 June 2018). "Review: Stephen Rea Is One Really Mad Man in 'Cyprus Avenue'". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
- ^ Wolf, Matt (13 August 2020). "Some Light in the Darkness for London's West End". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 22 March 2022. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
- ^ Broudeur, Michael Andor (24 April 2022). "A thoroughly modern meltdown in Met's reimagined 'Lucia di Lammermoor'". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 26 April 2022. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
- ^ "Days of Wine and Roses". Atlantic Theater Company. 2023. Archived from the original on 14 September 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
- ^ Marks, Peter (7 June 2023). "Kelli O'Hara and Brian d'Arcy James soar in 'Days of Wine and Roses'". The Washington Post. pp. C.1. Archived from the original on 2 December 2023. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
- ^ Barekat, Houman (22 November 2023). "Review: In 'The Witches' Musical, the Playful and the Macabre". The New York Times. pp. C.4. Archived from the original on 23 November 2023. Retrieved 2 December 2023.