The Actors Centre is the UK’s foremost training provider for actors’ ongoing professional development.

The Actors Centre needed a new website which improved user navigation, had strong calls to action and smooth transfers to point of sale, incorporated the Actors Centre’s presence on social networking sites and gave a sense of dynamic content with a news feed.

The Actors Centre had a vast archive of photos and they wanted to maximise the use of these in the site, so we developed a large banner area which randomly selects an image from their gallery each time the page is refreshed.

The Actors Centre’s ISP would not support a WordPress installation or other CMS software. They had previously been updating their site in Contribute and decided that for the time being they would continue doing so, so the site was developed using HTML. We designed a site that could easily be developed in WordPress should the Actors Centre wish to upgrade at any point in the future.

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Actors Centre Home Page

Actors Centre Inside Page

Actors Centre Inside Page

A3 Poster

A3 Poster

The Space is a theatre venue on the Isle of Dogs. As a receiving house they often have to work with images and designs provided by the visiting companies. The quality and style of these images can vary greatly. They wanted to establish style guidelines and design templates that would ensure consistency across a season and could work with a wide range of different types of images.

The Space was using chalkboards at the venue to promote upcoming shows and this handwritten/scratchy aesthetic influenced the design of the Spring Season brochure. We developed a series of Photoshop actions which could be applied to all photographic images so that the variance in image quality and photographic styles would be less obvious. It was printed as an A6 format so that it could easily fit into customer’s pockets or handbags.

A6 Brochure

Cover

A3 Poster

Poster

DL Flyer

Dl Flyer

E-Flyer

E-Flyer

Programme – A3 folded to A5

Programme Cover - Folded down to A5

Programme Inside

Programme Inside Page - Folded out to A3

Programme Back Cover

Press Ads

Press Ad

Press Ad

A3 Poster

DL Flyer

DL Flyer

Programme – A3 folded to A5

Programme Cover

Programme Inside Page

Programme Inside Page - Folded out to A3

Programme Back Cover

This video was made for Tamasha Theatre Company to support the UK tour of their prodution of Snookered.

For their 2012 Season Darlinghurst Theatre Company wanted a lighter and more colourful feel to contrast with their 2011 season. We designed their 2012 brochure and launched a new website that reflected the new look and feel. We’ll be working with DTC throughout the year on the poster designs for all their shows.
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Brochure Cover

Inside Brochure

Poster Design

Poster Design

For Season 2011, we worked with Darlinghurst Theatre Company to create a consistent and unified branding approach, that could function across all of the theatre’s marketing materials.

As many of the shows at Darlinghurst Theatre are co-operative, creative assets tend to come from a disparate number of sources, within varying scales of budget. Our goal was to provide designs, layouts and type treatments that could bring together these material under the one ‘umbrella’ of Darlinghurst Theatre Company in a striking manner.

We started with a refresh of the Darlo logo, which was then used to inspire new creative layouts. The aim for these were that they be type-oriented, thus accommodating different imagery, yet maintain a clean, unobtrusive layout for messaging and artwork.

To provide a point of distinction, the lower messaging strap is treated graphically, evoking themes from the text or performance. This provides a unique point of reference for each collection of materials.

The designs have also been applied across online banner creative used to promote the shows.

Brochure – front cover

Brochure – Show layout example 1

Brochure – Show layout example 2

Brochure – Show layout example 3

Orange Flower Water A3 Poster

Alvin Sputnik A3 Poster

I Only Came to Use the Phone A3 Poster

We were approached by Darlinghurst Theatre Company to design the print marketing materials for their 2009 and 2010 season. This was the first time DTC had considered working with one designer for all shows and they wanted to create a style that would ensure that their branding remained consistent and of a high standard.

The Space is a theatre and community arts venue on the Isle of Dogs. We worked with them in 2011 to create a strong visual style that could be used consistently across all their  print and online marketing materials. As they do not have a budget that allows them to be able to outsource graphic design work, the design had to be delivered in simple templates that could be easily implemented by someone with a basic knowledge of Photoshop.

The Space usually works in co-production with other companies so whilst it was important for the design to have a distinct and identifiable ‘Space’ style, it was also necessary that the template be flexible enough to work with a range of images of varying quality.

Poster

Poster

Poster

Poster

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