Bruno Poet

Lighting Designer

Bruno Poet

AWARDS

Whatsonstage Awards 2012 – Nomination for Best Lighting Design for FRANKENSTEIN

Knight of Illumination Award for FRANKENSTEIN

Green Room Award for RUSALKA – Opera Australia at the Sydney Opera House

Nominated for Helpmann Award for RUSALKA – Opera Australia at the Sydney Opera House

Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland ‘Best Design Award’ (with designer Naomi Wilkinson) for A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM – Dundee Rep

PRODUCTION

DIRECTOR

VENUE / COMPANY

CURRENT AND FORTHCOMING PRODUCTIONS

TRAVELLING LIGHT

Nicholas Hytner

National Theatre & tour

RINALDO

Francisco Negrin

Lyric Opera Chicago

CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA & I PAGLIACCI

Kasper Holten / Paul Curran

Royal Danish Theatre

MACBETH

Francisco Negrin

Opera National Du Rhin / Opera Monte Carlo 2012 (co-pro)

MAKROPULOS CASE

Tom Cairns

Opera North

CORAM BOY

Melly Still

Bristol Old Vic at Colston Hall

THE MAGIC FLUTE

Olivia Fuchs

Fundacion Opera De Oviedo

LA PERICHOLE / DON GIOVANNI / L'OLIMPIADE

Jeremy Sams / Daniel Slater / David Freeman

Garsington Opera 2012 Season at Wormsley Manor

MOST RECENT THEATRE

SOUTH DOWNS/ THE BROWNING VERSION

Angus Jackson/ Jeremy Herrin

Chichester, Minerva Theatre

BEING SHAKESPEARE

Tom Cairns

Trafalgar Studios

LONDON ROAD

Rufus Norris

National Theatre

FRANKENSTEIN

Danny Boyle

National Theatre

CAUSE CÉLÈBRE

Thea Sharrock

The Old Vic

SEASON’S GREETINGS

Marianne Elliott

National Theatre

JÓNSI WORLD TOUR

Live Music Concerts

MOST RECENT OPERA & DANCE

PELLEAS ET MELISANDE

Olivia Fuchs

Teatro Colon, Buenos Aries

IL TROVATORE

Olivia Fuchs

Den Jyske Opera

FROM THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD

John Fulljames

Opera North

IL TURCO IN ITALIA / THE MAGIC FLUTE / LA VERITA IN CIMENTO

Martin Duncan / Olivia Fuchs / David Freeman

Garsington Opera 2011 Season

DAS PORTRAIT

John Fulljames

Bregenzer Festspiele

OPERA AND DANCE

MACBETH

Tim Albery

New Zealand Opera/ Opera North

SALOME

Francisco Negrin

Palau de les Arts ‘Reina Sofia’ de Valencia

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM

Daniel Slater

Garsington Opera 2010 Season

RUSALKA (revival)

Olivia Fuchs

Opera North

LE NOZZE DI FIGARO

Thaddeus Strassberger

Den Norske Opera & Ballett

UNA COSA RARA

Francisco Negrin

Palau de les Arts ‘Reina Sofia’ de Valencia

THE KNIGHT CREW

John Fulljames

Glyndebourne Education 2010

L’ARBORE DI DIANA

Francisco Negrin

Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona 2009 / Teatro Real Madrid 2010 (co-production)

THE ENCHANTED PIG

John Fulljames

Royal Opera House, Young Vic and The Opera Group co-production at ROH Linbury Studio

AL GRAN SOLE CARICO D'AMORE

Katie Mitchell

Salzburg Festival

A VISITATION

Chor. Ina Christel Johannessen

Scottish Dance Theatre

I PURITANI

Francisco Negrin

De Nederlandse and Grand Théâtre de Genève co-pro, moving to Greek National opera, Athens

MIRANDOLINA / FIDELIO / LA CENERENTOLA

Martin Duncan / John Cox / Daniel Slater

Garsington Opera 2009 Season

IL TROVATORE

Paul Curran

Festival De Opera De Las Palma, Gran Canaria / Abao-Olbe, Bilbao

I THOUGHT I HEARD SOMEBODY CALLING

Chor. Janet Smith

Scottish Dance Theatre

PETER GRIMES

Danny Slater

Grand Théâtre de Genève

EINE FLORENTINISCHE TRAGODIE and GIANNI SCHICCHI

John Fulljames

Greek National Opera

VARJAK PAW

John Fulljames

The Opera Group at the Linbury Studio and UK tour

LA CORTE DEL FARAON

Francisco Negrin

Palau de les Arts ‘Reina Sofia’ de Valencia

MACBETH (Tim Albery), A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (Martin Duncan) & ROMEO ET JULIETTE (John Fulljames) - All as part of Opera North’s Shakespeare season

