Jan Versweyveld
Awards
2017 Molière Award for Visual Creation for Les Damnés
2016 Knight of Illumination Award for Song from Far Away
2015 Amsterdam Award for the Arts for Proven Quality (with Ivo van Hove)
2015 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Scenic Design for Scenes from a Marriage
Bessie Award in New York for scenography of Drumming Live
OBIE Award for Hedda Gabler
2008 Prosceniumprijs (Dutch theatre prize) together with Ivo van Hove.
Nominations
2019 KOI-USA The Altman Lighting Award for Plays (Large Venue) for Network
2019 Tony Award for Best Scenic Design for Network
2019 Tony Award for Best Lighting Design with Tal Yarden for Network
2018 Olivier Award for Best Lighting for Network at the National Theatre
Jan Versweyveld received his training at the Sint Lucas Institute in Brussels and at the Royal Academy in Antwerp. In the 1980s, he and Ivo van Hove were two of the founders of the Flemish theatre groups Akt/Vertikaal and Toneelproducties De Tijd.
Jan designs set and light across theatre, dance, opera and for exhibition spaces on an international scale.
Gallery
2022
Production |
Company |
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A Little Life | Edinburgh International Festival, Dir. Ivo van Hove, Costume Des. An D'Huys |
Ingolstadt | Salzburg Festival, Dir. Ivo van Hove, Costume Des. An D'Huys |
The Human Voice | Harold Pinter Theatre, Dir. Ivo van Hove |
Age of Rage | The Barbican, Dir. Ivo van Hove, Costume Des. An D'Huys |
Le Tartuffe ou l’Hypocrite | Comédie Française, Paris, Dir. Ivo van Hove, Costume Des. An D'Huys |
2021
Production |
Company |
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Age of Rage | Internationaal Theater Amsterdam, Dir. Ivo van Hove, Costume Des. An D'huys |
Gevechten en Metamorfoses van een Vrouw | Internationaal Theater Amsterdam, Dir. Ivo van Hove, Costume Des. An D'huys |
2020
Production |
Company |
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West Side Story | Broadway Theatre, Dir. Ivo van Hove, Costume Des. An D'Huys, Sound Des. Tom Gibbons |
La Ménagerie de verre | Odéon - Théâtre de l'Europe, Dir. Ivo van Hove, Costume Des. An D'Huys |
2019
Production |
Company |
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All About Eve | Noël Coward Theatre, Dir. Ivo van Hove, Costume Des. An D'Huys, Sound Des. Tom Gibbons |
The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahogany | Festival Aix-en-Provence (France), Dir. Ivo van Hove, Costume Des. An D'Huys |
Met Gala Exhibition | Camp: Notes on Fashion | Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute, New York |
Don Giovanni | Opera National de Paris, Dir. Ivo van Hove, Costume Des. An D'huys |
2018
Production |
Company |
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The Six Brandenburg Concertos (World Premiere) | Rosas, Chor. Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Set & Lighting Des. Jan Versweyveld |
Boris Godounov | Opera national de Paris, Dir. Ivo van Hove, Costume Des. An D'Huys |
Network | Broadway, Dir. Ivo van Hove, Costume Des. An D'Huys |
A Little Life | Internationaal Theater Amsterdam, Dir. Ivo van Hove, Costume Des. An D'Huys |
2017
Production |
Company |
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Network | National Theatre, Dir. Ivo van Hove, Costume Des. An D'huys |
Kleine Selen | Ruhr Triennale Gladbeck, Dir. Ivo van Hove |
Dagboek van een verdwenene | Kaaitheater Brussel, Dir. Ivo van Hove |
Ibsen Huis | Internationaal Theater Amsterdam, Dir. Simon Stone |
Obsession | Barbican Theatre (London), Dir. Ivo van Hove |
Cosi fan tutte | Opera de National de Paris, Dir. Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker |
Mitten wir im leben sind | Ruhr Triennale Gladbeck, Dir. Anne Theresa De Keersmaeker |
Hedda Gabler | National Theatre & UK Tour, Dir. Ivo van Hove, Costume Des. An D'huys, Sound Des. Tom Gibbons |
2016
Production |
Company |
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De dingen die voorbijgaan | Ruhr Triennale Gladbeck, Dir. Ivo van Hove |
Husbands and Wives | Internationaal Theater Amsterdam, Dir. Simon Stone |
Les Damnés | Comédie Française, Dir. Ivo van Hove |
The Crucible | Broadway, Dir. Ivo van Hove, Costume Des. Wojciech Dziedzic |
2015
Production |
Company |
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De stille kracht | Internationaal Theater Amsterdam, Dir. Ivo van Hove |
Vu du pont | Odéon - Théâtre de l'Europe, Dir. Ivo van Hove |
Lazarus | New York & West End, Dir. Ivo van Hove, Set & Lighting Des. Jan Versweyveld |
Kings of War | Internationaal Theater Amsterdam, Dir. Ivo van Hove |
De Kersentuin | Internationaal Theater Amsterdam, Dir. TG Stan |
Antigone | Young Vic, Dir. Ivo van Hove, Set & Lighting Design: Jan Versweyveld |
2014
Production |
Company |
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A View From The Bridge | The Young Vic, Dir. Ivo van Hove, Set & Lighting Des. Jan Versweyveld, Sound Des. Tom Gibbons |
The fountainhead | Internationaal Theater Amsterdam, Dir. Ivo van Hove |
Medea | Internationaal Theater Amsterdam, Dir. Simon Stone |