Past Visiting Lecturer Jenny Tiramani

Jenny Tiramani Came to do a project with our 1st Yr Interpreters and at a later date a talk & demonstration on starching ruffs, and a talk on her work at the Globe Theatre

Past Visiting Lecturer Jenny Tiramani 

We had the rare privilege of Jenny doing an Elizabethan Project with the 1st Yr Interpreters in 2007

The students made two childs costumes all individual parts divided amongst them.

Jenny Tiramani was the Director of Theatre Design at Shakespeare’s Globe, London until 2005.  She received the 2003 Olivier Award for her costume designs of TWELFTH NIGHT there. From 1979 - 1997 she was Associate Designer at the Theatre Royal Stratford East, London.

Jenny Tiramani's talk and demonstration on Starching Ruff's 

Jenny Tiramani's talk on her work at the Globe Theatre

Past Shows National Gallery

WCA and The National Gallery London invited the public to view a unique collection of costumes designed and created by 2nd and 3rd year BA costume students at WCA, UAL. The Costume Shows ran throughout May were part of the National Gallery Friday Lates programme, and in past years the collaboration has been a great success.

Hilary Baxter, Costume Pathway Leader at Wimbledon, commented that the shows are "a wonderful opportunity to show the different ways in which the students are currently producing new and exciting costume work" and noted that both staff and students were looking forward to sharing the finished costumes with the Gallery and the public.

In May in a series of live art events and costume parades as students from WCA brang National Gallery paintings to life as part of the Costume Parade, the Gallery's Sainsbury Wing Theatre stage became a catwalk for a special show, where the student costume Designers & Interpreters talked about their creations. The models then paraded on a set route around the Gallery before striking a pose in front of the individual paintings used by the designers as their inspiration.

Show Details

1 May 
The Prince & The Showgirl

Includes costumes inspired by Van Gogh's 'Sunflowers', Botticelli's 'Venus and Mars', Velázquez's 'Philip IV of Spain' and Turner's 'Fighting Temeraire'. Costumes made by Wimbledon's 3rd Year Costume Interpretation students.

8 May
Transfigurations

Costumes making their catwalk debut will included those inspired by Delaroche's 'The Execution of Lady Jane Grey' and Degas's 'Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando'. Costumes by 3rd Year Costume Design students from WCA.

22 May
Everyman

A parade based on characters from the classic morality play and inspired by National Gallery pictures.Paintings used as a starting point for these particular costumes include Holbein's 'Ambassadors' and Picasso's 'Child with a Dove'. Costumes by Wimbledon's 2nd Year Costume Design students.

29 May
Stepping Out of the Frame

Models paraded through the Gallery in costumes bringing 17th- and 18th-century paintings to life. Costumes by 2nd Year Costume Interpretation students from Wimbledon College of Art. [British Sign Language interpreted]