CREATIVE TEAM BIOS
CHRIS ELLIS
Chris has worked extensively in the West End, for the Royal Shakespeare, Royal National Theatre, Deutscher Schauspielhaus Hamburg, Chichester Festival Theatre,
Welsh Theatre and Singapore Repertory companies and created opera designs for the National Musikteater Amsterdam, Den Norske Oper, the Royal Opera House,
the English National, Welsh National, Scottish and Opera North companies.
Opera designs include: Don Giovanni (New Vic Stoke); The Chinese Conjuror (Almeida Opera); The Nightingale’s To Blame (Opera North); Ariadne Auf Naxos (Den Norske Opera, Scottish), La Traviata, The Magic Flute, The Jacobin, Peter Grimes (Scottish); Wozzeck (Netherlands); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Netherlands, Tel Aviv); Julius Caesar (Scottish, Ludwigshaven, Montpellier); Donnerstag Aus Licht (ROH), The Gambler, La Traviata, Christmas Eve (Eno); Hansel And Gretel (Eno, Netherlands, La Fenice, BBC); From The House Of The Dead (Welsh, Scottish, Vancouver, Palermo).
Recent theatre designs include: Crazy For You and Oklahoma!! (Kilworth House Theatre); Man Of La Mancha (Edinburgh Lyceum); Promises And Lies (Birmingham Rep); Jerry Springer The Opera (National Tour); 5/11, The Government Inspector, How To Succeed In Business Without Trying, Merchant Of Venice And Blunt Speaking (Chichester Festival Theatre). The Thorn Birds (Uk National Tour); Simply Cinderella (Curve Leicester); Dance Of The Vampires (Budapest); Rough Music (Kings Head), Man of La Mancha (Edinburgh Lyceum); My Fair Lady, Denmark; Telstar (New Ambassadors London); The Forbidden City, Singapore Esplanade Theatre; Sweet Charity and Pinocchio (Teatro Della Luna in Milan); Rigoletto (Clonter Opera).
Future theatre projects include: The Rat Pack At The Sands Hotel (Adelphi, London); Pros And Cons (Derby); It’s a Wonderful Life (Avalon Productions); Tanz Der Vampieren (Brussels).