Designer Judges
The Designer Judges are professional theatre designers who make the initial selections from the submitted portfolios and conduct the first round of interviews. They also join the adjudication panel at the final round of judging at the Linbury Exhibition, assisting the Artistic Directors of the commissioning companies in choosing which four candidates will be awarded a full commission.

This year's Designer Judges are:

	Professor Pamela Howard is a practising scenographer, director, curator, teacher and writer. Her book, What is Scenography? (Routledge UK/USA), has now been translated into several languages. In 2002 she directed and designed her own version of the 15th Century Spanish Classic La Celestina at the Hopkins Center USA. Following several experimental music theatre productions, in June 2005 she directed and designed Martinu's opera The Greek Passion at the National Theatre of Northern Greece Opera, Thessaloniki. Her second book Designing Nothing is in preparation, and a further new production Please Take a Seat will be presented as part of the Belgrade International Theatre Festival 2005.
	Tobias Hoheisel is an internationally renowned theatre designer whose work is regularly used by the most famous theatres and opera houses in the world. Currently Glimmerglass Opera in New York and the Glyndebourne Festival are using his designs for productions of Cosi Fan Tutte and Bartered Bride respectively. Other institutions he has worked with include Los Angeles Opera, Sante Fe Opera, English National Opera and the Royal Opera House where he won a Lawrence Oliver award in 2001 for his production of Boulevard. He trained at the Hochschule der Künste, Berlin and now lives in Sussex.
	Julian Crouch is a director, designer, writer, maker and teacher whose career has spanned theatre, opera, film and television. Along with Phelim McDermott and Lee Simpson, he is a founder member and artistic director of Improbable, a company that has won many awards and acclaim both critically and publicly. Julian recently co-directed and co-designed A Midsummer Night's Dream in Hamburg and designed Jerry Springer the Opera in the West End. Julian also co-directed and designed Shockheaded Peter with Phelim McDermott. Julian is the first theatre designer to receive a NESTA fellowship award.

Previous judges of the Prize include Jocelyn Herbert, Bob Crowley, William Dudley, Tom Cairns, Lez Brotherston, Rae Smith, John Macfarlane and Richard Hudson. Tim Hatley and Vicki Mortimer, both previous participants in the Prize, have been judges and now sit on the Linbury Biennial Committee.

See archive for a full list of previous Linbury Judges.