2005

The Judges for the 2005 Linbury Prize were Professor Pamela Howard, Tobias Hoheisel and Julian Crouch.

Professor Pamela Howard is a practising scenographer, director, curator, teacher and writer. Her book, What is Scenography? (Routledge UK/USA), has now been translated into several languages. In 2002 she directed and designed her own version of the 15th Century Spanish Classic La Celestina at the Hopkins Center USA. Following several experimental music theatre productions, in June 2005 she directed and designed Martinu's opera The Greek Passion at the National Theatre of Northern Greece Opera, Thessaloniki. Her second book Designing Nothing is in preparation, and a further new production Please Take a Seat will be presented as part of the Belgrade International Theatre Festival 2005. 
   
Tobias Hoheisel is an internationally renowned theatre designer whose work is regularly used by the most famous theatres and opera houses in the world. Currently Glimmerglass Opera in New York and the Glyndebourne Festival are using his designs for productions of Cosi Fan Tutte and Bartered Bride respectively. Other institutions he has worked with include Los Angeles Opera, Sante Fe Opera, English National Opera and the Royal Opera House where he won a Lawrence Oliver award in 2001 for his production of Boulevard. He trained at the Hochschule der Künste, Berlin and now lives in Sussex. 
   
Julian Crouch is a director, designer, writer, maker and teacher whose career has spanned theatre, opera, film and television. Along with Phelim McDermott and Lee Simpson, he is a founder member and artistic director of Improbable, a company that has won many awards and acclaim both critically and publicly. Julian recently co-directed and co-designed A Midsummer Night's Dream in Hamburg and designed Jerry Springer the Opera in the West End. Julian also co-directed and designed Shockheaded Peter with Phelim McDermott. Julian is the first theatre designer to receive a NESTA fellowship award.