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Issy VB

@issyvb

Theatre Designer // she/her // Currently: DORIAN - Southwark Playhouse / RHYTHM & RUSE / GÖTTERDAMMERUNG - Regents Opera, York Hall // insta: issyvb_design

 London
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Joined December 2009
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Congratulations to those who have won in our Design category! David Shields for Beauty and the Beast: A Horny Love Story @charingcrossthr Derek Anderson for Brixton Calling @swkplay Isabella Van Braeckel for Die Rheinnixen… instagram.com/reel/DWhZ3thjV… #Offies2026
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In the Creation category our winners are: Diane Samuels & Titania Krimpas for As Long As We Are Breathing @arcolatheatre David Javerbaum & Adam Schlessinger for Cry-Baby: The Musical @arcolatheatre Jack Holden & Ed Stambollouian for KENREX… instagram.com/reel/DWha7lSjZ… #Offies2026
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“I can’t talk about it without crying.” Sondheim speaking about the painting at the heart of Sunday in the Park with George:
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'Deeply heartbreaking and soaringly uplifting, reminding us to live fully and always to progress. It leaves you panting, exhausted but grateful for every gulp of air and determined to make them count' @Gabrielwilding1 Ends 1 March @arcolatheatre gabriel-wilding.co.uk/as-lon…
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Elated for this nom! Even if I have to change my name 😂
OffWestEnd | The Offies (@OffWestEndCom) profile pictureOffWestEnd | The Offies@OffWestEndCom2 Sep 2024
Isabelle Van Braeckel - Dorian: The Musical - @swkplay #Offies2025 #NewNoms: COSTUME congratulations! 🎉 Congratulate them by adding a comment on our website: Isabelle Van Braeckel - Dorian: The Musical - @swkplay #Offies2025 #NewNoms: COSTUME… dlvr.it/TCjs9l
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And get this for a fun fact! Baby Bob Mackie!!
Sarah McGonagall (@gothspiderbitch) profile pictureSarah McGonagall@gothspiderbitch7 Jun 2024
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Fun fact: the twin suits and Judy’s “Liza” gown were some of Bob Mackie’s earliest designs. His first job on TV was as a costume assistant on Judy’s show, where his work would be worn onscreen for the first time— launching his historic career designing for Carol Burnett and Cher.
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This has brought me so much joy to watch this evening!
Sarah McGonagall (@gothspiderbitch) profile pictureSarah McGonagall@gothspiderbitch7 Jun 2024
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Cannot stress enough how mindbogglingly insane it is that Liza started her career like THIS and then was able to carve out a career so iconic in her own right that most people nowadays don’t even know that she and Judy are even related, let alone the loves of each other’s lives.
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This article is so well articulated, well worth a read & a good think over
omar elerian (@omar_elerian) profile pictureomar elerian@omar_elerian24 Apr 2024
Just leaving this here because this level of debate feels quite absent from the British theatre mainstream. That’s not to say I agree with everything Louis writes, but that it’s refreshing to be able to have a debate of ideas rather than one of truths jacobin.com/2024/04/edouard-…

Édouard Louis: Your Identity Isn’t Private Property

Author Édouard Louis was asked if he thought someone lacking his experience of homophobia could stage a theater adaptation of one of his books. In his response, he argues against a restrictive idea...

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RIP Peter Higgs, Mr God Particle himself. What an incredible legacy, thank you for your world-changing science. 💫 #higgsboson #PeterHiggs
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It is pretty hard to post this - I have not done so before although I kept it. But it needs to be posted because Susan Hall is the ⁦@Conservatives⁩ candidate for Mayor of London and people need to know what she is.
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I entered The Picture of Dorian Gray Lottery for £20 tickets on @TodayTix! Tap here to enter: todaytix.com/london/shows/35…
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I entered The Picture of Dorian Gray Lottery for £20 tickets on @TodayTix! Tap here to enter: todaytix.com/london/shows/35…
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I entered The Picture of Dorian Gray Lottery for £20 tickets on @TodayTix! Tap here to enter: todaytix.com/london/shows/35…
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IdeasTap - gone Old Vic New Voices/24 hr Plays - gone OV12 - gone VAULT - gone EdFringe - priced out ACE - tiny success rate so what now
VAULT (@wearevault_) profile pictureVAULT@wearevault_13 Mar 2024
It is with immense sadness that we announce the closure of VAULT Festival and the cancellation of plans for our new London home, after failing to secure the funding required to continue. 🧵 1/8
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I entered The Picture of Dorian Gray Lottery for £20 tickets on @TodayTix! Tap here to enter: todaytix.com/london/shows/35…
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I entered the Cabaret Lottery for £25 tickets on @TodayTix! Tap here to enter: todaytix.com/london/shows/23…
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Feels appropriate right now 🫠😂
Freelancers Make Theatre Work (@FreelancersMake) profile pictureFreelancers Make Theatre Work@FreelancersMake5 Mar 2024
Freelancers do not get laid off or made redundant, instead they simply cease to get work. #FreelancersMakeTheatreWork
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I entered the Cabaret Lottery for £25 tickets on @TodayTix! Tap here to enter: todaytix.com/london/shows/23…
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The winner for Best Set Design which is awarded to Galya Solodovnikova for 'The White Factory' @MaryleboneTHLDN
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