Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre launches 50th-anniversary costume exhibition
According to BBC Entertainment & Arts, Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre has launched Mythic Reinvention, a free exhibition celebrating 50 years of costume and craft, open until 15 November. The showcased items come from performances by actors such as Hugh Grant, Bob Hoskins, Helen Mirren, Andrew Garfield, Maxine Peake and Don Warrington, and the theatre’s archive holds more than 25,000 costumes and related items, with outfits still made in-house.
Key facts
- 01The Mythic Reinvention exhibition celebrates 50 years of the Royal Exchange Theatre, open to the public for free and running until 15 November.
- 02The display features costumes from notable performances by Hugh Grant (1986), Bob Hoskins and Helen Mirren (1981), Andrew Garfield (2004), Maxine Peake (2015), and Don Warrington (2016).
- 03The Royal Exchange’s archive holds more than 25,000 costumes and other items, with all theatre outfits made in-house.
- 04The exhibition was curated by Leslie Travers and aims to give audiences an insight into the theatre’s costume department and its creators.
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