« The overall winner was Garance Marneur.
[...] We all agreed there was a great beauty to her design.
It was beautifully crafted, but it was beautiful to look at;
[...] she was very articulate,
she obviously had a very strong aesthetic,
a strong vision,
and she made it beautifully. »
Lady Anya Sainsbury
Industry Awards:
2014- Nominated for the Best Scenic Design for a Musical,
Broadway World UK Awards 14
2010- Shortlisted for the Most Successful Freelancer Award,
Creative Enterprise Awards 10
2009- Nominated for the Most Successful Freelancer Award,
Creative Enterprise Awards 09
2007- Overall winner of the Linbury Biennial Prize for Stage Design
held at the National Theatre in London
2007- Shortlisted for the Jocelyn Herbert Award
Theatre, Opera, Dance:
2014 – 2015
Costume Designer
Dreaming in Codes
Produced by 2 Faced Dance
National tour starting from January 2015
2014 – 2015
Set and Costume Designer
Get Santa
Produced by Northernstage
@ Northernstage Theatre, Newcastle
2014
Set and Costume Designer
‘untitled’
Produced by Theatre Rites
Research and Development workshop between dance, puppetry and design around the theme of inflatables
@ Graeae, London
2014
Set and Costume Designer
Another Place
Produced by Theatre Royal Plymouth
@ Theatre Royal Plymouth, UK
2014
Set Designer
Dessa Rose
Produced by Arions Productions Ltd
@ Trafalgar Studios 2, London
2014
Set, Costume and Projection Designer
I Promise you Sex and Violence
Produced by Northernstage
@ King’s Hall, Edinburgh Festival and Northernstage Theatre, Newcastle
2014
Set and Costume Designer
Clubbing
Produced by 2Faced Dance
Stage 1 and 2 of research and development workshops
@ Ibiza, and Birmingham Hippodrome, UK
2014
Set Designer
Echoes
Ella Robson Guilfoyle for Circus Fest
@ Round House, London
2013 – 2014
Set and Projection Designer
Une heure avant la mort de mon frère
Produced by Détour Theatre Company
@ Théâtre de Chartres and national tour, France
2013
Set, Costume and Projection Designer
Dark Woods Deep Snow
Produced by Northernstage
@ Northernstage Theatre, Newcastle
2013
Visual Designer and Dramaturge
Comfort Zone
Produced by Levy Dance and San Francisco Exploratorium Museum
@ Exploratorium Museum, San Francisco
2013
Set and Costume Designer
Narrative
Produced by the Royal Court Theatre
@ Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, London
2012 – 2013
Set Designer
Peter Grimes
Produced by Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theatre
@ Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theatre, Russia
2012 – 2013
Set Designer
King Lear
Produced by the Abbey Theatre
@ the Abbey Theatre, Dublin
2012 – 2013
Set Designer
The Prince & The Pauper
Produced by the Unicorn Theatre
@ the Unicorn Theatre, London
2012
Set and Costume Designer
Tenet
Produced by Greyscale & the Gate, with support from the Almeida Theatre
@ the Gate Theatre, London
2012
Set and Costume Designer
The Legend of Captain Crow’s Teeth
Produced by the Unicorn
@ the Unicorn Theatre, London
2011
Set and Costume Designer, Video Design
Marat/Sade
Produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company
@ the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
2011
Set and Costume Designer
Measure for Measure
Produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company
@ the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
2011
Set and Costume Designer
Sold
Produced by Theatre 503
@ Theatre 503
2010 – 2011
Set and Costume Designer
A new dance piece with San Francisco based choreographer Ben Levy.
