I was commissioned by Chrysalis Arts to produce a body of work for the North Yorkshire open studios. I chose the Georgian Theatre Royal in Richmond for my project, and spent a week at the theatre, exploring the building, its theatre museum and archives. The pieces I produced drew on the history of the place; they became about memory, about words echoing across the centuries, from the first words in the first ever performance on the opening night in 1788, to the words spoken when the theatre was restored and re-opened in 1963. Visually I found inspiration in the theatre’s collection of posters, with their mix of different typefaces as well as in the early painted scenery on display in the museum. I kept a blog about the progress of my project, which you can find
here.