Chloé Obolensky

Chloé Obolensky is a stage designer.

Chloé Obolensky was born in Hellas, and was educated in France and England. She started her career in Hellas as instructor Karel Kuhn worked based on a play by Aristophanes.

All the time from 1981 she worked closely with Peter Brook, but she has also worked with theatre, film and opera in Netherlands, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom and Austria and in 2004 she was responsible for stage design and costumes for Stein Winge's direction of Strindberg's A Dream Play at The Norwegian Theatre.

Chloé Obolensky is also interested in photography and has had the book The Russian Empire: A portrait in photographs published. In 2000 she got the Molière Award, the theatre award of France, for the costumes for Peines de coeur d'une chatte française* (The Heart Pains of a French Female Cat).

Chloé Obolensky was nominated for the Hedda Awards 2012 in the category of best visual design for the stage design for Ghosts, directed by Stein Winge, The National Stage.

Source:

The Hedda Awards, 29.05.2012, http://heddaprisen.no/pub/heddaprisen/main/?&mid=1031&aid=1030

*Not yet translated into English. The title within parentheses is the French title's literal meaning.

Information

(Objekt ID 28656)
Object type Person
Functions Stage designer, Costume designer
Nationality Greek
Gender Female
Involved in productions (2)
Title Premiere Role
Ghosts (The National Stage) September 10, 2011 Stage design
Eit draumspel (The Norwegian Theatre) February 14, 2004 Stage design