The Royal Shakespeare Company have a wonderful exhibition at the Swan Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, The Play’s The Thing, with a regularly-changing selection of costumes and props, plus stories from behind the scenes. I’ve written for this exhibition from the time it launched in 2018, weaving together details from the objects, the plays and the performances. …
Category: EXHIBITIONS
The Wild Man of Belsay Hall: devising and scripting a trail for this beautiful English Heritage landscape and quarry garden in Northumberland
I always enjoy joining creative forces with Ruth Haycock, who until recently was interpretation manager in the North East for English Heritage. I previously worked with her on audio stories for Whitby Abbey, along with museum text and eventually the voiceover for the audioguide. So it was great to collaborate with her and the team…
Modern Surgery gallery at the Royal College of Surgeons Museum in London: living to tell the tale
The new Royal College of Surgeons Museum in Lincoln’s Inn tells the story of scientist and surgeon John Hunter, whose collection of human and animal anatomical specimens form the basis of the collection. Casson Mann have designed the new displays at the Hunterian Museum (as it is known). They have brought their customary deftness to…