Biography
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| PRODUCTION | DIRECTOR | VENUE / COMPANY |
| THE LIGHTNING CHILD
A HUMAN BEING DIED THAT NIGHT HOWIE THE ROOKIE DRUMBELLY MY FAIR LADY DI AND VIV AND ROSE THE SECOND MRS TANQUERRY FINDING NEVERLAND ORPHEUS DESCENDING BEN HUR WAITING FOR GODOT MAKING NOISE QUIETLY CHAIR / HAVE I NONE / THE UNDER ROOM BEN HUR INTERMEZZO |
Matthew Dunster
Jonathan Munby Mark O’Rowe Sean Holmes Daniel Evans Anna Mackmin Stephen Unwin Rob Ashford Sarah Frankcom Patrick Barlowe and Sean Foley Ian Brown Peter Gill Edward Bond and Sean Holmes Patrick Barlow Stephen Unwin |
Shakespeares Globe Theatre
Hampstead Theatre International tour The Abbey Theatre The Crucible Theatre Hampstead Theatre The Rose Theatre Curve Theatre The Manchester Royal Exchange The Watermill theatre The West Yorkshire Playhouse Donmar Warehouse The Lyric Hammersmith The Watermill Theatre Buxton Opera Festival |
| ANNA CHRISTIE
DOCTOR FAUSTUS TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA DI AND VIV AND ROSE BURIED CHILD THE ACID TEST THE STOCK DA’WA YERMA |
Rob AshfordMatthew Dunster
Matthew Dunster Anna Mackmin Paul Kerryson Simon Godwin Kathy Burke Róisín McBrinn |
Donmar WarehouseShakespeares Globe Theatre
Theatre Royal Northampton Hampstead Theatre Curve The Royal Court Theatre Hampstead Theatre Studio West Yorkshire Playhouse |
| BLASTED | Sean Holmes | Lyric Hammersmith |
| NOVECENTO | Róisín McBrinn | Donmar Warehouse season at Trafalgar Studios |
| A NUMBER | Jonathan Munby | Menier Chocolate Factory |
| HOUSE OF GHOSTS – AN INSPECTOR MORSE MYSTERY | Robin Herford | Calibre Productions UK tour |
| DANDY IN THE UNDERWORLD | Tim Fountain | Soho Theatre |
| NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR | Matthew Dunster | Royal Exchange Theatre |
| SISTERS | Ruth Carney | Sheffield Studio |
| PORRIDGE | Gavin McAlinden | Calibre Productions Tour |
| TREASURE ISLAND (set) | Stephen Unwin | Rose Theatre Kingston |
| I OUGHT TO BE IN PICTURES | Paul Jepson | Manchester Library Theatre |
| THIS MUCH IS TRUE | Tim Roseman | Theatre 503 |
| PUNK ROCK | Sarah Frankcom | Lyric Hammersmith / Royal Exchange |
| PORNOGRAPHY | Sean Holmes | Tricycle, Theatre Royal Bath (Previously Birmingham Rep and Traverse Theatre) |
| HOME | Stephen Unwin | Theatre Royal Bath |
| SERIOUS MONEY | Jonathan Munby | Birmingham Rep |
| THE FRONTLINE | Matthew Dunster | Globe Theatre |
| MACBETH | Matthew Dunster | Manchester Royal Exchange |
| THE INDIAN WANTS THE BRONX | Daljinder Singh (Jerwood Director Award winner) | Young Vic |
| SEE HOW THEY RUN | Sarah Frankcom | Royal Exchange |
| CRAVE, SUCH A BEAUTIFUL VOICE IS SAYEDA’S and THE SUIT | Matthew Dunster | Young Vic, Young People’s Participation Programme |
| OVERSPILL | Tim Roseman | Soho Theatre / Churchill Theatre Bromley |
| THE MAN WHO HAD ALL THE LUCK | Sean Holmes | Donmar Warehouse and short UK tour |
| INPARENTHESIS in the METAMORPHOSIS 08 PROJECT | Róisín McBrinn | Churchill Theatre Bromley with ATG |
| TESTING THE ECHO | Matthew Dunster | Out of Joint Tour (including a run at the Tricycle Theatre) |
