59 Productions theatre work

Fraulein Julie / Miss Julie Barbican

Schaubune Berlin / Barbican Theatre London
Barbican, April 30th - May 4th 2013

Theatre

Directed by Katie Mitchell and Leo Warner, this production further explores the live filming techniques developed over six previous collaborations, this time taking Strindberg's bleak Swedish drama about class war and gender conflict.

Big Fish

101 Productions
Chicago, April 2013

Theatre, Musical

A rollicking fantasy set in the American South, BIG FISH centers on the charismatic Edward Bloom, whose impossible stories of his life's epic adventures frustrate his son Will. Now, with Edward on his deathbed, Will must embark on his own journey to find out who his father really is, unraveling the man from the myth, the truth from the tall tales.

Feast

Young Vic
Young Vic Theatre, The Cut, February 1st 2013

Theatre

On their way to a feast, three sisters are separated at a crossroads by a trickster. To be reunited, they must undertake an incredible and mystical journey from 18th century Nigeria to Brazil, Cuba, the US and the UK in 2013.

Reise Durch Die Nacht / Night Train

Schauspiel Koln
Halle Kalk, Schauspiel Koln, 13th October 2012

Theatre

Directed by Katie Mitchell, this adaptation of Friederike Mayröcker's poetic prose novella at the Schauspielhaus Kóln features video directed by 59's Leo Warner. This is the latest in a string of collaborations between Mitchell and Warner exploring the use of cinema-quality live video in theatre.

Ten Billion

Royal Court / Festival d'Avignon
Royal Court Theatre / Festival d'Avignon, July 12th / July 23rd-26th 2012

Theatre

Scientist Stephen Emmott collaborates with theatre director Katie Mitchell in an exploration of the future of life on Earth

Five Truths - Leeds

V&A/59 Productions
Howard Assembly Room, Leeds, February 2012

Theatre, Gallery & Museum

After an acclaimed showcase at the V&A in London in 2011, this new video installation, directed and devised by Katie Mitchell, and produced by 59 has opened in Leeds. Leo Warner is the cinematographer and video designer for the project.

War Horse - Toronto

Princess of Wales Theatre, Toronto
From February 28th 2012

Theatre

The National Theatre's Tony Award winning smash hit - featuring animation and projection design by 59 - opens at the Princess of Wales Theatre, Toronto in February 2012.

Kristin, nach Fräulein Julie - Avignon

Schaubuhne Berlin
Avignon Festival, July 2011

Theatre

59's Leo Warner co-directed this live-cinema adaptation of Strindberg's 1888 classic with Katie Mitchell at the Schaubuhne in Berlin in 2010. It appeared at the renowned Avignon theatre festival in July 2011.

Dr Dee

Manchester International Festival
Palace Theatre, Manchester, 1st July 2011

Theatre, Opera

A new work composed by Damon Albarn and directed by Rufus Norris. Based on the life of astrologer, alchemist, mathematician and spy Dr John Dee.

Five Truths

V&A/59 Productions
V&A Museum, June 2011

Theatre, Film & TV, Gallery & Museum

A new commission from the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), this video installation is directed and devised by Katie Mitchell, and produced by 59. Leo Warner is the cinematographer and video designer for the project.

War Horse - New York

Vivian Beaumont Theatre
Lincoln Center, from April 14th 2011

Theatre

The National Theatre's West End smash hit War Horse - featuring new projection and animation design by 59 - opened in New York at the Lincoln Centre on the 14th April 2011, before going on to win innumerable awards including 5 TONYs.

Die Wellen / Waves

Schauspiel Koln
From February 2011 - in rep

Theatre

Originally produced at the National Theatre, London, in 2006, (remounted for a world tour in 2008), this project was the first collaboration between director Katie Mitchell and Director of Photography / video designer Leo Warner.

Roald Dahl's Twisted Tales

Lyric Hammersmith
January 24th

Theatre

Based on a collection of dark short stories for adults by Roald Dahl, these twisted tales are adapted for stage for the first time by The League of Gentlemen’s Jeremy Dyson.

Beauty and the Beast

National Theatre
Cottesloe, Nov 2010 - Jan 2011

Theatre

Katie Mitchell's second childrens' show at the National Theatre, adapted by writer Lucy Kirkwood, includes beautiful live shadow puppetry and a magic mirror, courtesy of 59 productions.

