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Entries are Open for the WSD 2025 Professional and Emerging Designer Exhibition

May 15, 2024

World Stage Design (WSD) is the first and only designer-based exhibition to showcase and celebrate performance design from individual designers. Held every four years, WSD has traveled to five cities: Toronto, Seoul, Cardiff, Taipei, and Calgary. The sixth WSD exhibition will be held in Sharjah, UAE, from October 18-25, 2025. World Stage Design 2025 will be co-produced by Sharjah Performing Arts Academy and OISTAT.
 

WSD 2025 features “Tomorrow’s Heritage,” inviting the global theatre community to create the heritage together. Entries for the World Stage Design Professional and Emerging Designer Exhibition are now open. Submission Deadline: November 14, 2024, at 17:00 GST (UTC+4).    

For more information, please visit the World Stage Design 2025 website.


Important Dates

Date Timeline
May 13, 2024 Online application of WSD2025
Professional and Emerging Designer Exhibition submission opens
November 14, 2024 Online application of WSD2025
Professional & Emerging Designer Exhibition submission closes
April 7, 2025 Announcement of selected entries
May 5, 2025 Exhibitors receive Exhibitor Package and Final Contract
May 26, 2025 Deadline for final layout WSD2025 exhibition.
October 16-17, 2025 Exhibitors install exhibition
October 18, 2025 Opening Ceremony
October 18-25, 2025 WSD2025 (Exhibition and Scenofest)
October 23, 2025 Awards Ceremony
October 25, 2025 Closing of Exhibition