Produced by Scottish Dance Theatre @ Dundee Rep
National tour starting from Feb. 2011
2010
Set and Costume Designer
Herding Cats
Produced by Bath Theatre Royal
@ Bath Theatre Royal Ustinov
2010
Set and Costume Designer
The Chairs
Produced by Bath Theatre Royal
@ Bath Theatre Royal Ustinov
2009 – 2010
Set and Costume Designer (4 plays)
A Prayer & Tonight David Ireland Will Lecture, Dance and Box
My Arm & What Would Judas Do
TITLE PENDING AWARD (for A Prayer)
Greyscale
2009 – 2010
Set designer
Huck
Produced by Fresh Glory in association with Shapeshifter & Chipping Norton
National tour from Feb./April 2010, Southwark Playhouse May 2010
2009
Set Designer (Lighting & Video collaborator)
Julia Und Romeo
Produced by Bern Ballet- Stadttheater
@ Stadttheater Bern, Switzerland
2009
Set and Costume Designer
Orphans
FRINGE FIRST and HERALD ANGEL AWARD WINNER AT THE EDINBURGH FESTIVAL 2009
Produced by Traverse Theatre Company & Birmingham Repertory Theatre Company
in association with Paines Plough
@ Traverse Theatre, Birmingham REP, Soho Theatre
2009
Set and Costume Designer (3 plays)
Commercial Road, Khadidja is 18, The Sea at Night (reading)
Angle Theatre
@ Hackney Empire Studio
2008 – 2009
Set and Costume Designer
Gagarin Way
Produced by Bath Theatre Royal
@ Bath Theatre Royal Ustinov
2008
Set and Costume Designer
I Am Falling
NOMINATED FOR A SOUTH BANK SHOW AWARD
Produced by Gate Theatre
@ Gate Theatre & Saddler’s Wells
2008
Set and Costume Designer
Turandot
WINNING DESIGN OF THE LINBURY PRIZE FOR STAGE DESIGN 2007
Produced by Hampstead Theatre
@Hampstead Theatre
2008
Set and Costume Designer
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Produced by National Theatre
@ National Theatre Studio
2008
Set Designer
Gianni Schicchi
Produced by Mariinsky Theatre
@ Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Russia
2007 – 2008
Set and Costume Designer
Dirty Butterfly
FOR THE JERWOOD DIRECTORS AWARD AT THE YOUNG VIC
Produced by Young Vic Theatre Company
@ Young Vic Clare
2007
Set and Costume Designer
Suor Angelica
Produced by Central Saint Martins
@ Cochrane theatre
Film:
2015
Art Director
Creative Advert
The Integral Society- Ken Wilber
Produced by The Edge Picture Company, London
2015
Art Director
Creative Advert
Nokia 150th Anniversary Film
Produced by The Edge Picture Company, London
2015
Art Director
Creative Advert
TU Go- Telefonica
Produced by The Edge Picture Company, London
2006
Production Designer, Costume Designer
Short Film
The Shooting directed by Emma Lightfoot
Produced by London Film Academy
Screened @ East London Short Film Festival 2006-Rio Cinema
2005
Art Director
Short Film
King of London directed by Valeria Ruiz Elliott
Produced by National Film & Television School
Screened @ National Film Theatre London
and Austin Film Festival, USA
Exhibitions & talks:
2013
Platform @ the National Theatre, London
LINBURY event, Getting Started
Panel discussion examining the work of theatre practitioners, moderated by Professor Pamela Howard at the Shed.
With special guests Patrick Connellan (Theatre Designer), Garance Marneur (Theatre Designer), and Ben Stones (Theatre Designer).
2013
Platform @ Wimbledon College of Art and Design, London
ARTSMART event, Starting out in Theatre and Performance
Panel discussion examining the work of theatre practitioners, moderated by Victoria Fabbri, Events & Showcasing Manager University of the Arts London.
With special guests Adam Barnard (Director, Company of Angels), Garance Marnuer (Performance Designer), Catrin Osborne (Aerialist, stilt walker and street theatre performer) and Naomi Dawson (Freelance Theatre designer).
2013
Platform @ Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London
for TaPRA, the Theatre and Performance Research Association.
Panel discussion examining the work of theatre designers, writers and directors; moderated by Fred Meller,
Theatre Practitioner and Associate Lecturer at Central Saint Martins.
With special guests Greyscale Theatre Company (Lorne Campbell, Selma Dimitrievich, Garance Marneur and Oliver Townsend)
2013
Mentor @ Royal Opera House, London
Linbury Prize for stage Design 2013, portfolio review
Portfolio review and feedbacks for the new candidates of the Linbury Biennial Prize for Stage design 2013.
With special guests Pamela Howard (Director & Designer), Sophie Jump (Designer), Sacha Milroy (Head of Production at the National Theatre), Frances Tempest (Costume Designer), Ernesto Ruiz, Melly Still (Director), Lucy Bailey (Director), Colin Maxwell (Production Manager at the Royal Opera House), Ruary Murchison (Designer), Jamie Vartan (Designer), Mark Dakin (Technical Director at the National Theatre), Gary McCann (Designer) and Garance Marneur (Designer).
2012
Exhibitor at The V&A (Victoria & Albert Museum, London)- Set and Costume Design, Installation
Transformation and Revelation: Gormley to Gaga. UK Design for Performance 2007- 2012 at the V&A (London) from March 17th to September 30th 2012
Selected work from Es Devlin, Anthony Gormley, Richard Hudson, Sophie Jump, John F Macfarlane, Garance Marneur, Conor Murphy, Pippa Nissen, Michael Pavelka, Kathrine Sandys, Hansjorg Schmidt, Jamie Vartan and Naomi Wilkinson will be representing the UK at the National Exhibition.
