The Society of British Theatre Designers

2011 National Exhibition

Adrian Vaux

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Biography

Adrian Vaux Production Designer
Adrian studied design at the Slade School. He was House Designer at London’s Mermaid Theatre 1964-1970, House designer at Leicester Phoenix and subsequently at the Haymarket 1971-1980. He designed many productions during this time, some of which transferred to the West End, including “My Fair Lady”, “Cause Celebre” and “Tomfoolery”. He was House Designer at the Old Vic 1980-1982. Adrian began working in Israel in 1968. Designing productions for Habimah, Cameri, Haifa and Jerusalem theatres. Association with Sobol began with original productions of “Weininger’s Night”, “Ghetto”, “Palestinian Girl”, “Adam”, “Jerusalem Syndrome” and “Nice Toni”. This association led to his working in Germany and United States. Many of these productions raised highly controversial issues, both political and social such as the ‘great silence’ surrounding discussions of the Holocaust, and the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. His more recent work includes the USA tours of “Miss Saigon” and the musical “Oliver”, also “Guys & Dolls” and “August, Osage County”.