Bruno Poet

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There are a few photographs in our gallery (above) but please go to his own website at www.brunopoet.co.uk for more extensive examples.

Bruno recently won the ‘Victorian Green Room Award’, and was nominated for the ‘Helpmann Award’, for his lighting on RUSALKA for Opera Australia at the Sydney Opera House last year. He also won, with designer Naomi Wilkinson, the 2007 ‘Best Design Award’ at the Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland for A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM at Dundee Rep.

Current and forthcoming THEATRE projects include:
ROMEO AND JULIET - Royal Shakespeare Company, director Neil Bartlett

EVERY GOOD BOY DESERVES FAVOUR – National Theatre, dir Felix Barrett/ Tom Morris

THE HORSE MARINES – Plymouth Theatre Royal, director Sarah Esdaile

And:

Current and forthcoming OPERA projects include:

EINE FLORENTINISCHE TRAGODIE and GIANNI SCHICCHI – Greek National Opera, director John Fulljames

I PURITANI – co-production between De Nederlandse and Grand Théâtre de Genève, and moving to Greek National opera, Athens - director Francisco Negrin
L’ARBORE DI DIANA – coproduction Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona and Teatro Real Madrid - director Francisco Negrin
UNA COSA RARA (2010) - Palau de les Arts ‘Reina Sofia’ de Valencia, dir Francisco Negrin
PETER GRIMES – Opera Geneva, director Danny Slater (March 2009)
and for Garsington Opera 2008: in his eleventh consecutive season:- l’INCORONAZIONE DI DARIO (David Freeman), COSI FAN TUTTE (John Cox) and THE RAKE’S PROGRESS (Olivia Fuchs)


DANCE productions include
TREE FINGER SOUP - a new ballet for Rambert Dance Company, Glen Wilkinson
MOMENT TO MOMENT - Walker Dance Company , Fin Walker
HANSEL AND GRETEL - Wilton’s Music Hall, director Nitia Jones
Two new pieces for Scottish Dance Theatre, choreographed by Hofesh Shechter and Janet Smith

 

MOST RECENT THEATRE includes
For the National Theatre: THE ENCHANTMENT (Paul Miller), ARISTOCRATS (Tom Cairns)

For the Royal Exchange: VOLPONE and MAJOR BARBARA (both Greg Hersov)
For Hampstead Theatre: THE SCHUMAN PLAN and LITTLE WOLF’S BOOK OF BADNESS

(both directed by Anthony Clark)
For the Young Vic: A PRAYER FOR MY DAUGHTER (Dominic Hill) and TOBIAS AND THE ANGEL (opening the new building, John Fulljames)
and:
ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER – Old Vic Theatre, director Tom Cairns
PHAEDRA – Donmar Warehouse, director Tom Cairns
UBU THE KING – Tron Theatre, Dundee Rep and Barbican, director Dominic Hill
DUMB SHOW - Royal Court Theatre, director Terry Johnson

OTHER RECENT OPERA includes
For Garsington Opera season 2007 (for whom he has lit 11 consecutive seasons):-
IL RE PASTORE (Annilese Miskimmon), LA DONNA DEL LAGO (David Alden) and
ARIADNE AUF NAXOS (Martin Duncan)
For Opera North: MACBETH (Tim Albery), A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (Martin Duncan) and ROMEO ET JULIETTE (John Fulljames) as part of Opera North’s Shakespeare season DIDO AND AENEAS/LES NOCES (Aletta Collins); HANSEL AND GRETEL (John Fulljames); DON GIOVANNI and RUSALKA (both Olivia Fuchs) and MANON (Danny
Slater)
For the Royal Opera House, Linbury Studio: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (Olivia Fuchs), BABETTE’S FEAST (Tim Supple) and ORPHEE (Francisco Negrin)
and:

VARJAK PAW – The Opera Group and UK tour, director John Fulljames

PARTENOPE – Royal Danish Opera, director Francisco Negrin

Il TROVATORE - Abao-Olbe, Bilbao - director Paul Curran

LA CLEMENZA DI TITO - Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, moving to Oper Leipzig - director Francisco Negrin

LA CORTE DEL FARAON - Palau de les Arts ‘Reina Sofia’ de Valencia - dir Francisco Negrin

AIDA – English National Opera, director Jo Davies
RIGOLETTO – Aarhus Denmark, director Olivia Fuchs
Triple bill: MAVRA, SEVEN DEADLY SINS, GIANNI SCHICCHI – Greek National Opera,
director John Fulljames
DON PASQUALE – Opera Geneva and Theatre de Caen, director Daniel Slater
THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO – English National Opera, director Olivia Fuchs
IL TROVATORE - Bologna, Ancona, Porto and Japan, director Paul Curran
MITRIDATE – Granada Festival, director Francisco Negrin
MACBETH – Scottish Opera-Go-Round, director Dominic Hill
LEONORE – Teatro Comunale di Bologna, director Francisco Negrin

 

OTHER WORK AT THE ROYAL EXCHANGE, MANCHESTER
PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD and THE HOMECOMING (both Greg Hersov); the double bill COLD MEAT PARTY (Braham Murray) & THE SEAGULL (Greg Hersov) and LES BLANCS (Greg Hersov and Marianne Elliott)

SHEFFIELD CRUCIBLE: THE BIRTHDAY PARTY (Erica Whyman) and SEXUAL PERVERSITY IN CHICAGO and THE SHAWL (both Angus Jackson)

