Talk | Nicholson and the Theatre with Jane Pritchard

Join Jane Pritchard, Curator of Dance, Theatre and Performance at the Victoria and Albert Museum, for a richly illustrated talk exploring William Nicholson’s fascinating, and often overlooked, contribution to the theatre in the early 20th century, from Peter Pan to Hogarth’s Rake.

Best known as a painter and printmaker, William Nicholson also threw himself into the world of performance, creating designs for plays, musical shows, and ballets. Working with bold and innovative producers such as Nigel Playfair and C. B. Cochran, he helped shape a new vision for stage design at a time of great change in British theatre.

Discover how Nicholson’s creative imagination leapt from the canvas to the stage, and how his theatrical designs reflect the wider story of performance, art, and innovation in the period.

This talk is part of our March Late event. By purchasing this talk ticket you also gain free access to our galleries, exhibitions and drop-in activities from 5-8.30pm.

Jane Pritchard

Jane Pritchard is Curator of Dance, Theatre and Performance at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London where she curated Diaghilev and the Golden Age of the Ballets Russes, 1909–1929. This was adapted for Canada, Spain and the USA and she edited the accompanying book. Her other exhibitions include Les Ballets 1933 (which toured Britain and the USA), Rambert Dance Company at 75, A Flash of Light: The Dance Photography of Chris Nash, Hand in Glove, a performed exhibition on the work of Lea Anderson; Anthony Crickmay: Photographing People and Performance and On Point. Royal Academy of Dance at 100. Previously she was archivist for Rambert Dance Company and English National Ballet. She has made radio programmes, curated seasons of dance films and contributed to numerous publications. She was a recipient of a Churchill Travel Fellowship and the Anthony Denning Research Award. She was awarded an MBE in the 2014 New Year Honours.