WHO’S WHO in the CAST
of War and Th e Fourth Protocol, all of which were
subsequently fi lmed.
CHARLES HART (Additional Lyrics) was born
in London and educated in Maidenhead and
Cambridge. He has written words for musicals,
(Th e Phantom of the Opera and Aspects of Love),
opera (Th e Vampyr, BBC 2) and miscellaneous
songs, as well as both words and music for television
(Watching, Split Ends, Granda TV) and radio
(Love Songs, BBC Radio 2). Other work includes
radio presenting, vocal coaching, accompanying,
musical direction and musical arrangement and
translation. From 1990-1993, he served as a council
member for the British Academy of Songwriters,
Composers and Authors. He is the recipient of two
Ivor Novello Awards and has been twice nominated
for a Tony Award®.
SIMON PHILLIPS (Director) began his career
in New Zealand before emigrating to Australia
in 1984. He was appointed Artistic Director of
the State Th eatre Company of South Australia
from 1990-94 and Artistic Director of the
Melbourne Th eatre Company from 2000-11. His
directing credits range from contemporary and
Shakespearean classics to musicals to opera. He has
also directed the premieres of many new works by
leading Australian writers. Apart from Love Never
Dies, Simon’s musical credits include Priscilla,
Queen of the Desert, Oliver!, Chicago, Jesus Christ
Superstar, Cabaret, High Society, Company, Th e
Twenty-Fift h Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,
Urinetown the Musical, Th e Drowsy Chaperone and
A Funny Th ing Happened on the Way to the Forum.
He has received eight Australian Green Room
Awards and fi ve Helpmann Awards, the most
recent being Best New Australian Work, for Ladies
in Black, a new musical he created with Tim Finn
and his wife, Carolyn Burns.
GABRIELA TYLESOVA (Scenic and Costume
Designer) is an award-winning, internationally
acclaimed designer. Gabriela was born in former
Czechoslovakia and studied art in both Europe and
Australia, graduating in Design at NIDA in 2000.
Gabriela has won multiple awards including: seven
Helpmann Awards, fi ve Green Room Awards,
four Australian Production Design Guild Awards
and three Sydney Th eatre Awards. Some career
highlights include designing Love Never Dies, Cosi
Fan Tutte, Sweeney Todd, Cyrano de Bergerac, Th e
Pillowman, Urinetown and the Broadway musical
adaptation of First Wives Club (USA). Gabriela
has currently completed design for A Flea in her
Ear for Sydney Th eatre Company, illustrated Th e
Sleeping Beautify book and is designing sets and
costumes for the new musical Muriel’s Wedding.
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GRAEME MURPHY AO (Choreographer) was
born in Melbourne and studied at Th e Australian
Ballet School. He has danced with Th e Australian
Ballet, Sadler’s Wells Ballet (London) and Ballets
Félix Blaska (France). During his 31-year tenure
as the artistic director of Sydney Dance Company,
he created more than 50 works, including 30 fulllength
productions. He was named Cultural Leader
of the Year (2004) by the Australian Business Arts
Foundation; listed among Australia’s 50 Most
Glamorous Exports at a special celebration hosted
by the Australian Government and Austrade
(2005) and received the Award for Contribution to
Cultural Exchange by the Ministry of Culture, the
People’s Republic of China (2008). Select directing
and choreographic credits include Metamorphosis,
Turandot, Salome, Th e Trojans, Aida (Opera
Australia), Swan Lake, Firebird, Th e Torvill and
Dean World Tour Company and more. He also
choreographed Death in Venice (Canadian Opera
Company); Samson et Dalila (Th e Metropolitan
Opera, New York) and the movie Mao’s Last
Dancer.
NICK SCHLIEPER (Lighting Designer) designs
for all of the major Australian theatre and opera
companies, and works regularly in Europe and
the USA. One of Australia’s most highly awarded
designers, he has received six Melbourne Green
Room Awards, fi ve Sydney Critics Awards, and fi ve
national Helpmann Awards. International work
includes productions in London (West End, Th e
Barbican and the Royal Shakespeare Company)
Tokyo, Toronto, the Kennedy Center Washington
and on Broadway, Th e Lincoln Center and BAM
in N.Y. In Europe, he has designed for the State
Th eatre companies of Berlin, Munich, Hamburg
and Norway, as well as the Hamburg State Opera
and the Salzburg Festival. Nick is a regular guest
with Sydney Th eatre Company, Melbourne Th eatre
Company and Opera Australia.
MICK POTTER (Sound Designer) has designed
the sound for over 100 musicals worldwide
including Broadway and West End productions of
School Of Rock (Drama Desk Award nominee), Les
Misérables (Tony Award® nominee, Helpmann
Award, Broadway World Audience Award
Canada), Th e Phantom of the Opera (Parnelii
Award), Miss Saigon (Broadway World Audience
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