Curriculum Vitae
TRAINING AND AWARDS | |||
| Bristol Old Vic Theatre School | Postgraduate Design Course | 1997 – 1998 | |
| University of Kent | BA Hons Drama & Theatre Studies | 1989 – 1993 | |
| John Elvery Design Award | 1998 | ||
| BBC Vision Design Award | 1998 | ||
| Fringe First Edinburgh Festival | 1995 | ||
CURRENT and FUTURE PROJECTS | |||
| Development for a new immersive promenade touring piece – Ugly – for Red Ladder | |||
| Pinter's A Slight Ache and The Lover for the Mercury, Colchester. | |||
| Hot Stuff and The King and I for Christmas at the Curve, Leicester. | |||
OTHER CREDITS | |||
| Production | Director | Company | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| King David Man of Blood by Fraser Grace | Dee Evans | Mercury, Colchester | 2010 |
| Under Milkwood | Gari Jones | Mercury, Colchester | 2010 |
| Young America Season: Beyond The Horizon Spring Storm | Laurie Sansom | National Theatre, London Royal, Northampton | 2010 2009 |
| Depot | Gari Jones | Mercury – site-specific at the Tramshed Colchester | 2009 |
| Lonesome West | Gari Jones | Mercury, Colchester | 2008 |
| The Wizard of Oz | Laurie Sansom | The Royal Northampton | 2008/9 |
| Forgotten Things | Rod Dixon | Red Ladder | 2008/9 |
| Accidental Death of An Anarchist | Gari Jones | Mercury, Colchester | 2008 |
| Still – a new Doug Lucie piece | Lamda | 2008 | |
| Journey's End | Tony Casement | Mercury, Colchester | 2008 |
| Treasure Island | Karen Hebden | Derby Playhouse | 2007/8 |
| Helter Skelter/Land of The Dead | Patricia Benecke | The Bush , London | 2008 |
| Wedding Day At The Cromagnons | Patricia Benecke | Soho Theatre, London | 2008 |
| Coriolanus and Julius Caesar | Tina Packer & Dee Evans | Colchester Mercury | 2007 |
| Rough For Theatre 1 & 2 | Gari Jones | Arts Theatre, London | 2007 |
| Hamlet | Gari Jones | Creation Theatre at Oxford Castle | 2007 |
| Checkout Girls | Goodnites Entertainment | National touring | 2007 |
| Dead Funny | Nikolai Foster | Oldham Coliseum and touring | 2007 |
| Death Of A Salesman | Sue Lefton | Mercury, Colchester & Ipswich Wolsey | 2007 |
| Arabian Nights | Gari Jones | Spiegel Tent at Oxford for Creation | 2006/7 |
| The Deep Blue Sea | Ben Crocker | Northcott, Exeter | 2006 |
| Miss Julie | Patricia Benecke | Mercury, Colchester | 2006 |
| Singin' In The Rain | Nikolai Foster | The Courtyard, Hereford | 2006 |
| Be My Baby | John LloydFillingham | The Dukes at Lancaster | 2006 |
| The Merchant of Venice | Gari Jones | Site specific at Oxford Castle for Creation | 2006 |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | Nikolai Foster | Mercury, Colchester | 2006 |
| Return To The Forbidden Planet | FineTime Fonteyn | National tour, Basingstoke | 2006 |
| The Importance of Being Earnest | Richard Baron | Mercury, Colchester | 2006 |
| The Crypt Project | Gari Jones | Sincera at St Andrews Church, Holborn | 2006 |
| The Elixir of Love | Martin Constantine | Grange Park Opera | 2005 |
| The Ladykillers | Ben Crocker | Northcott, Exeter | 2005 |
| The Seagull | David Hunt | Mercury, Colchester | 2005 |
| Twelfth Night | Dee Evans | Mercury, Colchester | 2005 |
| Dancing At Lughnasa | Ben Crocker | Northcott, Exeter | 2004 |
| To Kill A Mockingbird | Adrian Stokes | Mercury, Colchester | 2004 |
| Much Ado About Nothing | Charlotte Conquest | Creation, Oxford/Canterbury | 2004/6 |
| Romeo and Juliet | Abi Anderson | Creation, Oxford | 2004 |
| As You Like It | Ben Crocker | Northcott Theatre, Exeter | 2004 |