2011
Exhibitor at the Prague Quadriennial- Set and Costume Design
Prague Quadrennial International Exhibition of Performance Design & Space from June 16th to 26th
Selected work from Es Devlin, Anthony Gormley, Richard Hudson, Sophie Jump, John F Macfarlane, Garance Marneur, Conor Murphy, Pippa Nissen, Michael Pavelka, Kathrine Sandys, Hansjorg Schmidt, Jamie Vartan and Naomi Wilkinson will be representing the UK at the National Exhibition.
2011
Exhibitor at the RWCMD, Cardiff- Set and Costume Design
Transformation & Revelation: UK Design for Performance 2007-2011
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff (3 weeks)
2009
Platform @ Meridien Piccadilly, London
Panel discussion examining the work of theatre designers, moderated by Dennis Zacek,
Artistic Director of Chicago’s Victory Gardens Theater.
With special guests Mark Friend (Nation, National Theatre) and Garance Marneur.
30 patrons and U.S. theater producers from New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles
to be attending.
2009
Platform @ Soho Theatre, London
Garance Marneur discusses with Gary Thorne her inspirations behind her design
for Dennis Kelly’s ‘Orphans’ .
With special guest Jon Bausor.
2008
Exhibitor in Lethaby Gallery, London- Set and Costume Design
Art Hand Design
Central Saint Martins
Lethaby Gallery, London (1 week)
2008
Platform @ the National Theatre, London
Julian Crouch: the Designer as Creator, Cottesloe Theatre (National Theatre, London)
Marking the Linbury Biennial Prize, Julian Crouch discusses with Pamela Howard
how designers can be the creators of a project.
With special guest, Garance Marneur, overall winner of the 2007 Linbury Prize.
2007
Exhibitor at the NT (National Theatre, London)- Set and Costume Design
Linbury Biennial Prize for Stage Design 2007
National Theatre, London (2 months)
2004
Exhibitor in Art Gallery, France- 50 Art Pieces (paintings, drawings, photographs, textiles & a children book)
Le rêve
Atelier Catherine Protsenko, France
Other:
2015
Creative Director
The Minions Collective for NBC Universal
Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design, Granary Building, 1 Granary Square, London (2nd July 2013)
Designed by Sylvana Lautier, Philippine Laureau & Denisa Dumitrescu.
2013
Art Director
WPP, The Future of Retail (http://www.wpp.com/wpp/about/whoweare/mission/)
Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design, Granary Building, 1 Granary Square, London (2nd July 2013)
Designed by Zahra Mansoun, Florence Mein and Kate Auster. Stencil design by Marius Bogdanas.
2013
Art Director
Opening of the house of Peroni in London
Portland Place, London (2nd July 2013)
Intonarumori designed and performed by Sisters From Another Mister, and Sinziana Koening.
A collaboration with Bruno Zamborlin and his invention ‘Mogees’
for Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design
2013
Art Director
Spring awakening for the National Aids Trust’s annual Fundraising event.
Haberdashers’ Hall, 18 West Smithfield, London (30th May 2013)
In collaboration with Radley Yelder, a corporate communications consultancy that helps companies tell their stories simply, in one clear voice (ry.com)
With Special guest Andy Bell (from Erasure) and the actor Christopher Biggins.
2012
Set Designer
The Red Ribbon Art Exhibition, Spring awakening, ‘The Silver Soirée’
25th Anniversary of the National Aids Trust
Cavendish square, London (17th May 2012)
Auction at Lo Profile, Soho (30th October 2012)
2006
Urban Designer
London Loves the Thames, Bankside Gallery (Southbank)
Agora
London Architecture Week (16th-24th June 2006)
2005
Architecture model
Narrative design for urban interventions, project by Despina Hadjilouca
Exhibited @ Central Saint Martins
Publications:
Over her past 4 years of freelancing in the Performance Design industry, Garance has gathered over 100 press reviews praising her work.
Regular national press includes The Independent, The Guardian, British Theatre Guide, Time Out, the Evening Standard, The Stage, WhatsOnStage, and multiple other national papers.
Exclusive interviews include an App for the V&A (soon to be released), Ritz Carlton Magazinein New York (4 IN STUDIO:set and costume designer Garance Marneur, weaver and restorer Hayk Oltaci, furniture architect Werner Aisslinger and fashion legend Miuccia Prada, 2008), The Times (THE WORLD IS A STAGE FOR A FREELANCE, 2010), The Independent Art&Design (DRAMATIC PERSONA, 2008), The Stage (RISING STARS, 2007)
+ all press interviews related to winning the Linbury Prize for Stage Design 2007.
Theatre Design work publications include BEHIND THE SCENES: SET DESIGN (BlackDog Publishing, London, to be released soon), GORMLEY TO GAGA: DESIGN FOR PERFORMANCE (exhibition catalogue published by the Victoria & Albert Museum, 2012), TRANSFORMATION & REVELATION: UK DESIGN FOR PERFORMANCE 2007-2011 (exhibition catalogue published The Society of British Theatre Designer, 2011).