 

No 1 TOURS: JUST BETWEEN OURSELVES and SO LONG LIFE - directed by Dominic Hill, THE EXTERNAL - director Ezra Hjalmarsson

 

OTHER THEATRE IN LONDON
DON JUAN, ISLAND OF SLAVES, PLEASURE PALACES and HANSEL AND GRETEL (Lyric Hammersmith, all directed by Neil Bartlett); THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH (Young Vic, David Lan); MIDNIGHT’S CHILDREN (RSC at the Barbican/New York/UK tour, Tim Supple); KING LEAR starring Timothy West (ETT at the Old Vic & on tour, Stephen Unwin); ANTARCTICA (Savoy Theatre, Richard Rose); TESS (West End, Stephen Edwards and Karen Hebden); THINGS YOU SHOULDN’T SAY PAST MIDNIGHT (Soho Theatre, Abigail Morris); AL MURRAY: THE PUB LANDLORD (Playhouse Theatre, Al Murray); A SOLDIER’S TALE (Queen Elizabeth Hall, Jonathan Alver)

OTHER ETT SHOWS INCLUDE: FRENCH WITHOUT TEARS (Paul Miller) and TWELFTH NIGHT, LOVE’S LABOURS LOST, THE CHERRY ORCHARD, DON JUAN & THE TAMING OF THE SHREW - all Stephen Unwin

 

DUNDEE REP: TWELFTH NIGHT, DUCHESS OF MALFI, PETER PAN - all Dominic Hill

 

OTHER THEATRE INCLUDES: THE THREE MUSKETEERS (Bristol Old Vic, Timothy Sheader), THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST (Oxford Playhouse, Erica Whyman), THE LEMON PRINCESS (West Yorkshire Playhouse, Ruth Carney) ; ALICE IN WONDERLAND (Bristol Old Vic, Melly Still winner of TMA Award for Best Children’s Show); STILL LIFE and SEEING WITHOUT LIGHT (Drum Theatre, Plymouth, Jeff Teare); NEVILLE’S ISLAND (Richard Beecham) & THE GLASS MENAGERIE (David Lan) - Watford; MUSIK (Jennie Darnell) and ROYAL SUPREME (Jimmy Faye) – Theatre Royal Plymouth; JUNK (Den Nationale Scene, Norway, John Retallack)

 

OTHER OPERA INCLUDES
ARABELLA (Francisco Negrin) and FIDELIO (Francisco Negrin) - de Vlaamse Opera; THE MAGIC FLUTE (Scottish Opera, Jonathan Moore); GIRL OF SAND (Almeida Opera, John Full James); FALSTAFF (Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Olivia Fuchs); ORFEO ET EURIDICE (Opera National du Rhin, Michael McCaffery), LA TRAVIATA (Olivia Fuchs) and FIDELIO (Robert Chevara) - both ETO; IL MONDO DELLA LUNA (RAM, Robert Chevara); BABETTE’S FEAST (ROH/Linbury Studio, Tim Supple); THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO (Lee Blakely); ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD (William Relton) - both QEH; BERLIN TO BROADWAY & MACBETH (North Jutland Opera Denmark, Nigel Warrington), THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD (BYO, Michael McCaffery), THE TURN OF THE SCREW (Brighton Festival, Olivia Fuchs), OTTONE (RCM at The Britten Theatre, Tom Hawkes), VANESSA (Bloomsbury, Nigel Warrington), NORMA (Barcelona, Francisco Negrin), DON PASQUALE (Buxton Opera House, Donna Stirrup), LA CENERENTOLA and LA TRAVIATA (Mick Gordon), CARMEN (Terry John Bates), DON GIOVANNI (Carlos Wagner) at Opera Holland Park, DR MIRACLE and SIGNOR BRUSCHINO (RAM/RCM, Robert Chevara), APOLLO AND HYACINTH (Classical Opera/Britten Theatre, Olivia Fuchs)

 

and earlier seasons for GARSINGTON OPERA:
2006: MAYSKAYA NOCH (Olivia Fuchs) and DON PASQUALE (Daniel Slater); 2005: LE COMTE ORY (Rupert Goold), LE NOZZE DI FIGARO (John Cox) and ARABELLA (David Fielding). 2004: CHEREVICHKI (Olivia Fuchs), L’EQUIVOCO STRAVAGANTE (Massimo Gasparon) and COSI FAN TUTTE (John Cox). 2003: DIE SCHWEIGSAME FRAU (David Fielding), IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA (Marco Gandini), LA FINITA GIARDINIERA (Paul Curran). 2002: SARKA and OSUD (Olivia Fuchs), DON GIOVANNI (Stephen Unwin), LA GAZZA LADRA (Daniel Slater); 2001: INTERMEZZO (David Fielding), DIE ZAUBERFLOTE (James Macdonald), LA GAZETTA (Marco Gandini); 2000: GENOVEVA (Aidan Laing), FIGARO (Stephen Unwin), IL MONDO DE LA LUNA (Michael McCaffrey); 1999: DIE LIEBE DER DANAE (David Fielding), DIE ENTFUHRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL (Stephen Unwin), L’ITALIANA IN ALGERI (Michael McCaffrey); 1998: LA LIETRA DEL PARAGONE (Michael McCaffrey), FALSTAFF (Stephen Unwin), LUCIO SILLA (Aiden Laing).