LA CLEMENZA DI TITO

Francisco Negrin

Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona and Oper Leipzig

PARTENOPE

Francisco Negrin

Royal Danish Opera

AIDA

Jo Davies

English National Opera

RIGOLETTO

Olivia Fuchs

Aarhus Denmark

MAVRA, SEVEN DEADLY SINS & GIANNI SCHICCHI

John Fulljames

Greek National Opera

DON PASQUALE

Daniel Slater

Opera Geneva and Theatre de Caen

THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO

Olivia Fuchs

English National Opera

IL TROVATORE

Paul Curran

Bologna, Ancona, Porto and Japan

MITRIDATE

Francisco Negrin

Granada Festival

MACBETH

Dominic Hill

Scottish Opera-Go-Round

LEONORE

Francisco Negrin

Teatro Comunale di Bologna

For Opera North:

DIDO AND AENEAS/LES NOCES

Aletta Collins

HANSEL AND GRETEL

John Fulljames

DON GIOVANNI

Olivia Fuchs

RUSALKA

Olivia Fuchs

MANON

Danny Slater

For the Royal Opera House, Linbury Studio:

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM

Olivia Fuchs

BABETTE’S FEAST

Tim Supple

ORPHEE

Francisco Negrin

Dance:

DOG

Hofesh Shechter

Scottish Dance Theatre

TREE FINGER SOUP

Glen Wilkinson

Rambert Dance Company

MOMENT TO MOMENT

Fin Walker

Walker Dance Company

HANSEL AND GRETEL

Nitia Jones

Wilton’s Music Hall

THEATRE

THE HUMAN COMEDY

John Fulljames

Young Vic

SUNSET BOULEVARD

Shaun Kerrison

Götesborgs Operan, Sweden

CHEKHOV IN HELL

Simon Stokes

Theatre Royal Plymouth

EVERY GOOD BOY DESERVES FAVOUR (Revival)

Felix Barrett/ Tom Morris

National Theatre

BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S

Sean Matthias

Theatre Royal Haymarket

GRAND GUIGNOL

Simon Stokes

Theatre Royal Plymouth

ROMEO AND JULIET

Neil Bartlett

Royal Shakespeare Company

THE HORSE MARINES

Sarah Esdaile

Plymouth Theatre Royal

THE ENCHANTMENT

Paul Miller

National Theatre

A PRAYER FOR MY DAUGHTER

Dominic Hill

Young Vic

ARISTOCRATS

Tom Cairns

National Theatre

VOLPONE

Greg Hersov

Royal Exchange

MAJOR BARBARA

Greg Hersov

Royal Exchange

THE SCHUMAN PLAN

Anthony Clark

Hampstead Theatre

LITTLE WOLF’S BOOK OF BADNESS

Anthony Clark

Hampstead Theatre

TOBIAS AND THE ANGEL

John Fulljames

Young Vic

ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER

Tom Cairns

Old Vic Theatre

PHAEDRA

Tom Cairns

Donmar Warehouse

UBU THE KING

Dominic Hill

Tron Theatre, Dundee Rep and Barbican

DUMB SHOW

Terry Johnson

Royal Court Theatre

Other work for the Royal Exchange, Manchester:

PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD

Greg Hersov

THE HOMECOMING

Greg Hersov

COLD MEAT PARTY

Braham Murray

THE SEAGULL

Greg Hersov

LES BLANCS

Greg Hersov and Marianne Elliott

Sheffield Crucible:

THE BIRTHDAY PARTY

Erica Whyman

SEXUAL PERVERSITY IN CHICAGO

Angus Jackson

THE SHAWL

Angus Jackson

Number 1 tours:

JUST BETWEEN OURSELVES

Dominic Hill

SO LONG LIFE

Dominic Hill

THE EXTERNAL

Ezra Hjalmarsson

Other London theatre:

DON JUAN, ISLAND OF SLAVES, PLEASURE PALACES and HANSEL AND GRETEL

All directed by Neil Bartlett

Lyric Hammersmith

THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH

David Lan

Young Vic

MIDNIGHT’S CHILDREN

Tim Supple

RSC at the Barbican/New York/UK tour

KING LEAR

Stephen Unwin

ETT at the Old Vic & on tour

ANTARCTICA

Richard Rose

Savoy Theatre

TESS

Stephen Edwards and Karen Hebden

West End

THINGS YOU SHOULDN’T SAY PAST MIDNIGHT

Abigail Morris

Soho Theatre

AL MURRAY: THE PUB LANDLORD

Al Murray

Playhouse Theatre

A SOLDIER’S TALE

Jonathan Alver

Queen Elizabeth Hall

Other English Touring Theatre shows:

FRENCH WITHOUT TEARS

Paul Miller

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

Earlier seasons for GARSINGTON OPERA:

2008: l’INCORONAZIONE DI DARIO (David Freeman), COSI FAN TUTTE (John Cox) and THE RAKE’S PROGRESS (Olivia Fuchs); 2007: IL RE PASTORE (Annilese Miskimmon), LA DONNA DEL LAGO (David Alden) and ARIADNE AUF NAXOS (Martin Duncan); 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).

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).