World Stage Design (WSD) is the first and only designer-based exhibition to showcase and celebrate performance design from individual designers. The sixth WSD exhibition will be held in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates from October 18th to 25th, 2025.
2025 International Theatre Design Exhibition received 744 submissions, with the jury selecting 100 works from 20 countries to be shortlisted. Among these, there are 78 works in the Professional Designer section and 22 works in the Emerging Designer section.
View the WSD Exhibition short lists of Emerging & Professional designers.
Zhang, Wenjie, China
The Documentary Poets Society
李 慕唐, China
Ru Xiang 入相
Ingea, Mara, Lebanon
Puzzles
Chen, Yuhan, China
Voracious Plastic Jellyfish
Tzu, Yu Zu, Taiwan
Afterlife Passport
Parmar, Nitin, United Kingdom
Kala Pani
Ye, Zixin, China
The Adventure of Little Silk
Martins de Oliveira Pereira, Angelica, Brazil
Wings of Imagination
Sun, Wenyu, China
Human is the measure of all thing
Zhou, Yuqi, China
Heavenly Joy
Zhou, Yuqi, China
With Your Youth
Lin, Ying-Chen, Taiwan
Embodying
Geng, Li, China,
Chasing Dreams
游懷茹, Taiwan
Lemming
Mao, Han, China
Peking 1948 (Nanluo Edition)
He, Zhuosi, China
The Moors
Jia, Zengpeng, China
JACK’S CARN-EVIL
Hsu, Wen Chen, Taiwan
《∞的總和 The Symphony of ∞》
Gou, Pan-Pan, Taiwan
Passage
Chih, Lin Chen, Taiwan
One Way Two Gather
Chen, Xiao, China
Brain Death Buffet
Arcentales Cajas, Samay, Canada
Where the Blood Mixes
Chen, Guanlin, Taiwan
The Rite of Lobster
Kálmán, Eszter, Hungary
Krabat and the Sorcerer’s Mill
Emilio Zurita, Mexico
cOsmO
Hariu, Shizuka, Japan
Opera Super Angels
Cheuk Tong, Moon Yip, Hong Kong
遙遙之城@自由空間 Maybe Tomorrow@Freespace
Chou, Tung-Yen, Taiwan
Free UR Head
Gutierrez, Patricia, Mexico
MASCULINOS / La ladrona Emulsionante Creativa
Shearing, David, United Kingdom
New Beginning
Tsang, Man-tung, Hong Kong
Cankramati (Into the Microcosm)
Cao, Lu, China
Fantasy of Mountains and Rivers
Boyukova, Petya, Bulgaria
Amadeus
Rollandi, Meg, New Zealand
Gravity & Grace
Izsák, Lili, Hungary
Peer Gynt
Liu, Haiyong, China
The Weight of Life
Beer, Tanja, Australia
When the World Turns
Damian, Adrian, Romania
SynergyX
Tan, Zeen, China
The Sage
Hariu, Shizuka, Japan
Giortes Rokka Festival
Vekic, Leonora, Serbia
Superposition
Meng, Ju Yu, Taiwan
Die On That Day
Liu, Haiyong, China
Thunderstorm
Rodriguez Lira, Karla, Mexico
Bucarofagia (inventario) / Bucarophagy (inventory)
Chen, Cheng-Ting, Taiwan
Home Away From Home
Balázs, Juli, Hungary
Waterfields
Shizuka, Hariu, Japan
Dark with Excessive Bright
Hu, Ingrid, United Kingdom
Something In The Air
Hall, Jennifer Ann, United Kingdom
Midsummer Mystery
Belton, Daniel and Good Company Arts, New Zealand
Ad Parnassum – Purapurawhetū
Damian, Adrian, Romania
Network of Emotions
Crewe, Jenni-lee, South Africa
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Marnezti, Laura, Mexico
The Body that is Recreated/El cuerpo que se re-crea
Rybáková, Simona, Czech Republic
Richard III
Kellan, Sol, Mexico
LEO, El espacio onhirico
Hudek, Zuzana, Slovakia
Eastern Bloc
Kuzmanic, Ana, Serbia
Eurydice
Qin, Wenbao, China
Zixu Crossing the River
Kazan, Eloise, Mexico
The Last Dream of Frida and Diego
Qian, Shen, China
Lankao
Lin, Hansheng, Taiwan
Co-Existence
Leong, Son U, Macao
Nine Soundscapes
Lin, Pinghsin, Taiwan
Landscape on the New Horizon of Sheng: A Tale of Two Cities
张天龙, China
Fantasy of Mountains and Rivers
Teng, Cheng-Wei, Taiwan
Love and Money 人性交易所
Wu, Hsia Ning, Taiwan
Detective Deduction
Tseng, Jui Hsuan, Taiwan
A Thousand Sounds Towards Dawn
Izsák, Lili, Hungary
Caligula
Liu, Kedong, China
Wave
Tsang, Man-tung, Hong Kong
Ashtanga
Li, Ao, China
After Immortality
Schnabel, Zita, Hungary
The Castle
Chang, Che Lung, Taiwan
Tears of the Phoenix
趙建銘建築師事務所, Taiwan
Pursuing the light ahead-into Paul Chiang
Zita Schnabel, Hungary
AMERIKA
Ma, Lianqing, China
The Story of Anna & Chi
Ao, Li, China
Blows on Dachen Island
Liu, Haiyong, China
Why to Meet
Luo, Yazhuo, China
The Creation of Heaven and Earth
Liu, Kedong, China
The Station
Ma, Lianqing, China
Tosca
Fang, Wu, China
Wu Yi Shang
Sang, Qi, China
The Age of Awakening
Niu, Cheryl, China
Li Qingzhao
Chou, Li Ting, Taiwan
Across The Universe
Chen, Chih Lin, Taiwan
Disappeared Normal Life
Topa, Calin, Romania
Transcendent Renaissance
Li, Yun, Taiwan
The Going
Chou, Li Ting, Taiwan
The Temple of Resonance
Schellekens, Jorg, Netherlands
HERFST
Belton, Daniel and Good Company Arts, New Zealand
Pepe and Pōtaka Nautilus
Lee, Kuo-Han, Taiwan
The Anomaly: Re-narrating Women, Bodies, and Nature
Hey Mechanic!, Taiwan
Silent Warfare
Wang, Yi-Sheng, Taiwan
Meditating Algorithm
Wang, Yi-Sheng, Taiwan
A Tale of Royal Redemption
Wang, Yi-Sheng, Taiwan
Apocalypse of Beijing Opera
Chang, Hsin i, Taiwan
Hug
Lee, Kuo-Han, Taiwan
∞ Infinite Cycle
Lee, Kuo-Han, Taiwan
Useless Action III: The Invisible City
Yi-Sheng, Wang, Taiwan
《River/Cloud》
⭐ WSD 2025 is co-produced by Sharjah Performing Arts Academy and OISTAT International, with the support of Ministry of Culture Taiwan and Governmance of Sharjah, Department of Culture.
