Simon Donger
Lecturer
Course Leader MA/MFA Scenography
Central School of Speech and Drama
United Kingdom
Biography
I am a scenographer and researcher who trained in sculpture and scenography in Canada and the UK. My practical research revolves around the on-going development of a custom-made interactive lighting system through applications across a variety of performance genres. I also conduct theoretical research on historical and contemporary scenographic critiques of humanist theatre. I joined Central in 2005. In 2010, I co-created the MA Scenography with Joanna Parker and became its Course Leader in 2012. My practice is deeply influenced by my experience of working with the Italian company Societas Raffaello Sanzio in 2004 for the entire process of creation of their performance L#09. In 2016, I was awarded a Golden Mask Best Light for Musical Theatre for the lighting and projection design of the Bolshoi ballet's Hero of Our Time.
Research Interest
Posthumanist scenography
Publications
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2013. 'To set and not to set: Destabilizing Abstraction in Scenography'. In Performance Research 18: On Scenography, edited by Sodja Lotker and Richard Gough (Routledge). pp. 154-160
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2015. 'Lebendiges Licht / Theatre Space.' In form Design Magazine Nº262, edited by Franziska Porsch (Frankfurt: Verlag form GmbH & Co. KG), pp. 60-65
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2017. Scenography (Forthcoming; The Crowood Press).