| MOST RECENT OPERA & DANCE | ||
| RUSALKA | James Conway and Tom Daley | English Touring Opera |
| SWEETNESS AND BADNESS | Jonathan Munby | Welsh National Opera’s Max project |
| THEATRE | ||
| CRESTFALL | Róisín McBrinn | Theatre 503 |
| THE CHANGELING (set) M.E.N Award Nomination for Best Visiting Production | Stephen Unwin | English Touring Theatre |
| WE THE PEOPLE | Charlotte Westernra | Globe Theatre |
| PROMETHEUS BOUND | James Kerr | Classic Stage Company, New York and previously at the Sound Venue |
| TRACY BEAKER GETS REAL | David Newman | Nottingham Playhouse & UK tour |
| SLEEPING BEAUTY | Róisín McBrinn | Landmark productions at the Helix, Dublin |
| LITTLE VOICE | Tom Daley | Watermill Theatre |
| A NUMBER | Jonathan Munby | Sheffield Crucible Studio & Minerva Studio, Chichester |
| THE CUT TMA Award Best Touring production | Michael Grandage | Donmar & tour |
| BLUE/ORANGE | Kathy Burke | Sheffield Crucible |
| GLADIATOR GAMES | Charlotte Westernra | Sheffield Crucible / Theatre Royal Stratford East |
| BATINA AND THE MOON | Karen Simpson | Sheffield Crucible Studio Theatre |
| TOTAL ECLIPSE | Paul Miller | The Menier Chocolate Factory |
| A MODEL GIRL | Ruth Carney | Greenwich Theatre |
| MOTHER COURAGE (set) | Stephen Unwin | ETT |
| BREATHING CORPSES | Anna Mackmin | Royal Court Upstairs |
| THE FIELD | Róisín McBrinn | Tricycle Theatre |
| Triple bill of Pinter Plays: A KIND OF ALASKA, A SLIGHT ACHE and PRECISELY | Clare Lovett and Thea Sharrock | Gate Theatre Notting Hill |
| INVISIBLE MOUNTAINS | Tom Daley | National Theatre Education |
| MAMMALS | Anna Mackmin | Bush Theatre and on UK tour |
| A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE | Nikolai Foster | Theatr Clwyd |
| OLIVER! | Nikolai Foster | Hereford |
| A THOUSAND YARDS | Róisín McBrinn | Southwark Playhouse |
| REFERENCES TO SALVADOR DALI MAKE ME HOT | Róisín McBrinn | Arcola |
| GOMPERS | Róisín McBrinn | Arcola |
| CAR THIEVES | Paul Jepson | The Door, Birmingham Rep |
| THE MAIDS TRAGEDY | Clare Lovette | White Bear |
| THE SCHOOL OF NIGHT | Tom Daley | Other Place, RSC |
| OPERA | ||
| THE MAGIC FLUTE | Sam West | National Theatre of Palestine, Bethlehem & Ramallah |
| AS ASSOCIATE DESIGNER | ||
| GUYS AND DOLLS | Christopher Oram | Piccadilly Theatre |
| WORLD MUSIC | Christopher Oram | Donmar Warehouse & Sheffield Crucible |
| AS ASSISTANT DESIGNER | ||
| To Christopher Oram on GRAND HOTEL, HENRY IV, CALIGULA, THE VORTEX and PRIVATES ON PARADE at the Donmar Warehouse; DON CARLOS and THE TEMPEST (also West End), A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM and RICHARD III at the Sheffield Crucible; POWER at the Cottesloe, RNT and OLEANNA in the West End. | ||
| To Stephen Brimson Lewis on OTHELLO, KING JOHN, THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, THE TAMER TAMED, ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING at the RSC and on A CHORUS LINE and HIGH SOCIETY at the Sheffield Crucible. | ||
| EDUCATION | ||
| 2:1 BA (Hons) Theatre Design at Bretton Hall, Leeds | ||