Celebrating design talent from across the globe

Awards have been given to performance designers participating in the World Stage Design 2013 festival taking place in Cardiff.

Their talent and creativity was celebrated at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in a ceremony hosted by Sean Crowley, project leader and Director of Drama at the College.

Prof Pamela Howard OBE, Founder of Scenofest talks about the Festival at the Awards Ceremony – credit: Flor Dias

The call for exhibition entries in early 2013 received over 600 submissions from 52 countries – among them, set, costume, lighting, and sound designs created for some of the world’s best known and admired performance companies.

One hundred finalists were selected to exhibit their work during the World Stage Design 2013 festival in Cardiff, and over the last week the exhibits have been visited by thousands of international attendees.

Gold, silver and bronze awards were given for exceptional work across all categories, and awards were also given for each design category including set, costume, lighting, sound design, new media, performance design and installation.

Sophie Jump accepts her award for Exceptional Achievement across all categories – Credit: Flor Dias

The winners are listed below:

THE MEDALS

Exceptional Achievement across all categories

Sophie Jump – Gold

Ulla Kassius – Silver

Conor Murphy – Bronze

Category Awards:

SET DESIGN

Jamie Vartan

Shortlist

Lukas Noll

Xinglin Liu

COSTUME DESIGN

Simona Rybáková

Shortlist

Marja Uusitalo

Natalya Kolosowsky

LIGHTING DESIGN

Xóchitl González Quintanilla

Shortlist

I-Hua Kao

Madeleine Sobota

SOUND DESIGN

DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF STEVEN BROWN

Igor Drevalev

Shortlist

Karen Lauke

Marcelo Pellegrini

INTERATIVE & NEW MEDIA:

Tung-Yen Chou

Shortlist

Fereshteh Rostampour

Yei-Sheng Wang

PERFORMANCE DESIGN:

Ulla Kassius

Shortlist

Ciaran Omelia

Louise Ann Wilson

INSTALLATION DESIGN:

David Shearing

Shortlist

Ariane Harrison

Jan Strobbe

TEMPORARY SUSTAINABLE THEATRE:

BRAD STEINMETZ and TIM LAI