Photos: RSC Unveils The Big Picture in Stratford

The Royal Shakespeare Company today (9 April 2009) unveiled “The Big Picture” at its home in Stratford-upon-Avon. The gigantic image, measuring 21 metres in width x 12 metres in height, is displayed on the front of the offices at the construction site of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, which is two years into a three-year, £113 million refurbishment.

The Big Picture has been created by Brazilian photographer Ellie Kurttz, who has photographed 85 productions and rehearsals at the RSC. Digitally composed from four group shots – featuring members of the Whatsonstage.com and Olivier Award-winning Histories company as well as backstage specialists – taken over a two-hour period on the RSC’s Courtyard Theatre stage, The Big Picture will be on display until the end of the year.

For more information on the RSC’s Big Picture, visit www.whatsonstage.com/midlands.

RSC artistic director Michael Boyd, photographer Ellie Kurttz and RSC executive director
Vikki Heywood at The Big Picture unveiling.