Happy Birthday William : An update and selection of comments from donors & supporters (23 April)

­April 23, 2021

Today, 23 April, is celebrated worldwide as the birthday of William Shakespeare. The cultural legacy of the “Bard of Avon” is impossible to put into words but must include the[…]

News on restructuring of the V&A Theatre & Performance Department. 06 April.

­April 6, 2021

STATEMENT I would like to supply an update on the SIBMAS campaign to help save the Theatre & Performance Department at the V&A Museum in London. The Director, Dr Tristram[…]

The proposed restructuring & job losses at the V&A Theatre & Performance Department. 30 March

­March 29, 2021

Statement The V&A internal consultation process with its staff is concluding at the end of March.  To my knowledge there has been no consultation with the industry or related bodies[…]

SIBMAS response to the recent statement by the V&A concerning the National Art Library and archive jobs.

­March 18, 2021

(Press Release) Paris – 18/03/2021 In response to the V&A press release: Update on Proposed Changes to the National Art Library We welcome the V&A’s[…]

“Save the V&A Theatre & Performance Department” Campaign Page

­March 6, 2021

The Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A) is undertaking a massive organisational remodelling of the museum’s structure, this at first looked like the Theatre & Performance department would vanish in the[…]

The V&A is proposing to close its Theatre & Performance Department!

­March 4, 2021

I have some very sad news concerning the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), in London. As a cost saving exercise, the V&A are proposing to close[…]

Hear the theatre

­February 8, 2021

Discover with the Bibliothèque nationale de France the history of the voice in the theatre: theatre acoustics, the socio-political dimension of the voice, the mutations of the second half of[…]

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An exhibition reporting the diversity of the collections of the department of Performing arts.

The Performing Arts Department is dedicated to preserving all types of documents produced before, during and after the performance: manuscripts of texts, correspondence, models, set elements, costumes and objects, photographs, audiovisual documents, posters, drawings and prints, programs and press clippings... as well as books and magazines.

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Département des arts du spectacle
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