Who We Are
Committee
The Linbury Prize is steered by a committee: Anya Sainsbury (chairman), Bob Crowley, Sean Crowley, Tim Hatley, Professor Pamela Howard, Lady Deborah MacMillan, Vicki Mortimer [and Philip Lawford, administrator of the Linbury Trust]
Anya Sainsbury had a distinguished career as Anya Linden with the Royal Ballet Company from 1951 to 1965, becoming a ballerina in 1958. After retiring from the company, she studied stage design at the Slade School of Art. She has continued to be actively involved in the Royal Ballet School and the Rambert School, both as a teacher and on their governing bodies. Anya established the Linbury Prize for Stage Design in 1987.
Bob Crowley has designed over 20 productions for the National Theatre, most recently Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, Gethsemane, Fram (also co-directed), The History Boys (also on Broadway - Tony Award), His Girl Friday and Mourning Becomes Electra, and more than 25 for the RSC, including: Les Liaisons Dangereuses and The Plantagenets, for which he won an Olivier Award. Other credits include Don Carlo and La Traviata (ROH); Into the Woods and Orpheus Descending for the Donmar Warehouse; Pavane and Anastasia (Royal Ballet); The Magic Flute (ENO); The Cunning Little Vixen (Châtelet); The Coast of Utopia and Carousel (Lincoln Center Theater, New York - Tony Award for both); The Seagull (Public Theatre New York); Paul Simon's The Capeman, The Sweet Smell Of Success, and Disney's Aida (Broadway - Tony Award for the latter). Most recent work includes Tarzan for Disney which he also directed (Broadway and The Netherlands); Mary Poppins (Prince Edward Theatre & Broadway - Tony Award); and The Year of Magical Thinking (Broadway and National Theatre). He is a recipient of the Royal Designer for Industry Award.
Sean Crowley graduated from Wimbledon School of Art in 1985. He has worked across the UK and Europe as a designer. In September 1999 Sean became Head of Design at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. He continues to design although his greater commitment is now given to education. Sean has recently become the UK representative on the OISTAT education commitee, and will be co-ordinating the Scenofest at the Prague Quaddrennial in 2007.
Tim Hatley trained at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design and was a Linbury winner in 1989. Winner of the 2002 Olivier Award, 2002 Tony Award & 2002 Drama Desk Award for Best Set Design for Private Lives (West End & Broadway) and Humble Boy (RNT/ West End). He has also worked with a wide range of companies including Théâtre de Complicité, Royal National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, Donmar Warehouse, Almeida, ENO, Scottish Opera, Opera North, Northern Ballet and English National Ballet.
Professor Pamela Howard OBE is a practising scenographer, director, curator, teacher and writer. The second edition of "What is Scenography?" (Routledge UK/USA) will be published in June 2009. In 2005 she directed and designed the opera The Greek Passion (Martinu/Kazantsakis), National Theatre of Northern Greece Opera, Thessaloniki, a site specific staging. In 2008 she created Sao Paolo Stories, Espaco Cenografico Sao Paulo Brazil, and performance workshops Teatro Castro Alves , Salvador, and Theatre and Ritual Festival, Taipei, Taiwan. In 2009 she was Project Designer for The Great Game Tricycle Theatre Kilburn. In October 2009 she will be Director/Designer on The Marriage (Martinu) National Theatre of BRNO, CZ. In 2008 was awarded OBE for Services to Drama.
Lady Deborah MacMillan studied at the National Art School in East Sydney. She has exhibited widely in London since 1984, and her paintings have been seen at Fischer Fine Art, Camden Arts Centre, the ICA, Jason and Rhodes, the Contemporary Art Society, the Royal Academy, Glyndebourne Opera and the Royal Opera House. She has also carried out many public roles, which currently include honorary board member, American Ballet Theatre; board member National Youth Dance Company; trustee Wimbledon School of Art.
Vicki Mortimer studied at the Slade School of Art and her opera designs include Così fan tutte, The Miserly Knight, Gianni Schicchi (GFO); Jephtha, Jenůfa, Kát'a Kabanová (WNO); The Turn of the Screw (Scottish Opera); Salome (ENO). She has worked extensively with the RSC and NT,. She has also designed for Random Dance Co; the Royal Ballet; NDT; the Almeida Theatre; Donmar Warehouse; Crucible Theatre, Sheffield; Gate Theatre; Shochiku Theatre, Japan; National Theatre, Ireland. Recent work includes Waves, The Seagull, Attempts on Her Life, The Man of Mode, A Matter of Life and Death (NT); The Wild Duck (Donmar Warehouse); costumes for Fiddler on the Roof and Nine (Broadway); Jumpers (NT, Piccadilly Theatre, Broadway); Easter and Natt och Drommar (Royal Dramatic Theatre Stockholm); Boy Gets Girl, Mountain Language/Ashes to Ashes, My Zinc Bed, The Country (Royal Court); The Seagull (RSC and tour); The Real Thing (Donmar Warehouse, West End, Broadway).