The Shakespeareans: Portraits in Paint and Words

kiri | 27th July 2016

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Writer and art historian Laura-Jane Foley has collaborated with artist and designer Janet Lance Hughes to produce an unusual exhibition of portraits at The Club at the Ivy. ‘The Shakespeareans’ is a series of portraits of well-known actors who have depicted Shakespeare characters on stage. In an exciting creative collaboration between writer and artist, Laura-Jane and Janet invited leading actors to sit for them both so there exists a written portrait and a visual portrait. Text and image will be displayed side by side in this bold new exhibition so that the viewer obtains a fuller sense of the sitter than is usually obtained through word or image alone. Sitters include Joss Ackland, Christopher Biggins, Emma Fielding, Jonathan Pryce, Zoe Wanamaker and Greg Wise.

Exhibition runs from Friday 12 August to Friday 19 August.

At The Club at the Ivy, 9 West Street, London, WC2H 9NE