Simon Banham
Lecturer in Scenographic Studies.
Contact
Email: shb@aber.ac.uk
Phone: 01970 628573
Teaching Areas
- SG20310 - Practice of scenography
- SG20520 - Devising scenography (20 credits)
- SG30820 - Scenography in production 2
- DR22510 - Costume design theory and practice
- DR22310 - Set design theory and practice
- DR32420 - Costume design project
- DR34220 - Design II
Research
Scenography as a co-author in the creation of performances. Scenography as alternative and co–dependent ‘text’, with Quarantine (theatre company): issues and territory surrounding working with ‘experts of the everyday’, untrained performers, creating a highly theatricalised anti theatrical aesthetic, relational environments, and a desire to create ‘situations' in work that is situated on the borders of theatre and dance. The integration of a relational scenography within the creation and commissioning of contemporary Opera/music Theatre.
Biography
Simon Banham has spent the past 20 years designing and devising theatre across Britain. His work has been mainly freelance, occasionally associated with particular companies - Contact Theatre, Manchester – Head of Design (1991-1995), Quarantine - performance research company – founder member (1999-present)As a professional designer he has created over 90 productions and his work has taken him throughout Europe and to Festivals in Brazil, co-productions in Russia and workshops for students and practitioners in Sierra Leone and India.
Since September 1998 he has taught in the Department of Theatre, Film and Television at Aberystwyth University, initially part-time then full time from 1999.