V&A theatrical collection

[fuchsoid]

Yesterday's curse lifted itself nicely today, public transport behaved itself, and I got to the V&A without mishap, to see the new theatre and performing arts gallery. After a nice lunch, of course. The museum is still busily reorganising the first floor, with the new gallery where the old textile collection used to be (I think); the textile

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[pondhopper]

Ah...the staircase.
I love the Lady Bracknell dress!
It would be lovely to see the new gallery as I'm no theatre buff but do love all that kind of detail, even fish masks!

(How is your knee these days?)

[fuchsoid]

There are a few more pictures here, not very good, I'm afraid.

The knee is pretty much the same - I seem to be able to walk one day then pay for it with a day of stiffness. How did your foot hold up over last weeks walking?

[pondhopper]

The photos are fine! I love the costumes...now I need to get back to the V&A, not that I need a reason.

We walked and climbed a lot and sometimes it felt like my foot was going to give out but mostly I could manage so it was ok. I don't know what I'll do when I can't wear shoes that take the orthotics. I hate closed shoes in summer and it's really depressing. Silly to be depressed over that...but for some reason it really bothers me.
:(

[artykat]

The staircase is beautiful! So glad you took a photo of it to share

I'm a theater buff and would have loved that!

[fuchsoid]

There are a few more pictures of the staircase (including a nice one of the painted ceiling) here. The costumes were fantastic, but a bit hard to photograph. Since the gallery only opened last week, the museum website doesn't have much on it yet, but if the rest of their site is anything to go on they should have lots of stuff eventually.

[franzeska]

I love the salmon!

[fuchsoid]

I wish I'd noticed what play it was from - it was one of those huge masks that goes all the way down over your shoulders.