Becs Andrews

On 6th May Becs and Jon Hughes (composer) will deliver a seminar about the making of TRANSMISSION at the Department of Music, University of York. Attendance is open to all. 4 – 5:30pm Rymer Auditorium.

Becs is designing set and costumes for Improbable’s The Tempest directed by Phelim McDermott.  A co-production with Northern Stage and Oxford Playhouse, The Tempest opens in Autumn 2015. Book tickets here

Becs’ video work Gold Dust has been selected for the prestigious Royal Society science/art exhibition this summer, Enlightenment which will be viewed by over 14,000 visitors. This year’s theme is Light, in celebration of the International Year of Light.

Superposition Packhorse Event 007: Virtual Worlds: From the macrocosm to the microcosm. 18th March 6-8pm The Packhorse, Leeds http://www.thesuperposition.org/event/007virtualworlds/

Becs is designing Theatre Mill’s forthcoming production of The Strange Case of Dr Jeykll & Mr Hyde at the astonishing Merchant Advernturer’s Hall in York. The production is directed by Samuel Wood and opens on February 26th. Tickets are available from . . .

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Following the film and documentary premiere of TRANSMISSION at Media City Salford, Becs and her team been invited by Salford University to develop TRANSMISSION: INTERACTIVE for Manchester Science Festival this October. TRANSMISSION is a contemporary dance performance and interactive installation . . .

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Becs recently collaborated with artist Laurence Payot on We Are Now, a site-specific project which took place on Dunstable Downs for the second year running http://www.bedfordcreativearts.org.uk/index.php/laurence-payot-dunstable-wind-charming-day/

The team behind TRANSMISSION contemporary dance and interactive installation are visiting the Watershed in Bristol this Friday lunchtime to give a talk about the work and showing a 10 minute film of TRANSMISSION. The talk will take place at the Pervasive Media . . .

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Becs has been invited to sit on a discussion panel for The Cultural Capital Exchange’s forthcoming conference Culture, Creativity and the Academy – building a new ‘Grand Partnership’  The conference takes place at Milton Court, London on June 24, 2014 More information . . .

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Becs’ installation art work Gold Dust / Of Memory And Light is showing at Clothworkers South, University of Leeds from 12th February. Particle physics, 3-D projection and water combine to create a study of memory and light. The work concludes . . .

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Faster which Becs designed for Birmingham Royal Ballet has finished its second UK tour, and will be produced in Tokyo by National Ballet of Japan  Faster premiered in June 2012 to national critical acclaim:‘The work looks fantastic, with the 21 dancers dressed in sports . . .

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Becs was one of 100 international performance designers selected to exhibit in World Stage Design 2013, where she presented her designs for Faster. She is featured twice in the Telegraph’s best of gallery from WSD13 – http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturepicturegalleries/10301908/World-Stage-Design-best-exhibits-in-pictures.html?frame=2668189 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturepicturegalleries/10301908/World-Stage-Design-best-exhibits-in-pictures.html?frame=2667973 ‘the most . . .

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Following the sell out tour last summer, the National Theatre’s production of Romeo and Juliet directed by Bijan Sheibani and designed by Becs is returning to The Shed in October ‘audaciously visual’ Time Out ‘Full of light, colour, movement and music. . . .

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Becs is delighted to be returning to the Royal Opera House to design two new operas for the Spring season. Through His Teeth will be composed by Luke Bedford, with libretto by David Harrower and directed by Bijan Sheibani. The . . .

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