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Naomi Wilkinson has designed the ballet Ein Winternachtstraum for the Stadt Theater Bern in Switzerland. -
The National Theatre of Scotland's production of The Wheel, designed by Merle Hensel, with lighting by Natasha Chivers and music composed by Nick Powell -
Steven Hoggett won the Oliver Award for Best Theatre Choreographer for the National Theatre of Scotland's Black Watch which also features Video Design by Leo Warner and Mark Grimmer -
59 Productions created the video projection and animation for Two Boys, a new opera by Nico Muhly at the ENO and The Metropolitan Opera.
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Matthew Lenton has directed A Midsummer Night's Dream at Edinburgh Lyceum. -
Philip Glass's Satyagraha Directed by Phelim McDermott, Associate Directed and Designed by Julian Crouch with Video Design by Leo Warner and Mark Grimmer returns to the Met. -
Blind Summit were the puppetry consultants for the Olympic Opening Ceremony. (Photo by Action Images) -
Land of Giants, an outdoor spectacle written and directed by Mark Murphy, at Belfast’s Titanic Slipway. -
The video design for the National Theatre's production of War Horse is by Leo Warner and Mark Grimmer for Fifty Nine Productions. The production is now in the West End at the New London Theatreand Lincoln Centre in New York. -
Lizzie Clachan designed Bliss at Staatsoper Hamburg. -
The Siege of Calais designed by Samal Blak for English Touring Opera.
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Tal Rosner has created the film and animation for The Most Incredible Thing by Javier de Frutos and the Pet Shop Boys at Sadler's Wells Theatre. -
Ayse Tashkiran created the movement for As You Like It at the RSC
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The Mouse and His Child at the RSC, directed by Paul Hunter and designed by Angela Davies.
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American Idiot, the new musical set to Green Day's music, now touring the UK and USA after a successful run on Broadway. Choreography by Steven Hoggett. -
Jo Davies has directed Carousel for Opera North / Barbican. -
Steven Hoggett is the choreographer on both the Broadway and West End productions of Once The Musical. -
Acclaimed photographer Mark Seliger shot the cast photographs of the Broadway production of The Addams Family directed and designed by Phelim McDermott and Julian Crouch for Vanity Fair. -
Christine Walmesley-Cotham continues to design the Hair & Make-up for Call The Midwife.
Christine Walmesley-Cotham is designing the hair and make-up for Tommy Cooper, a new drama for ITV produced by Left Bank Pictures.
Georgina Lamb is choreographing King Lear and The Taming of The Shrew and Charlotte Broom is choreographing Macbeth and The Lightning Child all for the Globe Theatre this season.
Jack Murphy has created the movement for Disgraced and Helen Goddard is designing The Herd, both for the Bush Theatre
The award winning feature film of Les Misérables is out now on DVD, buy it and enjoy Liam Steel‘s fantastic Musical Staging.
Say It With Flowers has opened at Sherman Cymru Theatre with design by Georgia Lowe and lighting by Katharine Williams.
Praxis Makes Perfect, an immersive gig conceived and performed by Neon Neon and produced by National Theatre Wales opens in Cardiff featuring Lighting by Natasha Chivers and Video by Nina Dunn and Timothy Bird.
Olivier Awards 2013
Congratulations to the National Theatre’s The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time for winning 7 Olivier Awards – Steven Hoggett was part of this very talented creative team as co-choreographer for Frantic Assembly.
Also congratulations to Laura Cubitt who was associate puppet director on Goodnight Mister Tom which won Best Entertainment and Family Show!
Congratulations to Christine Walmesley-Cotham for winning for the BAFTA Craft Award for Hair & Make-Up Design on Call The Midwife.
Nina Dunn has designed the video for Faust at the Mariinsky Theatre, Russia.
The Fully Monty, choreographed by Steven Hoggett for Sheffield Theatres and David Pugh Ltd, will get a West End run at the Noel Coward Theatre next Spring.
Colin Richmond is currently designing Titus Andronicus for the Swan Theatre, RSC and will then be designing Wendy and Peter Pan as part of the RSC Winter 2013 season.
Ayse Tashkiran has created the movement for As You Like It, also at the RSC. See a trailer for the production here.
Nick Powell has composed the music for Othello at the National Theatre, starring Adrian Lester and Rory Kinnear.
Jack Murphy has created the movement for Spot’s Birthday Party which is still touring the UK until June. See here for tour details.
National Theatre of Scotland’s Macbeth, starring Alan Cumming, has transferred to Broadway. Designed by Merle Hensel and Lighting by Natasha Chivers.
Colin Richmond has designed the 20th Anniversary production of Beautiful Thing in the West End. The production runs at the Arts Theatre until 25 May and then goes on tour until 15 June 2013.
Nominations for the BAFTA Radio Times Audience Award are out. They include:
The Olympics Opening Ceremony featuring video and animation by 59 Productions, puppetry by Blind Summit and Laura Cubitt on the movement team.
