COOL THEATRE POSTERS FOR INSPIRATION

I've been looking for more inspiration for Project 4, theatre poster designs. Here are several great examples of very creative, simple, and clever theater posters. I WISH I had designed these!

Fulton Theatre Family Series 2010

These posters, designed by Carolyn Sewell, are so simple, so exactly perfect for visually describing each play, so appealing to the eye! I love how the bite out of the apple in SNOW WHITE is a face; how the letters in ALICE IN WONDERLAND show the movement of falling down the rabbit hole and the simple silhouette of a teacup tells about the tea party; how there's a tiny crown at the top of the word THE in THE PRINCESS AND THE PEA and how the word PEA is tiny like a pea; how the letters in PINOCCHIO are on marionette strings. All black letters and images/silhouettes on brightly colored slightly textured backgrounds. They work SO well!
Source: http://www.carolynsewell.com/Fulton-Theatre-Family-Series-2010




Minimalist modern approach to the Charleston Ballet Theatre’s posters for the 2012–2013 season, by Gil Shuler Graphic Design.

Another very cool poster series that visually describes the ballets—the ballet slipper being the common thread. I love the DRACULA poster! I also think the yellow brick road in the shape of a ballet slipper is such a creative way to design a poster for the Wizard of Oz ballet! Simple, creative, really amazing. source: http://www.designworklife.com/2012/09/05/gil-shuler-graphic-design-charleston-ballet-theatre-posters/






A self initiated poster for a local theater company performance of Romeo and Juliet, 2010, designed by Ben Barry

Wow - this one is abstract but you know right away what play it is for even without seeing the title. The coffin shapes made into a heart... just—WOW. How do people think of these things? Remarkable!

source: http://designforfun.com/display.php?id=103