Baz Luhrmann's Celia British Pullman Train Carriage
The director behind Romeo + Juliet, Moulin Rouge!, The Great Gatsby, and Elvis has turned a train carriage into his next production. Baz Luhrmann, alongside Oscar-winning costume and production designer Catherine Martin, has designed Celia, a private dining and events carriage aboard Belmond's British Pullman, one of Britain's most storied luxury trains. Housed within an original 1932 Pullman car, the design draws inspiration from a fictional 1930s West End actress who was gifted her own carriage after a legendary turn as Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream. The theme is integrated into every detail: tri-color marquetry panels by Dunn & Son line the walls; Titania's symbolic pansies run through textiles, carvings, and parquet floors. Velvet curtains divide the cocktail bar from the dining room, and a fabric ceiling engineered for live acoustics transforms the car into a performance space. Seats 12, departs London Victoria, and joins the same train as Wes Anderson's Cygnus.

