High Flyer, Low Profile
Poster
1989 (printed)
1989 (printed)
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This poster advertised the English National Opera Company at the London Coliseum in 1989, featuring the flyman, Micky Titchmarsh. The idea of creating posters that featured photographs of theatre staff instead of performers was the result of a brain-storming session between the marketing and press departments of the English National Opera. Their aim was to promote the accessibility of opera and was brilliantly executed in this campaign, which featured images by some of the best theatre photographers.
Object details
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| Title | High Flyer, Low Profile (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Printing ink on paper |
| Brief description | Poster advertising the English National Opera at the London Coliseum Theatre featuring the flyman Micky Titchmarsh. Poster designed by Sue Coffey using a photograph by Anthony Crickmay. |
| Physical description | The poster concentrates on the image of the flyman Micky Titchmarch and the title High Flyer, Low Profile, but also features the ENO slogan: 'Noted for the company we keep' and an advertisement for Prokofiev's The Love for Three Oranges (sic), opening at the London Coliseum on 6 December 1989. |
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| Credit line | Reproduced courtesy of the ENO/Anthony Crickmay |
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| Summary | This poster advertised the English National Opera Company at the London Coliseum in 1989, featuring the flyman, Micky Titchmarsh. The idea of creating posters that featured photographs of theatre staff instead of performers was the result of a brain-storming session between the marketing and press departments of the English National Opera. Their aim was to promote the accessibility of opera and was brilliantly executed in this campaign, which featured images by some of the best theatre photographers. |
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| Accession number | S.2806-1995 |
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| Record created | March 6, 2003 |
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