Polish stage designers today despise the word ‘decoration’. These artists don’t merely provide embellishment for theatre productions – they create breathtaking, autonomous worlds for artists and ...

A large downstage curtain, whether hewn of red velvet or brilliantly hand-painted, often (quite literally) opens and closes a night at the theatre. Since the original ancient Roman version – the ...

Founded in Kyoto in 1843 by Jimbei Kawashima as a fabric store, it has since supplied more than 2,500 stage curtains to famed theaters, including the Kabuki-za and the National Theater in Tokyo.