CREATIVE TEAM BIOS
SEAN CAVANAGH
Trained under Ralph Koltai at the Central School of Art and
Design, Sean has worked for many theatres throughout
the UK and abroad. He is also a long-standing Associate
Director of the independent Riding Lights Theatre Company
in York. A diverse range of productions designed include
major community projects such as the Chester Cycle
of Mystery Plays, popular drama ranging from Paul
Burbridge’s adaptation of the classic Three Men in a Boat to
John Godber’s Happy Jack and David Oyelowo’s production
of The White Devil, international work such as the world
premiere in Singapore of Judah Ben Hur - the Musical,
Pickwick for the Hungarian National Theatre and Edward III
in Taormina. Other projects include Who Do You Say I Am?
for BBC Television, and multimedia events such as The Rock
in San Francisco and Rock Me Amadeus in Vienna. Touring
productions include M. Butterfly, Outside Edge, The Sound of
Fury, Of Mice and Men, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Winter’s
Tale, Salaam Bethlehem, African Snow, commissioned to
celebrate the Bicentennial of the 1807 Act to Abolish the
Trade in Slaves, Visiting Mr. Green starring Warren Mitchell,
and most recently Crazy for You for Kilworth House Theatre.
Current and future UK and international tours include the hit musicals Dancing in the Streets, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and Rat Pack - Live from Las Vegas. West End credits include The Tempest, The Mikado, The Aspern Papers, Sherlock Holmes - The Musical, Of Mice and Men, Treasure Island, When Did You Last See Your Trousers?, Never the Sinner, The Miracle Worker, In Praise of Love, The Roy Orbison Story, Stepping Out - The Musical, The Fire Raisers, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, The Rat Pack - Live from Las Vegas, Dancing in the Streets, African Snow, Visiting Mr Green and currently Dreamboats and Petticoats and the revival of Rat pack – Live from Las Vegas.