Maxine Doyle is choreographing The Changeling for the Young Vic Theatre. The production runs until 25th February.
Maxine Doyle is choreographing The Changeling for the Young Vic Theatre. The production runs until 25th February.
Aline David has created the movement for The House of Bernarda Alba at the Almeida Theatre. Aline is currently working on Waiting For Godot, a co-production between West Yorkshire Playhouse and Talawa Theatre Company.
Lizzie Clachan has designed The Trial of Ubu, directed by Katie Mitchell, for Hampstead Theatre. Previews begin 18th January.
Christine Walmesley-Cotham designed the Hair & Make-up for the upcoming Sunday night period drama Call The Midwife starring Miranda Hart and Jenny Agutter. The 6 part series begins 15th January at 8pm on BBC1.
Tom Rand is designing the costumes for Wild Swans, a co-production between the Young Vic, the American Repertory Theater and the Actors Touring Company.
Naomi Wilkinson is designing The Way of The World for Sheffield Crucible Theatre and Alice in Funderland for the Abbey Theatre, Dublin.
What's On Stage Awards 2012
Congratulations to Aline David who has been nominated for Best Choreographer for her fabulous work on The Kitchen at the National Theatre. You can vote for her here.
Nick Powell has composed music for 'Tis A Pity She's A Whore for Cheek By Jowl. It has opened in Paris and will transfer to the Barbican in February and then heading to New York in March.
Angela Simpson has designed The Glass Slipper directed by Erica Whyman for Northern Stage.
Alice in Wonderland opens at the Royal & Derngate in Northampton with lighting designed by Natasha Chivers.
Colin Richmond has just designed Annie for West Yorkshire Playhouse. He is currently working on Of Mice and Men and The Lieutenant of Inishmore both for the Edinburgh Lyceum.
Lizzie Clachan will be designing The Witness at the Royal Court next year. She recently designed their production of Jumpy. See a review by the Evening Standard here.
Ian Scott has designed the lighting for The Little Scouse on The Prairie and You'll Never Walk Alone at the Royal Court Liverpool.
Lizzie Clachan has made the shortlist for this year's Evening Standard Awards for her design of Wastwater at the Royal Court. See the announcement here.
Congratulations to Lizzie Clachan and Natasha Chivers on winning 'Best Design' at this year's Theatre Awards UK for Happy Days at Sheffield Crucible.
Jack Murphy
Maxine Doyle will be creating choreography for Hamlet, starring Michael Sheen, at the Young Vic Theatre this autumn.
Maxine has also co-directed Punchdrunk's New York hit Sleep No More. See her New York Times review here.
Janet Bird has designed the set for the national tour of The Madness of George III by Theatre Royal Bath. Janet is currently working on Way Upstream for Salisbury Playhouse.
Fringe First Awards have been awarded to:
The Wheel (designed by Merle Hensel, lighting Natasha Chivers and music by Nick Powell)
Futureproof (designed by Colin Richmond)
The Table (Blind Summit)
Naomi Wilkinson has designed 16 Possible Glimpses at the Abbey Theatre Dublin and Ein Winternachtstraum at the Stadt Theater, Bern.
Two Boys, a new opera by Nico Muhly, with video by 59 Productions opens at the ENO on 24th June. Watch the trailer here.
59 Productions have produced the short film, A Family Portrait, with support Film London and Channel 4. Written and directed by associate artist Joseph Pierce. You can watch the film here.
Congratulations to Janet Bird and Colin Richmond who are both nominated for Best Design at this year's Critic's Awards For Theatre In Scotland. Janet designed Age of Arousel at the Edinburgh Lyceum and Colin designed Sweeney Todd at Dundee Rep. Both productions are also nominated for Best Production.
Colin Richmond also designed The Three Musketeers and the Princess of Spain and Lizzie Powell desgned the lighting for Caged; both of which are nominated for Best Production For Children and Young People.
The Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park's production of Into the Woods co-directed by Liam Steel has won the Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival...
Steven Hoggett has been nominated for the a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography for Peter and the Starcatchers in New York.
Timothy Bird is creative director of Josh Groban's 2011 stadium tour.
Lysander Ashton for 59 Productions will provide video for Damon Albarn and Rufus Norris's Doctor Dee which premiere's at the Manchester International Festival 2011 before coming to the ENO as part of London's Cultural Olympiad in 2012.
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.
