Beard studies. Left: What’s in a man’s beard (15 × 21 cm). Right: Man with blue beard (16 × 24 cm).

Beard studies

Bluebeard’s beard played a prominent role. Experiments included a beard made up of living women, and projected beards that snaked endlessly across the stage. The beard that finally made the stage was made of fabric.

Beard studies: giant animated beards bending repeatedly on stage.

Beard by costume designer Marike Kamphuis. Photography: Joep Lennarts.