Barry Kay

Barry Kay
Vienna, 1977, during his engagement as stage and costume designer of Rudolf Nureyev's ballet production "Don Quixote" for the Wiener Staatsopernballett at the Vienna State Opera House.
Born	1932 Melbourne
Died	1985 London
Nationality	Australian
Known for	Scenery and costume design, photography

Barry Kay (1932 – 1985) was an Australian stage and costume designer of international renown. After having studied painting at the Académie Julian in Paris and theatre design in Melbourne, he settled in London in 1956. In the course of his career, lasting almost four decades, he designed for the ballet, opera and theatre alike, working with established directors and choreographers at major theatres and opera houses and their companies worldwide.

Kay's emphasis lay in pioneering three-dimensional stage set designs for the ballet. By breaking away from the traditional use of "flat wings" scenery, in designing for the theatre he expanded on the revolutionary ideas of the

Among others, he designed for the choreographers

Later in his career Kay also became a photographer of subjects with socio-anthropological contents. His photo essay As a Woman, published in 1976, is an extensive portrait of the unique transvestite and transsexual community of Sydney, Australia.

Kay's artistic contributions to the