Call The Midwife, with Hair and Make-up by Christine Walmesley-Cotham
You can vote for your choice here.
Steven Hoggett has choreographed Once The Musical which has transferred to the Phoenix Theatre in the West End after its hit run on Broadway where it won 8 Tony Awards.
59 Productions are the lead designers on the David Bowie Is exhibition at the V&A. The exhibition opens to the public 23 March – 11 August 2013 and has already received critical acclaim.
Garance Marneur is designing the set & costumes and Nick Powell is composing the music for Anthony Neilson’s new play, Narrative, at the Royal Court.
Southbank Sky Arts Awards 2013
This years winners included:
Opera: Ghost Patrol, Scottish Opera and Music Theatre Wales – designed by Samal Blak
Theatre: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, National Theatre – movement by Steven Hoggett for Frantic Assembly
The National Theatre’s sell-out production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, with movement direction by Steven Hoggett for Frantic Assembly, has transferred to the Apollo Theatre in the West End.
Mark Murphy has made a short film called ‘The Definitive Short Guide To What I Do’. Check it out to see all the great things he does.
What’s On Stage Awards 2013
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time won Best New Play and American Idiot won Best Regional Production; both choreographed by Steven Hoggett.
The Olympics Opening Ceremony was named Best Theatre Event and is a great reminder of the fabulous work done by 59 Productions as Video and Projection Designers, Blind Summit as Puppetry Consultants and Laura Cubitt as Movement Assistant.
Helen Goddard has designed Werther for Scottish Opera. The production opens at the Theatre Royal Glasgow on 15th February and then moves to the Festival Theatre Edinburgh on 26th February.
Nick Powell has composed the music and Struan Leslie has created the movement for A Life of Galileo at the RSC.
59 Productions have designed the video for Eugene Onegin at the Royal Opera House.
We are pleased to announce that Lorne Campbell has been appointed Artistic Director of Northern Stage. See the press release here.
Steven Hoggett has choreographed the stage version of The Full Monty for Sheffield Theatres.
Jo Davies will be directing National Theatre Wales’ production of Silly Kings, an adaptation of Terry Jones’ Fairy Tales, this December.
Philip Glass’ new opera The Perfect American opens at Teatro Real Madrid. With an AHA strong creative team; directed by Phelim McDermott, design by Dan Potra, video design by 59 Productions and choreography by Ben Wright. The production will then be at the ENO this June.
Naomi Wilkinson has been nominated for an Irish Times Theatre Award for Best Set Design for Alice In Funderland at the Abbey Theatre.
The Les Misérables film is released in the UK on 11 January. The Musical Staging of the film is by Liam Steel. It has just been nominated for 8 Oscars and 9 BAFTAs including Best Film in both awards.
Big Fish, a new musical based on the novel and film, opens with a pre-broadway run in Chicago next April. Scenic design by Julian Crouch and Projection design by 59 Productions.
The Preston Passion, directed by Mark Murphy for the BBC, has won ‘Best Live Event’ at this year’s Royal Television Society Awards. See pictures of all the winners here.
You can also view Mark’s brilliant new showreel here.
Steven Hoggett has choreographed the musical of Green Day’s American Idiot , which after a successful run on Broadway, is now touring the US and UK.
Exceptionally proud that the extraordinary Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games featured several AHA clients:
Projection Design was by 59 Productions led by Leo Warner, Lysander Ashton and Mark Grimmer who provided animation, film making, video design services – art directing the video components across all video surfaces in the stadium.
Mark Down and Nick Barnes of Blind Summit were the Puppetry Consultants for those amazing (and enormous) puppets of Captain Hook, the Queen of Hearts, Cruella de Vil and Voldemort.
Laura Cubitt was part of the Movement Team coordinating the thousands of performers who made it such a special show.
Gold Medals all round to Team AHA!
The big winners at the 2012 Tony Awards were Once The Musical winning 8 Awards and Peter and the Starcatcher winning 5 Awards. Both were choreographed by Steven Hoggett!
Congratulations to Jemima Levick and Philip Howard who have just been appointed as the joint Artistic Directors of Dundee Rep.
Ian Scott is the lighting designer for The 39 Steps at the Criterion Theatre.
59 Productions have designed the video for the 25th Anniversary production of Les Misérables which is now touring the USA and Spain following it’s UK tour.
The National Theatre’s War Horse, has just opened at the Lincoln Centre, New York and continues it’s record breaking run at the New London Theatre in the West End. The production’s video design is by Leo Warner and Mark Grimmer and Lysander Ashton for 59 Productions. See the new making-of video here.
The New York show has been nominated for 5 Tony Awards including scenic design.
The entire creative team are to be awarded a special Drama Desk Award for their ‘thrilling stagecraft’.
The Addams Family, a new musical starring Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth, directed and designed by Phelim McDermott and Julian Crouch, broke box-office records during it’s out of town opening in Chicago and is now playing on Broadway. A US tour starts in the autumn.. They won Outstanding Set Design in both the Outer Critics Circle Awards and Drama Desk Awards.