Ken Adam: Designing Bond and Beyond
Saturday 9 September, 10.30-17.15 The Hochhauser Auditorium, Sackler Centre
This Study Day will celebrate and explore one of the most significant production designers of the twentieth century. Adam was the creator of the ‘War Room’ in Dr.Strangelove, which Ronald Reagan wanted to visit on his appointment as President of the United States. His illustrious filmography includes: Dr Strangelove (1964) You Only Live Twice (1967), Barry Lyndon (1975) Moonraker (1979) and The Madness of King George (1994).
Draft Programme
10.00 Registration and Coffee
10.30 Welcome Matty Pye, Learning Academy, V&A and
Keith Lodwick, Curator Theatre and Screen Arts, V&A
10.40 Setting the Scene and Introduction
Christopher Frayling
11.00 British Production Design in context: John Box
Ian Christie, Film Historian, Curator and Broadcaster
11.30 The Production Designer’s Visual Signature
Jane Barnwell, writer and lecturer, University of Westminster
12.00 Bond and British Film
Matthew Sweet, Writer and Actor
12.30 The War Room & Dr Strangelove
Christopher Frayling
13.00 Lunch Break
14.00 Archiving Ken Adam and Stanley Kubrick
Kristina Jaspers, Deutsche Kinemathek, Berlin
Richard Daniels Stanley Kubrick Archivist, University of the Arts
15.00 Inspired by Ken Adam Chair: Keith Lodwick Curator Theatre and Screen Arts, V&A Sarah Greenwood, Production Designer (Atonement, Anna Karenina) Followed by discussion with:
Christopher Frayling
Kristina Jaspers, Deutsche Kinemathek, Berlin
Richard Daniels Stanley Kubrick Archivist, University of the Arts
16.00 Refreshments
16.20 Creating the Court of King George
Nicholas Hytner, Theatre Director
17.00 Final Reflections
Christopher Frayling
17.15 Close
The programme is subject to change without warning.