Lizzie Clachan Explained

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

In 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] Clachan designed Yerma (2016, Young Vic),[3] The Truth (Menier Chocolate Factory/ West End) and The Suppliant Woman (Royal Lyceum/ATC).[4]

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. 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), 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). 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. 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. The set for The Beaux' Stratagem was convertible, "with many doors and a long and serpentine staircase."[10]

In 2011, Clachan won 'Best Design' at the Theatre Awards UK for Happy Days at Sheffield Crucible Theatre.[11]

Set and costume design credits

Notes and References

  1. News: Saville . Alice . 28 September 2015 . Lizzie Clachan: 'I'm interested in the stage as a place for images.' . . live . 3 January 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210805203047/https://exeuntmagazine.com/features/lizzie-clachan-im-interested-in-the-stage-as-a-place-for-images/ . 5 August 2021.
  2. Web site: Parallels H-Sphere.
  3. News: Arditti . Michael . 14 August 2016 . Theatre reviews: Yerma and Breakfast At Tiffany's . . live . 3 January 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220516125138/https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/theatre/699385/Theatre-review-Yerma-Breakfast-At-Tiffanys . 16 May 2022.
  4. Web site: Lizzie Clachan - Theatre Designer . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231002065408/https://www.ahatalent.co.uk/creative/lizzie-clachan/ . 2 October 2023 . 1 December 2023 . AHA Talent . en.
  5. Benedict . David . 30 January 2013 . Port . live . . 4 February 2013 . 429 . 12 . 37 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201128051718/https://variety.com/2013/legit/reviews/port-1117949127/ . 28 November 2020 . 1 December 2023 .
  6. News: Wolf . Matt . 14 January 2016 . Review: 'Cymbeline,' 'Macbeth' and 'As You Like It' in London . . live . subscription . 3 January 2017 . https://archive.today/20231201232755/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/15/arts/international/review-cymbeline-macbeth-and-as-you-like-it-in-london.html . 1 December 2023.
  7. News: Brantley . Ben . 8 August 2016 . On the London Stage, Love Doesn't Just Hurt, It Kills . . live . 4 January 2017 . https://archive.today/20231201233127/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/09/theater/on-the-london-stage-love-doesnt-just-hurt-it-kills.html . 1 December 2023.
  8. News: Marlowe . Sam . 10 March 2004 . No Escape from the Eastern Block . . EBSCOhost.
  9. News: Clapp . Susannah . 5 June 2016 . The Forbidden Zone review – poisoned by a 'higher form of killing' . . live . 3 January 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230627204527/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2016/jun/05/the-forbidden-zone-fritz-haber-barbican-katie-mitchell-review . 27 June 2023.
  10. News: Brantley . Ben . 15 September 2015 . London Theater Journal: Getting Giddy . . live . 4 January 2017 . https://archive.today/20231201235659/https://archive.nytimes.com/artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/09/15/london-theater-journal-getting-giddy/ . 1 December 2023.
  11. Web site: Amer . Matthew . 30 October 2011 . Jacobi and Sheen honoured at Theatre Awards UK . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161220143354/http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/news/latest-news/article/item118053/jacobi-and-sheen-honoured-at-theatre-awards-uk/ . 20 December 2016 . Official London Theatre . Society of London Theatre.
  12. Leeney . Cathy . Winter 2007 . Character, Writing, and Landscape in Woman and Scarecrow and Other Plays by Marina Carr . . 68 . 1-2 . 712, 717 . 10.25290/prinunivlibrchro.68.1-2.0705 . 0032-8456 . prinunivlibrchro.68.1-2.0705 . free.
  13. News: Benedict . David . 2 August 2011 . A Woman Killed With Kindness . . live . 1 December 2023 . https://archive.today/20131024175233/http://variety.com/2011/legit/reviews/a-woman-killed-with-kindness-1117945747/ . 24 October 2013.
