WHO’S WHO
NINA DUNN (Video & Projection Design, for
Knifedge). Recent projects for theatre and opera
include: Aida (Royal Albert Hall); Backbeat
(Duke of York’s Theatre); A Midsummer
Night’s Dream (Mariinsky Theatre); Emperor
and Galilean (National Theatre); Northern
Ballet’s Cleopatra; The Armstrong and Miller
Live UK comedy tour and Katy Brand’s UK
comedy tour (Mick Perrin); and this production
of Richard Strauss’ Die Frau ohne Schatten
(Mariinsky Theatre) that won Golden Mask
Awards for Best Opera Production and Best
Design. Recent live events include: Wella’s
ITVA Awards and trend catwalk show in Paris;
illuminations at St Martin-in-the-Fields, London,
for the new St John’s Bible launch; projection
design for the opening ceremony of the World
Indoor Athletics Championships in Doha; and a
courtyard installation for Hermes in the Musee
de la Chasse in Paris. Forthcoming projects
include: The Flying Dutchman (ENO) and La
Boheme (WNO).
PAUL KIEVE (Illusion Consultant). West End
includes: Ghost - the Musical (and Broadway),
Matilda, Zorro, The Tempest, The Lord of the
Rings, Our House, The Witches of Eastwick,
Scrooge, The Witches, The Woman in White.
RSC: The Winter’s Tale, The Cherry Orchard,
The Tempest (Sam Mendes). National Theatre:
Theatre of Blood, La Grande Magia, Mrs Affleck,
Her Naked Skin. Opera: L’Heure Espagnole
(ROH); Das Rheingold (Strasbourg); Macbeth
(Hamburg). Ballet: Alice in Wonderland (Royal
Ballet & ENB); Aladdin (Scottish Ballet).
Arena tours: Holiday on Ice, Batman Live. TV:
“Cranford,” “I’d Do Anything,” BBC’s “History
of Magic,” “Heroes of Magic.” Film: Hugo,
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
Book: Hocus Pocus (Bloomsbury). Received
British Magical Society Award for outstanding
contribution to magic and is a gold star member
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ANGELA COBBIN (Hair and Wig Creator).
Ms. Cobbin’s extensive career includes Madame
Tussaud’s, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden,
and National Theatre, where productions include
Guys and Dolls, Richard III, and The Madness
of George III. Royal Shakespeare Theatre: The
Seagull and The Beckets. West End: The Iceman
Cometh, Lulu, Ivanov, Orpheus Descending,
To the Green Fields Beyond, The Graduate,
Chicago, Lenny, Jesus Christ Superstar, Who’s
Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, and Ragtime. For
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Cameron Mackintosh: The Witches of Eastwick,
Mary Poppins (London, New York, Holland,
Tours), Betty Blue Eyes, Les Misérables (2011),
The Phantom of the Opera (2012 U.K. tour),
Oliver (U.K. tour). Bregenz Festival: Fidelio and
Porgy and Bess. Film: Saint Ex and Clandestine
Marriage. Television: “Spitting Image,”
“Bramwell,” and “Dylan Thomas – Return
Journey.” “Best wig I’ve ever seen” – Barry
Humphries.
DAVID CULLEN (Orchestrations) is best
known as the orchestrator of musicals in London
and New York, particularly those of Andrew
Lloyd Webber: Cats, Starlight Express, Song
and Dance, Aspects of Love, Sunset Boulevard,
By Jeeves, Whistle Down the Wind, The
Beautiful Game, The Phantom of the Opera, The
Woman in White, Love Never Dies and, most
recently, The Wizard of Oz. Other musicals he has
orchestrated include: Abbacadabra, Children of
Eden, Shogun the Musical, Stepping Out, Edna
- the Spectacle and some London revivals: Can-
Can, The Baker’s Wife, Carmen Jones and the
Donmar production of Parade. Records which
he has arranged include: the America album
by the King’s Singers,Christmas With Kiri by
Kiri Te Kanawa, I Am What I Am by Shirley
Bassey and A Different Hat with Paul Carrack
and the RPO. He provided orchestrations
for Geppetto and Cinderella and the movie
of The Phantom of the Opera.
JOHN RIGBY (Musical Supervisor). As a
musical director/conductor his credits include:
the German productions of Miss Saigon and
Starlight Express; the West End productions
of Beautiful and Damned, Carmen Jones,
Carousel (Opera North), The Drowsy
Chaperone, The King and I, Sinatra at the
Palladium, The Last Empress, Marguerite,
Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera,
Peter Pan, The Pirates of Penzance and
The Producers. As musical supervisor his
credits include: Cameron Mackintosh’s new
production of Miss Saigon (West End); the UK
Tours of The Producers, The King and I, The
Rise and Fall of Little Voice, The Poor Soldier,
Cameron Mackintosh’s 25th Anniversary UK
Tour of The Phantom of the Opera and the arena
world tour of Jesus Christ Superstar starring
Tim Minchin and Melanie C. He regularly
conducts many of the UK’s major orchestras.
He recently conducted Die Fledermaus for
Opera Holland Park (London) and is currently
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