TT1819 Cultural Catalogue

PRIMARY, SECONDARY, POST-16 & SEN OFFERS
Victoria & Albert Museum
Project Name
Performance Design & Make-up
About the Project
The Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in London is the
world's largest museum of art, design & performance,
housing a permanent collection of over 2.3 million
objects. It was founded in 1852 and named after Queen
Victoria and Prince Albert. We offer a wide range of
gallery tours, practical workshops, exhibition visits,
events, screenings and projects for pupils aged from
EYFS-KS5 and post-16.
Our focus is on the collections and galleries of the V&A
and, as the leading museum of art, design and
performance, our main curriculum focus is on these three
areas, though our primary offer is particularly rich in links
to English, history and R.E.
For this offer, we are providing details of our performance
focussed design sessions:
• Design for Performance Workshop (Set)
• Design for Performance Workshop (Costume)
• Stage Make-up Workshop
At the start of the session, students are taken on a short
tour of the Theatre and Performance Galleries to see
some of the costumes and set model boxes in the
national collection of performing arts and make-up
displays of the show ‘Wicked’.
They then work back in the studio and will either:
• Use simple materials to create a model box or rough
designs for a costume. Please specify at the time of
booking if you would like to focus on set design or
costume design
• Be shown a full demo on one student of a make-up
design. This can either focus on Make-up for Musicals,
Basic Special FX, Make-up styles through History or
Tips for Schools Productions
If there is a specific text or performance you have in mind
to focus on, do let us know that too when you book. We
also offer a Perform Tour, a 1-hour theatre and
performance gallery tour, which is free of charge,
however this is not accompanied by a workshop.
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