Exhibitions

The SBTD Directors are delighted to announce a new National Exhibition Project (NEP) entitled design | stage to be held in Coventry in early Spring 2027 with Dana Pinto as our new Curator.

We have secured our venue for the next SBTD national exhibition, design | stage, showcasing the membership’s professional work from 2023–2027. SBTD has previously held physical exhibitions in Sheffield, Manchester, Cardiff, and Nottingham, and we are now delighted to share that we will be heading to Coventry in the Midlands in early Spring 2027.

design | stage will take place in Coventry Universitie’s Delia Derbyshire Building. There is space to show a great range of work, including installations, performances, large costumes, puppets and artefacts as well as design process in all its forms. So please start thinking how you would like visitors to encounter your ideas, processes, collaborations and commitment to working sustainably and ethically.

There will be a full colour print catalogue to accompany the exhibition, a range of events and schools programme and we are in discussions as to how work can be shown in follow-on galleries around the UK.

SBTD co-ordinates the UK professional entry for the Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space (www.pq.cz).