Mark Jonathan

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Mark was nominated for a 2007 Dramadesk award for Outstanding Lighting Design for his work on PROMETHEUS BOUND at Classic Stage Company in New York, previously at Sound, London and directed by James Kerr from his own version

 

Current and forthcoming OPERA Productions:-

AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH (2011) – La Scala Milan, director William Friedkin

 

Current and forthcoming BALLET Productions:-

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST – Birmingham Royal Ballet, UK Tour followed by performances in Beijing and Shanghai, choreographer David Bintley

THE NUTCRACKER – Northern Ballet Theatre, choreographer David Nixon
- recently on tour and coming back into the repertoire in December
GISELLE – Birmingham Royal Ballet out on tour again, David Bintley’s production
SYLVIA (2009) - Birmingham Royal Ballet, choreographer David Bintley

 

Current and Forthcoming THEATRE productions:-
OTHELLO – RSC tour, director Kathryn Hunter
and for Chichester Festival Theatre, for whom he is also an Associate:- COLLABORATION and TAKING SIDES, both directed by Philip Franks.

 

MOST RECENT OPERA

IL TRITTICO: with GIANNI SCHICCHI directed by Woody Allen and IL TABARRO and
SUOR ANGELICA directed by William Friedkin for Los Angeles Opera
DER FREISCHUTZ – Finland National Opera, director Juha Hermanus

Il BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA – Scottish Opera, director Sir Thomas Allen
SALOME and DAS GEHEGE - Bavarian State Opera, Munich, director William Friedkin
GIANNI SCHICCHI and BLUEBEARD’S CASTLE – Washington Opera, dir William Friedkin
SAMSON ET DELILAH - New Israeli Opera Tel Aviv, director William Friedkin
For LA Opera: HANSEL AND GRETEL (Douglas Fitch); ARIADNE AUF NAXOS (William
Friedkin) and FALSTAFF (revival, Stephen Lawless)

 

MOST RECENT DANCE includes

ALADDIN – The New National Theatre, Tokyo, choreographer David Bintley
For the Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House: THE SLEEPING BEAUTY (recently on tour in Mexico); SYLVIA (also recently in Berlin); THE TALES OF BEATRIX POTTER (Sir Frederick Ashton’s choreography in a production by Sir Anthony Dowell); La SYLPHIDE with a new production of NAPOLI DIVERTISSEMENTS (Johan Kobberg); THE SLEEPING BEAUTY (Monica Mason/Christopher Newton); Sir Frederick Ashton’s CINDERELLA (produced by Wendy Somes – also BBC2, the New York Met and on Far East tour including Seoul and Tokyo); SYLVIA (choreographed by Sir Frederick Ashton in a production by Christopher Newton, and a co-production with American Ballet Theatre at the New York Met, nominated for Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dance 2005)
For Birmingham Royal Ballet: CYRANO (David Bintley); THE SLEEPING BEAUTY (Sir Peter
Wright); BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (David Bintley - also in Hong Kong); THE SEASONS
(recent revival at the Hippodrome) and TWO PIGEONS, ENIGMA VARIATIONS, DANTE
SONATA, and FIVE BRAHAMS WALTZES IN THE MANNER OF ISADORA DUNCAN –
Sir Frederick Ashton

JANE EYRE – London Children’s Ballet at the Peacock Theatre, Nicola Tongue

 

MOST RECENT THEATRE includes

MONKEY! – West Yorkshire Playhouse, director Dominic Leclerc

For The Royal Court: FREE OUTGOING (Indhu Rubasingham) and BREATHING CORPSES (Anna Mackmin)
For Chichester Festival Theatre: NICHOLAS NICKLEBY (and UK tour, West End and Toronto, Jonathan Church/Philip Franks), HOBSON’S CHOICE (and UK tour, Jonathan Church), OFFICE SUITE with Patricia Routledge (and UK tour, Edward Kemp,) and BABES IN ARMS with Lorna Luft (Martin Connor).
For Birmingham Repertory Theatre: UNCLE VANYA, THE WIZARD OF OZ (WYP Xmas 06 and Birmingham Rep Xmas 05) – both Rachel Kavanaugh; GALILEO, THE NORMAN CONQUESTS (both Jonathan Church), NEVILLE’S ISLAND (Paul Raffield), THE CRUCIBLE (also UK tour, Jonathan Church) and THE WITCHES (ATG/West End, Birmingham Rep & No 1 tour, Jonathan Church)
for Sheffield Crucible: SHADOW MOUTH (Dominic Leclerc), THE CLEAN HOUSE (Sam West)
and
PARADISE LOST – Oxford Stage Company, director Rupert Goold
HAMLET – Theatre Royal Northampton, director Rupert Goold
TEJAS VERDAS – Gate Theatre, Notting Hill, director Thea Sharrock