| Macbeth | Craig Bacon | Mercury, Colchester | 2004 |
| Si J'etais Roi | Martin Constantine | Opera Omnibus | 2004 |
| Romeo and Juliet | Steve Unwin | English Touring Theatre inc Hong Kong Arts Festival | 2003 |
| Habeous Corpus | Ben Crocker | Northcott, Exeter | 2003 |
| Private Lives | Greg Floy | Mercury, Colchester | 2003 |
| Romeo and Juliet | Ben Crocker | Northcott, Exeter | 2002 |
| Reunion and Dark Pony | Martin Constantine | Kings Head, London | 2002 |
| The Caucasian Chalk Circle | Sue Lefton | Mercury, Colchester | 2002 |
| A Tender Prayer | Rachel Horan | The Courtyard Theatre, London | 2001 |
| Aeroplane Bones | Martin Constantine | Bristol Old Vic | 2001 |
| Belle | Debbie Yhip | Gate Theatre, London | 2001 |
| Skylight | Ian Hastings | Dukes Theatre, Lancaster | 2001 |
| Frankie and Tommy | Laurie Sansom | Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith | 2000 |
| Union Street | Nick Stimson, Jennie Darnell, Rod Dixon | Theatre Royal, Plymouth | 2000 |
| Gringos | Martin Constantine | BAC, London & Bristol Old Vic | 2000 |
| Saucy Jack And The Space Vixens | Original production Mike Fidler | Edinburgh 1995, 1996, 1999 Club Saucy Jack, London 2000 | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop | Erica Whyman | Southwark Playhouse | 1999 |
| The Lost Domain | Nick Stimson | Drum Theatre, Plymouth | 1999 |
| Monkey! | Nick Stimson | Theatre Royal, Plymouth | 1999 |
| The Bald Prima Donna | Martin Constantine | Bristol Old Vic | 1998 |
EMPLOYMENT FOR DRAMA SCHOOLS AND WORKSHOP PROJECTS | |||
| Variety of specific design led workshops for Royal and Derngate to run alongside Wizard of Oz, and The Young America season. | 2008 & 2009 | ||
| Specific design led workshops to run alongside education department's summer schools and community work for the Mercury Colchester. | 2007 – 2009 | ||
| Creative Partnerships project in Milton Keynes School, working with 6th Form students on design and practical elements to fulfill Hamlet and Macbeth for public performance – over a period of 3 months in spring 2007 | |||
| Production | Director | Company | Date |
| Colour of Justice | Gari Jones | Arts Educational | 2010 |
| Road | Gari Jones | Arts Educational | 2009 |
| On The Boost by Mark Ravenhill | Peter Jones | LAMDA | 2009 |
| Importance of Being Earnest | John Link | LAMDA | 2009 |
| The Art of Success | Sam Potter | LAMDA | 2009 |
| Still by Doug Lucie | Penny Cherns | LAMDA | 2008 |
| The Trial | Gari Jones | RADA | 2004 |
| Caucasian Chalk Circle | Gari Jones | RADA | 2003 |
| The Owl and The Pussycat | John Telfer | Redgrave Theatre, Bristol | 2001 |
ASSOCIATE DESIGN POSITIONS | |||
| Associate artist for Mercury Theatre, Colchester 2008 – current | |||
| As listed above designed 16 shows, advises visiting designers, and organises placements where possible for recently graduated design students. | |||
ENGLISH TOURING THEATRE 2000 – 2003 | |||
| Amongst many shows: | |||
| Honeymoon Suite | ( Paul Miller/designer Hayden Griffith The Royal Court 2004) | ||
| King Lear | ( Steve Unwin tour and The Old Vic 2002/3) | ||
| John Gabriel Borkman | ( Steve Unwin tour 2003) | ||
| With designers | |||
| Pamela Howard | (Master Builder, Cherry Orchard tour ) | ||
| Bill Dudley | (The York Realist tour and Aldwych). | ||
ASSISTANT DESIGN POSITIONS | |||
| For David McVicar's Alcina, Tosca at ENO; Rigoletto at ROH and Carmen at Glydebourne. Assistant to Michael Vale. | 1999 – 2001 | ||