Stewart Laing is a Scottish theatre director and a set designer.[1] He was born in Blair Gowrie and raised in East Kilbride.

Laing designed both the set and the costumes for the musical "Titanic". His set design for the musical was described as "technically astonishing".[2] Laing won a Tony Award[1] in 1997 for his set design.

Laing`s first production design after graduating from the Central School of Art and Design was In the Bar of a Tokyo Hotel by Tennessee Williams for Internationalist Theatre[3] at London`s New End Theatre in 1983.

References

  1. 1 2 "Interview: Stewart Laing - 'It is a very different company, and I am a very different person'". The Scotsman. Johnston Press. 23 February 2010. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  2. ↑ Ben Brantley (April 24, 1997). "'Titanic,' the Musical, Is Finally Launched, and the News Is It's Still Afloat". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  3. ↑ Theatricalia.com (1983). "In The Bar of a Tokyo Hotel". Theatricalia – via theatricalia.com.


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