In 2012  Transition and Lightmap teamed up with the Barbican, London, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Aldeburgh Festival, to create multimedia performances of Oliver Knussen and Maurice Sendak’s amazing operas Where The Wild Things Are and Higglety Pigglety Pop! directed and designed by Netia Jones.

This is a behind-the-scenes diary of ideas, inspirations and work in progress leading up to the performances in June, October and November 2012. Keep reading…

“he sailed off through night and day,
and in and out of weeks,
and almost over a year,
to where the wild things are.”
Where The Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak

all illustrations Maurice Sendak
all images, drawings & photographs Netia Jones