Mike Britton
Theatre Designer
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Awards |
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| Manchester Evening Post Award for ‘Best Design’ on HENRY V at The Royal Exchange TMA Award for ‘Best Design’ on THE LADY FROM THE SEA at Birmingham Rep |
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PRODUCTION |
DIRECTOR |
PRODUCTION COMPANY |
Current and Forthcoming Productions |
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| RUDOLF |
David Leveaux | Imperial Theatre, Tokyo /Raimund Theatre, Vienna |
| ROMEO AND JULIET | Jonathan Munby | Akasaka Act Theatre, Tokyo and Theatre Brava, Osaka |
Most Recent Theatre |
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| BROKEN GLASS | Iqbal Khan | Tricycle Theatre / West End |
| JUDGEMENT DAY | James Dacre | The Print Room |
| A KIND OF ALASKA / KRAPP’S LAST TRAP | Simon Godwin | Bristol Old Vic Studio |
| MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING | Jeremy Herrin | Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre |
| THE DEEP BLUE SEA/ NIJINSKY | Philip Franks | Chichester Festival Theatre |
| TIS PITY SHE’S A WHORE | Jonathan Munby | West Yorkshire Playhouse |
| FAITH HEALER | Simon Godwin | Bristol Old Vic |
| HAY FEVER |
Ian Brown | West Yorkshire Playhouse, Quarry Theatre |
| THE LATE MIDDLE CLASSES | David Leveaux | Donmar Warehouse |
| LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES | Toby Frow | Salisbury Playhouse |
| ARSENIC AND OLD LACE | Philip Wilson | Salisbury Playhouse |
| THE TALES OF BALLYCUMBER | David Leveaux | The Abbey Theatre, Dublin |
| DIAL M FOR MURDER |
Lucy Bailey | West Yorkshire Playhouse Courtyard Theatre, Fiery Angel National Tour |
| THE HYPOCHONDRIAC |
Gemma Bodinetz | Liverpool Playhouse Theatre, ETT National Tour |
Theatre |
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| WUTHERING HEIGHTS | Indhu Rubasingham | Birmingham Repertory Theatre |
| THE THREE SISTERS | David Leveaux | The Abbey Theatre, Dublin |
| A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM | Jonathan Munby | Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre |
| THAT FACE | Jeremy Herrin | The Royal Court Theatre, Upstairs transferring to The Duke Of Yorks Theatre, Sonia Friedman Productions |
| THE LADY FROM THE SEA | Lucy Bailey | Birmingham Repertory Theatre |
| PEOPLE AT SEA | Philip Wilson | Salisbury Playhouse |
| THE VERTICAL HOUR | Jeremy Herrin | The Royal Court Theatre |
| STATEMENT OF REGRET | Jeremy Herrin | The National Theatre, Cottesloe |
| SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER | Jonathan Munby | Birmingham Repertory Theatre, National Tour |
| HENRY V | Jonathan Munby | The Royal Exchange Theatre Manchester |
| PURE GOLD | Indhu Rubasingham | Soho Theatre |
| NAKAMITSU |
Jonathan Munby & Michael Ashcroft |
The Gate Theatre |
| GLASS EELS |
Lucy Bailey | Hampstead Theatre, London Brewhouse Theatre, Taunton |
| NOISES OFF | Philip Wilson | Liverpool Playhouse Theatre |
| DON’T LOOK NOW |
Lucy Bailey | The Lyceum Theatre Sheffield, Lyric Theatre Hammersmith |
| COMFORT ME WITH APPLES |
Lucy Bailey | Hampstead Theatre, London National Tour |
| THE WINTER'S TALE | Dominic Cooke | The Royal Shakespeare Company, Swan Theatre |
| PERICLES |
Dominic Cooke | The Royal Shakespeare Company, Swan Theatre |
| MIRANDOLINA |
Jonathan Munby | The Royal Exchange Theatre Manchester |
| ANTONY & CLEOPATRA | Dominic Dromgoole | Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre |
| CORIOLANUS | Dominic Dromgoole | Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre |
| PERIOD OF ADJUSTMENT | Howard Davies | The Almeida Theatre |
| WALK HARD | Nicolas Kent | The Tricycle Theatre |
| TARTUFFE | Jonathan Munby | Watermill Theatre, Newbury |
| TWELFTH NIGHT |
Patrick Mason | Theatre Royal Plymouth & Thelma Holt National Tour |
| THE COMEDY OF ERRORS | Jonathan Munby | The Crucible Theatre, Sheffield |
THE MORRIS |
Indhu Rubasingham | The Liverpool Everyman Theatre |
| DR FAUSTUS | Philip Wilson | Liverpool Playhouse Theatre |
| TROILUS & CRESSIDA | Jonathan Munby | Guildhall School Of Music & Drama |
| JOHN BULL’S OTHER ISLAND | Jonathan Munby | The Lyric Theatre Belfast |
| THE VENITIAN TWINS | Jonathan Munby | The Watermill Theatre, Newbury |
| THE GENTLEMAN FROM OLMEDO | Jonathan Munby | The Watermill Theatre, Newbury |
| BIRD CALLS | Jonathan Munby | Crucible Theatre Studio, Sheffield |
| THE TRIUMPH OF LOVE | Jonathan Munby | The Watermill Theatre, Newbury |
| DANCING AT LUGHNASA | Jonathan Munby | The Watermill Theatre, Newbury |
| DEEP THROAT: LIVE ON STAGE |
Edward Dick | BAC & The Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh Festival |
| THE AGE OF CONSENT |
Edward Dick | The Bush Theatre, Pleasance, Edinburgh Festival |
| MADNESS IN VALENCIA |
Jonathan Munby | Royal Shakespeare Company, The Other Place |
| WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? | Edward Dick | Oxford Playhouse |
As Design Associate/ Assistant |
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Mike previously worked as an assistant/ associate designer, draughtsman, props buyer and model maker on over fifty productions in the UK, Europe and America for designers such as Bob Crowley (most notably as his associate on THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK, the Disney musical of AIDA, CRESSIDA, THE ICEMAN COMETH, INTO THE WOODS and JUDAS KISS), Paul Brown, Tobias Hoheisel, Maria Bjornson, Michael Yeargan, Fran Thompson, Gerald Scarfe, Richard Hudson and Jasper Conran. |
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Film and Television work: |
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| Mike’s work in film and television includes as location set director in Spain on Ridley Scott’s THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN and as assistant set director on the ‘Lara Croft’ sequel TOMB RAIDER II: THE CRADLE OF LIFE. | ||
Education |
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Mike trained in theatre design at Wimbledon School of Art, London. |
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