 

NATIONAL THEATRE: Head of Lighting until 2004
HONK! - director Julia McKenzie, Olivier Award Best New Musical; SKYLIGHT - director Richard Eyre, Olivier Award Best New Play; TITUS ANDRONICUS - director Gregory Doran; THE ADVENTURES OF THE STONEHEADS - director Toby Wilsher/Trestle; THE WAITING ROOM - director Indhu Rubasingham

 

OTHER THEATRE includes
THE JARMAN GARDEN (as part of the Derek Jarman season, Riverside Studios, Ben Gove); CLUBLAND (Royal Court, Indhu Rubasingham); LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES (Bristol Old Vic, Samuel West); THE WOMAN IN WHITE (Sydmonton Festival, Sir Trevor Nunn); THE LADY’S NOT FOR BURNING (Chichester Festival, Samuel West); GOD AND STEPHEN HAWKING (Bath Theatre Royal & No 1 tour, Jonathan Church); JUMPERS (Birmingham Rep, Bill Alexander); SNAKE IN THE GRASS (Old Vic/Peter Hall Company, Dominic Dromgoole)

MUSICALS include
PEGGY SUE GOT MARRIED (Shaftesbury, Kelly Robinson); SWEET CHARITY (Victoria Palace, Carol Metcalfe/Chet Walker); MARLENE (West End, Paris and Broadway, Sean Mathias); THE HA’PENNY BRIDGE (Cork Opera House, Cathal McCabe); THE NORTHERN ODYSSEY (Belfast Odyssey Arena, Cathal McCabe) and HALF A SIXPENCE (Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Martin Connor).

OTHER WORK IN OPERA includes

Los Angeles Opera: PETER GRIMES (John Schlesinger); FALSTAFF and DON PASQUALE (Stephen Lawless)
and for Holland Park Opera: SERAGLIO, RIGOLETTO, BARBER OF SEVILLE, BETLY, PAGLIACCI, CAVALERIA RUSTICANA, GIANNI SCHICCI - all directed by Daniel Dooner
for Glyndebourne Festivals and Glyndebourne Touring Opera: extensive work including THE BARBER OF SEVILLE, THE RAKE’S PROGRESS, COSI FAN TUTTE, IDOMENEO and DIE ENTFUHRUNG.
and:- VENUS & ADONIS, DIDO & AENEAS (de Vlaamse Opera, Stephen Lawless); CARMEN (New Israeli Opera Tel Aviv, Stephen Lawless); DIE ENTFUHRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL (Opera du Rhin Strasbourg, Stephen Lawless); LA FINTA SEMPLICE (Potsdam Berlin, director Stephen Lawless); ORFEO ED EURYDICE (Scottish Opera Go Round, Antony Fabian).
* His Opera designs were selected as part of the British entry into the 1999 Prague Quadrennial.

 

Other work for the BIRMINGHAM ROYAL BALLET
the world premiere of FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD, THE PROTECTING VEIL, THE SEASONS and GISELLE for David Bintley; THE PROSPECT BEFORE US (David Bintley production/de Valois choreography; TWO PIGEONS, ENIGMA VARIATIONS, DANTE SONATA, FIVE BRAHAMS WALTZES IN THE MANNER OF ISADORA DUNCAN and A WALK IN THE PARADISE GARDEN (David Bintley production/Sir Frederick Ashton choreography); POWDER (Stanton Welch).

 

OTHER BALLET PRODUCTIONS: A LITTLE PRINCESS (The Peacock Theatre, Vanessa Fenton); LANDSCHAFT UND ERRINERUNG (David Bintley) and EXILIUM (Jean Grand Maitre) at Stuttgart Ballet; THE TWO PIGEONS (Sir Frederick Ashton choreography, Scottish Ballet; UP FROM THE WASTE for Antonia Franchesci at the Albany Empire