On display
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Smile Orange

Poster
1992 (made)
Artist/Maker
Eureka! Design Consultants (designers)
Elgood, Rick (photographers)
Place of origin
London (made)

Photographic and typographic poster advertising Smile Orange by Trevor Rhone presented by the Talawa Theatre Company at the Cochrane Theatre. Photograph of the face of a laughing Caribbean woman, printed in blue and white, with, above, below and to right, photographs of oranges and orange slices.

Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Theatre
Posters
Advertising
Object type
Poster
TitleSmile Orange (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Printing ink on paper
Printing Ink
Paper
Printing
Brief description
Poster advertising Smile Orange by Trevor Rhone presented by the Talawa Theatre Company at the Cochrane Theatre, 1992
Physical description
Photographic and typographic poster advertising Smile Orange by Trevor Rhone presented by the Talawa Theatre Company at the Cochrane Theatre. Photograph of the face of a laughing Caribbean woman, printed in blue and white, with, above, below and to right, photographs of oranges and orange slices.
Dimensions
  • Height: 42cm
  • Width: 30cm
Gallery label
(2020)
Gallery rotation, 2020

POSTER FOR SMILE ORANGE
1992

Although advertised as a farce, satirical comedy Smile Orange highlighted the exploitative nature of tourism in the Caribbean. The white minority exploits the black workers, who exploit the tourists, who exploit everyone. Trevor Rhone wrote and directed this production for foremost Black-British theatre company Talawa, who have been creating opportunities for black practitioners for over 30 years.

Designed by Eureka! Design Consultants
Printing ink on paper
Museum no. S.1233-1995
Object history
Associated Production: Smile Orange. Playwright: Trevor Rhone. Director Trevor Rhone. Company: Talawa. Cochrane Theatre, Southampton Row, London. 28.4.1992. Performance category: farce.
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.1233-1995

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Record createdJuly 29, 2010
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1166246/smile-orange-poster-elgood-rick/
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