PRODUCTIONS
After Graduating in 2008 with a BA Hons Degree in Theatre Design. She went on to work as a Trainee Designer for The Royal Shakespeare Company. In 2009 she won the Linbury Biennial Prize for Stage Design.
She is an Artistic Associate at The Unicorn Theatre in London.
Jean is a London freelance based Designer, working across the Uk and worldwide.
THE GRINNING MAN
at Traflager Studios
Written by Carl Grose
Lyrics by Carl Grose, Tom Morris, Tim Phillips and Marc Teitler
Composer and Lyricists - Tim Phillips and Marc Teitler
Direction - Tom Morris
Design - Jon Bausor
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★★★★★
“AN AUDACIOUS GEM OF RARE QUALITY”
BIG ISSUE
★★★★★
“MAKES YOU LAUGH AND WEEP IN EQUAL MEASURES”
GAY TIMES
★★★★
“AS SATISFYING AND HEART-WRENCHING AS ANYTHING YOU MIGHT SEE ON STAGE AT THE MOMENT.”
WHATS ON STAGE
★★★★
“A RIOT OF IMAGINATION. I SIMPLY LOVED IT”
THE TIMES
★★★★
“COMIC BRILLIANCE”
DAILY TELEGRAPH
★★★★
“THIS STUNNING NEW BRITISH MUSICAL DEMANDS TO BE SEEN”
THE TIMES
BFG - Dundee Rep, Dundee
The Scotsman
★★★★
'In the foreground, in Jean Chan’s inspired and fluent design, there’s a huge, bright wooden platform that can become a house, a palace, or a landscape full of giants'.
- Joyce McMillan
FULL REVIEW HERE
Arts Foundation Award. 2013
Design for Performance: Set and Costume
Shortlisted 2013
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The Hairy Ape - Southwark Playhouse
TimeOut
★★★★
'Jean Chan's set creates each personal circle of hell with economical imaginative flare'.
- Honour Bayes
FULL REVIEW HERE
A Younger Theatre
'Much credit must go to...Jean Chan for creating a space that was bold and supple'
-Natasha Kaeda
FULL REVIEW HERE
The Seagull - Southwark Playhouse
The Guardian
★★★★
'The production is meticulous, but appears effortless'
- Lyn Gardner
FULL REVIEW HERE
The Garbage King - Unicorn Theatre
The Guardian
★★★★
'This goes beyond most sanitised children's theatre, and it does so with great deal joie de vivre, a clever design from Jean Chan'
- Lyn Gardner
FULL REVIEW HERE
The Stage
'You can see and hear the cheerful poverty of the rubbish dump and almost smell it, thanks to Jean Chan’s (shades of Cats) magnificent mosaic of debris which forms most of the set and from which puppets and props seamlessly emerge'.
- Susan Elkin
FULL REVIEW HERE
Why the Lion Danced - Yellow Earth Theatre
What's On Stage
★★★★★
'This is active storytelling at its best, with just enough done to tell the tale without taking away from the audience’s imagination'.
- Mel West
FULL REVIEW HERE
The Stage
'Full marks too to Jean Chan for her imaginative designs. Few people could find a way of turning a commercial kitchen work surface into a jaw snapping lion as she does'.
- Susan Elkin
FULL REVIEW HERE
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Louis Maskell in The Grinning Man – costume design by Jean Chan. Photo: Simon Annand
Arts Foundation - Shortlist 2013
RWCMD Article CLICK HERE
Link to Arts Foundation Website
Interview - 2010
A Younger Theatre
Theatre through the eyes of the younger generations...
'It is practically unheard of for a stage designer to have two shows running in the theatre at the same time, and while Jean sees it as just a lucky coincidence to have “taken over the Unicorn”...' - Lois Jeary
FULL INTERVIEW HERE
Winning 2009 Linbury Biennial Prize for Stage Design
Announcement Page RWCMD
Linbury Website
Linbury Biennial Prize for Stage Design
60 Second Interview with Jean Chan, 2009 Linbury Finalist
FULL ARTICLE HERE
