SET THE STAGE

Raise the curtain on your own marvellous miniature theatre

Sunken gardens, trompe l’oeil details and a cast of pedigree pooches render this new theatre from Benjamin Pollock’s Toyshop utterly irresistible. Designed by the decorative artist Lucinda Oakes, the set is inspired by 18th-century motifs and the art of Rex Whistler. cg The Trompe L’oeil Theatre costs £175 (www. pollocks-coventgarden.co.uk).

left: a detail of a trompe l’oeil work by lucinda oakes. below: the artist in her studio

above: benjamin pollock’s toy shop. top and below right: oakes’ theatre design