The National Theatre of Scotland's multi-award winning Black Watch choreographed by Steven Hoggett (winner of the Olivier Award for Best Theatre Choreographer) with video design by Leo Warner and Mark Grimmer for 59 Productions has been on tour and is now playing at St Ann's Warehouse in New York.
Following their third successful production in the building Leo Warner and Mark Grimmer (59 Productions) have been appointed Video Design Associates of the National Theatre by artistic director Nicholas Hytner.
Their new website: www.59productions.co.uk
Douglas Kuhrt has designed the lighting for Days of Light for Starving Artists in the studio at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. He is currently designing the lighting for English Theatre Frankfurt's production of Rain Man.
Nominations for this years' Manchester Theatre Awards have been annouced, including several of our creative clients' shows.
Ghost The Musical is nominated for Best Musical - Addidtional Movement by Liam Steel
Dr Dee is up for Best Special Entertainment show with Choreography by Steven Hoggett and Video by 59 Productions.
The Portrait (designed by Dan Potra) and Gianni Schicchi (directed by Liam Steel) are both nominated for Best Opera.
Ayse Tashkiran is directing the movement for King John and Richard III for the RSC. She recently worked on Measure For Measure, designed by Garance Marneur, which is still running at the Swan Theatre until 10th March.
Liam Steel will be choreographing the film of Les Miserables to be directed by Tom Hooper. Liam has recently created the movement for The Taming of The Shrew for the RSC which opens at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre on the 26th January.
Frantic Assembly's production of Lovesong, choreographed by the company's co-artistic director, Steven Hoggett and designed by Merle Hensel has opened at the Lyric Hammersmith, it then moves to the Citizen's Theatre, Glasgow and the Sherman Theatre, Cardiff.
Katharine Williams is designing the Lighting for Anne and Zef for Company of Angels.
Congratulations to Steven Hoggett on stunning reviews for Once at the New York Theatre Workshop. Now confirmed for Broadway.
Children's BAFTA Winner
Best Pre-School Action, Bookaboo, Happy Films for CITV, directed by Ian Emes.
Tal Rosner creted the video for The Most Incredible Thing by The Pet Shop Boys and Javier de Frutos at Sadler's Wells Theatre, which has won the 'Beyond Theatre Award' at the Evening Standard Awards 2011. It will return next March - book here.
Signe Beckmann recently designed Gameshow for Company Chameleon at the Lowry in Manchester, co-commissioned with DanceXchange.
Blind Summit have created the puppet for Complicite's production of The Master and Margarita.
Liam Steel has created various sequences for Ghost: The Musical in the West End. The show is transferring to Broadway in March 2012.
Ian Scott has designed the lighting for Touch Me by CoisCéim Dance at the Projects Arts Centre, Dublin.
Jami Reid-Quarrell has created movement for The Tempest at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, directed by Trevor Nunn and starring Ralph Fiennes.
59 Productions are designing the set and video for Gotham Chamber Opera's Dark Sisters which opens in New York in November.
Lizzie Clachan is designing Jumpy at the Royal court. She is also designing The Trial of Ubu at Hampstead Theatre for the new year.
The Guardian's Top 10 Theatre Designs as chosen by theatre critic Susannah Clapp features Shockheaded Peter by Julian Crouch and Phelim McDermott and Sunday In The Park With George with video by Timothy Bird with lighting by Natasha Chivers..
Greyscale Theatre Company, of which Lorne Campbell is co-artistic director, is taking over the Almeida Theatre for their 2011 Festival with the UK premiere of Theatre Brothel.
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 National Theatre's hit production of The Pitmen Painters with lighting design by Douglas Kuhrt is now on a UK tour after a run on Broadway.
Ben Wright is choreographing Don Giovanni directed by Michael Grandage at The Met, New York.
Phelim McDermott is directing, Julian Crouch co-directing and designing and 59 Productions are creating the video for The Enchanted Island which premiere's at the Met on New Year's Day and stars Plácido Domingo.
Satyagraha, directed by Phelim McDermott and associate directed and designed by Julian Crouch with video by Leo Warner and Mark Grimmer for 59 Productions returns to the Met in November 2011.
Steven Hoggett choreographed the musical of Green Day's American Idiot on Broadway which was nominated for Outstanding New Musical in the Outer Critics Circle Awards. There are plans for a US tour.
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.
Struan Leslie has been appointed the RSC's Head of Movement. See the press release
Ian Scott has designed the lighting for The 39 Steps at the Criterion Theatre and on national tour.