Sleeping Beauty at Waddesdon Manor
Collaboration with Tom Piper
Wednesday–Sunday, 15 November 2024–5 January 2025
“ Taking this magical story as inspiration, a team of designers and artists are creating Waddesdon’s most enchanting Christmas experience to date with theatrical installations, projections and soundscapes bringing the much-loved fairytale to life in some of the Manor’s grandest rooms.
Following in Bakst’s theatrical footsteps, Tom Piper MBE, one of Britain’s foremost theatre designers, is reimagining the White Drawing Room with an installation which evokes the famous story. Tom has worked internationally with some of the greatest names in theatre and museums, including the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) and the V&A, and became a household name after co-designing the major art installation Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red at the Tower of London in 2014, commemorating Remembrance Day. Together with fellow artist Paul Cummins, he installed 888,246 ceramic poppies cascading down the walls of the Tower and filling the moat. "
“A set of paintings by Russian designer Léon Bakst, originally displayed in the Tower Room, serves as inspiration for the beloved fairytale of Sleeping Beauty brought to life throughout the House.This year’s highlights include a captivating installation by theatre designer Tom Piper MBE in the White Drawing Room, which responds directly to Bakst’s artwork.”