  14. News: Benedict . David . 7 April 2011 . Wastwater . . live . 1 December 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231202001720/https://variety.com/2011/legit/reviews/wastwater-1117944981/ . 2 December 2023.
  15. Web site: 2012 . Die Ringe des Saturn (The Rings of Saturn) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231202171039/https://festival-avignon.com/en/edition-2012/programme/die-ringe-des-saturn-21227 . 2 December 2023 . 2 December 2023 . . en.
  16. News: Benedict . David . 9 March 2013 . Legit Review: ‘Longing’ Leaves Audiences Wanting . . live . 3 January 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211208161217/https://variety.com/2013/legit/news/legit-review-longing-leaves-audiences-wanting-1200006095/ . 8 December 2021.
  17. News: Kass . Artha . 15 January 2015 . Family-friendly Treasure Island to Stream Live . Orcas Issues . usurped . 3 January 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170104162438/http://orcasissues.com/34029/ . 4 January 2017.
  18. News: Sadler . Victoria . 19 April 2015 . Theatre Review: Carmen Disruption, Almeida Theatre . Victoria Sadler . dead . 3 January 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170104162936/http://www.victoriasadler.com/theatre-review-carmen-disruption-almeida-theatre/ . 4 January 2017.
  19. News: Billington . Michael . 27 May 2015 . The Beaux' Stratagem review – true love and liberation lead a merry dance in Lichfield . . live . 3 January 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220912025221/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/may/27/the-beaux-stratagem-review-farquhar-godwin-national . 12 September 2022.
  20. News: Billington . Michael . 5 July 2015 . The Skriker review – Maxine Peake in a Midsummer Night's vision of climate catastrophe . . live . 3 January 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230531014613/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/jul/05/the-skriker-review-maxine-peake-in-a-midsummer-nights-vision-of-climate-catastrophe . 31 May 2023.
  21. Web site: Woddis . Carole . 17 December 2015 . Macbeth . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220629013617/https://woddisreviews.org.uk/reviews/2010s/2015/macbeth/#more-1889 . 29 June 2022 . 3 January 2017 . Carole Woddis: Theatre Writer & Journalist.
  22. Provenzano . Thomas . June 2017 . Review of The Truth . . 69 . 2 . 277 . 0192-2882 . 26367321.
  23. News: Brantley . Ben . 25 June 2018 . Review: Stephen Rea Is One Really Mad Man in ‘Cyprus Avenue’ . . live . subscription . 2 December 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201109025601/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/25/theater/cyprus-avenue-review-stephen-rea.html . 9 November 2020.
  24. News: Wolf . Matt . 13 August 2020 . Some Light in the Darkness for London’s West End . . live . 2 December 2023 . https://archive.today/20220322223735/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/13/theater/blindness-donmar-warehouse-review.html . 22 March 2022.
  25. News: Broudeur . Michael Andor . 24 April 2022 . A thoroughly modern meltdown in Met’s reimagined ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’ . . live . registration . 2 December 2023 . https://archive.today/20220426181820/https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/04/24/met-opera-lucia-di-lammermoor-review/ . 26 April 2022.
  26. Web site: 2023 . Days of Wine and Roses . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230914053543/https://atlantictheater.org/production/days-of-wine-and-roses/ . 14 September 2023 . 16 June 2023 . . en.
  27. News: Marks . Peter . 7 June 2023 . Kelli O’Hara and Brian d’Arcy James soar in ‘Days of Wine and Roses’ . C.1 . . live . registration . 2 December 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231202174517/https://www.washingtonpost.com/theater-dance/2023/06/05/wine-roses-ohara-james-guettel/ . 2 December 2023.
  28. News: Barekat . Houman . 22 November 2023 . Review: In ‘The Witches’ Musical, the Playful and the Macabre . C.4 . . live . 2 December 2023 . https://archive.today/20231123061202/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/22/arts/the-witches-musical-london.html . 23 November 2023.

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