Lizzie Clachan
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, she 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] She recently designed Yerma (2016, Young Vic),[3] The Truth (Menier Chocolate Factory/ West End) and The Suppliant Woman (Royal Lyceum/ATC).[4] Variety praised her 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]
She 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).[10] 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.[11] 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."[12]
In 2011, Clachan won 'Best Design' at the Theatre Awards UK for Happy Days at Sheffield Crucible Theatre.[13]
Set and costume design credits
- 2004, Set design, Ladybird, Royal Court Theater.[8]
- 2007, Set design, The Letter, Wyndham Theatre.
- 2011, Set design, Happy Days, Sheffield Crucible Theatre.[13]
- 2011, Set design, A Woman Killed With Kindness, Lyttelton.[11]
- 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[3]
- 2016, Set design, The Forbidden Zone, Schaubühne Berlin.[9]
- 2023, Set design, Days of Wine and Roses[22]
References
- Saville, Alice (28 September 2015). "Lizzie Clachan: 'I'm interested in the stage as a place for images.'". Exeunt Magazine. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
- "Parallels H-Sphere".
- Arditti, Michael (14 August 2016). "Theatre reviews: Yerma and Breakfast At Tiffany's". Express. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-12-14.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - Benedict, David (4 February 2013). "Port". Variety: 37 – via Gale.
- Wolf, Matt (14 January 2016). "Review: 'Cymbeline,' 'Macbeth' and 'As You Like It' in London". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
- Brantley, Ben (8 August 2016). "On the London Stage, Love Doesn't Just Hurt, It Kills". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- "No Escape from the Eastern Block". The Times. 10 March 2004. Retrieved 4 January 2017 – via EBSCOhost.
- Clapp, Susannah (5 June 2016). "The Forbidden Zone review – poisoned by a 'higher form of killing'". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
- "Lizzie Clachan: "I'm interested in the stage as a place for images." - Exeunt Magazine".
- Benedict, David (2 August 2011). "A Woman Killed With Kindness". Daily Variety. Retrieved 3 January 2017 – via Gale.
- Brantley, Ben (15 September 2015). "London Theater Journal: Getting Giddy". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- "Jacobi and Sheen honoured at Theatre Awards UK".
- Benedict, David (7 April 2011). "Wastwater". Daily Variety. Retrieved 3 January 2016 – via Gale.
- "Archives 2012 / Die Ringe des Saturn". Festival D'Avignon. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
- Benedict, David (11 March 2013). "Longing". Daily Variety. Retrieved 3 January 2017 – via Gale.
- Kass, Artha (15 January 2015). "Family-friendly Treasure Island to Stream Live". Orcas Issues. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
- Sadler, Victoria (19 April 2015). "Theatre Review: Carmen Disruption, Almeida Theatre". Victoria Sadler. 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. 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. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
- Woddis, Carole. "Macbeth". Carole Woddis: Theatre Writer & Journalist. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
- "Days of Wine and Roses". Atlantic Theater Company. Retrieved 2023-06-16.