Really Old, Live Forty-Five

National Theatre
Cottesloe, 26th January 2010

Theatre

Tamsin Oglesby’s furious comedy confronts head-on our embarrassment and fear about old age. It exposes a society in which compassion vies with pragmatism and, by asking unequivocal questions, it comes up with some extraordinary answers.

Mother Courage and Her Children

National Theatre
Olivier, September 2009

Theatre

Thyestes

Arcola
June 2009

Theatre

Time and the Conways

National Theatre
Lyttelton, May - August 2009

Theatre

Request Programme / Wunschkonzert - Berlin

Berlin Theatre Festival
May 2009

Theatre

This production from Schauspielhaus Koln has been selected for the Berlin Theatretreffen as one of the "ten best German-language productions of the year".

Panic

Barbican, London
15th April - 16th May 2009

Theatre

The Loves of Lady Purple

Development project
University of Huddersfiled,

Theatre

The Loves of Lady Purple was a development project with writer Judith Adams, puppeteers Faulty Optic, and other associates of the University of Huddersfield drama department.

Request Programme / Wunschkonzert

Schauspiel
Koln, November 2008 onwards

Theatre

Cherry Blossom

Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh / Teatr Polski Bydgoszcz / Teatr Polski Warsaw
from September 2008

Theatre

Black Watch - New York

St Ann's Warehouse, Brooklyn
Nov 2007

Theatre

After it's phenomenal success in Edinburgh and on tour, this smash hit from the National Theatre of Scotland sits down in Brooklyn for a sold-out 3 week run.

War Horse

National Theatre
Olivier, September 2008

Theatre

War Horse returns to the National Theatre for a second time after it's sell-out run in 2007

Alex - tour

UK and International Tour
September - December 2008

Theatre

Waves - World Tour

National Theatre
International Tour / New York, August - November 2008

Theatre

Leo Warner is the cinematographer for this acclaimed National Theatre tour by director Katie Mitchell, based on the novel by Virginia Woolf, which toured Europe and America in 2008

...some trace of her

National Theatre
Cottesloe, July to October 2008

Theatre

The third collaboration between director Katie Mitchell and 59's Leo Warner, based on Dostoevsky's The Idiot.

War Horse

National Theatre, Olivier
17th October 2007 to 14th February 08

Theatre

Alex

Alex Live on Stage - Video design by Fifty Nine Productions
The Arts Theatre, London

Theatre

Black Watch - London

National Theatre of Scotland
Barbican, London, June-July 2007

Theatre

Attempts on Her Life

National Theatre
Lyttelton, March to May 2007

Theatre

This production of Martin Crimp's grim critique of Western consumer society marks the second live-camera collaboration between 59's Leo Warner and director Katie Mitchell.

Waves

Cottesloe, National Theatre
October, 2006

Theatre

Based on the groundbreaking novel by Virginia Woolf, this multimedia collaboration with director Katie Mitchell stunned audiences and was described by one critic as marking the birth of "an entirely new art form".

Black Watch

National Theatre of Scotland
Edinburgh Drill Hall, August 2006

Theatre

Black Watch tells the story of the eponymous Scottish regiment's tour of duty in Iraq. Partly based on verbatim interview transcripts and true events, this production won virtually every theatre award going, and has continued to tour the world for several years.

Roam

Grid Iron / National Theatre of Scotland
Edinburgh International Airport, March 2006

Theatre

This hugely ambitious award-winning project set out to produce a piece of site-specific theatre - devised around the subject of air travel and international boundaries - in Edinburgh Airport.

The Escapologist

Suspect Culture
Tramway, Glasgow (and tour), 2006

Theatre

Based on a book by Adam Philips, this production about a psychiatrist and some of his patients uses a number of cunning video effects to recreate some of Houdini's famous escapology spectacles.

Arthur: The Story of a King

Wee Stories Theatre for Children
Kings Theatre and tour, 2004

Theatre

This beautiful and engaging production for children tells the tragic story of King Arthur's rise and fall through live music, puppetry, performance and a series of huge video projections that encircle the stage.

Sweet Fanny Adams in Eden

Stellar Quines
Scottish Plant Collectors Garden, Pitlochry, 2003

Theatre

59's first professional video design job was this extraordinary promenade theatre production, set across a 7 acre outdoor garden in the Perthshire mountains. Multiple screens and a custom-built media server set us on the creative and technical path to where we are today.