Souvenir Posters for the Theatre
The brief was to create “artistic souvenir posters” for a number of plays showing at Cambridge Arts Theatre. Each poster needed to celebrate each play and be a piece of art that an audience member would proudly buy, take home and hang on their wall.
The design solution
The solution was to focus on physcial techniques, such as collage and paper cutting that would push the boundaries of what is expected of a poster, avoiding any reliance on Photoshop. There is no digital type in any of these posters, only hand lettering, which gave each design a more personal touch.
The Sound Of Music souvenir poster
Othello souvenir poster
The Woman In Black souvenir poster
Richard Alston Dance Company souvenir poster
An Inspector Calls souvenir poster
A Monster Calls souvenir poster
The Cat And The Canary souvenir poster
HMS Pinafore souvenir poster
Posters on sale
As specified in the brief, the posters were designed for audience members to buy and take home. The images below show how the posters would have been packaged for sale.
Posters in use at home
The posters were created with the intention of being framed at home.
