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Students and staff help bring 12th century Game of Thrones play to the stage

A team of students and staff from The Northern School of Art are using their skills and talents to help a local theatre group bring a tale of Game of Thrones in the 12th century to the stage. ‘The Lion in Winter’ by J... Read More
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Production design degree students’ creative talents take the biscuit

Some unusual props created by production design degree students from The Northern School of Art have gone on display beside a unique collection of famous paintings at a leading north east tourist attraction. Plates of... Read More
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Explosive play offers an insight into the mayhem of a memorable New Year’s Eve

Acting degree students at The Northern School of Art are marking the start of the year with a high energy production that captures a memorable New Year’s Eve in Manchester. ‘Rage’ is an explosive throwback to a night ... Read More
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Hannah’s spell-binding set enchants browsers in Europe’s biggest bookshop

An installation by a graduate of The Northern School of Art‘s specialist film and theatre set design course is enchanting book-buyers in Europe’s biggest bookstore. Hannah Postlethwaite, pictured below, wh... Read More
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Production design students go on an underwater adventure

Students from The Northern School of Art have been using their creative set design talents to help produce a children’s creative play installation – on dry land. The School’s Production Design degree students ha... Read More
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Illustration lecturer’s hommage to Krampus puts the horror into Christmas

The festive season has taken on a darker tone for The Northern School of Art Illustration lecturer Nick Holmes, who had to draw inspiration from a scary Santa tradition from Central European folklore for a recent comm... Read More
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Textiles graduate’s amazing success story

A fascinating interview with textiles graduate Suzanne Treacy was featured in a recent edition of the leading embroidery and needle craft magazine Mr X Stitch. The publication was catching up with Suzanne as a previou... Read More
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Production Design for Stage and Screen Graduate Hannah Postlethwaite recreates famous cafe in Waterstones Piccadilly

Production Design for Stage and Screen Graduate Hannah Postlethwaite, has recreated the iconic Guinea Pig Cafe from the acclaimed comedy, Fleabag, in Waterstone’s Piccadilly, London! Hannah has packed it full of... Read More
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Costume Graduate’s work on display at Gainsborough Hall

Costume graduate Eileesh Lightowler showcased her Catherine Parr costume at our Made By degree show back in June. Now the showstopping costume is displayed at Gainsborough Old Hall in Lincolnshire to portray the wears... Read More
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Costume design students’ work on show in prestigious The Bowes Museum exhibition

A series of garments created by costume design students at The Northern School of Art that were inspired by the female heroines of a renowned seventeenth century Italian painter are on show as part of a major exhibiti... Read More