Project: Develop, design and install a creative intervention in the streets of York to celebrate Europe’s first pop-up Shakespearean theater. York’s Theater Royal wanted to celebrate the arrival of Europe’s first pop-up Shakespearean theater in the city and install several design interventions in the theater’s vicinity to engage audiences in all things Shakespeare. York is an almost intact Medieval city that has grown and developed organically. Unlike British nineteenth-century cities, it has a more human scale and is riddled with hidden places, overlooked details and historical corners. Not unlike the surroundings where Shakespeare would have written his plays. Students designed and installed eight full scale design interventions as part of a walking tour that brings a Shakespearean story to the streets and corners of York.
Course: Design in Europe program, 2017
Partner: Theatre Royal, York
