Dr Dee - English National Opera - Video Design

Creative Team

Rufus Norris Co-Creator, Director

Damon Albarn Co-Creator, Composer, Performer

André de Ridder Conductor, Orchestration Consultant

Stephen Higgins Musical Supervisor

Paul Atkinson Designer

Lysander Ashton for 59 Productions Video & Projection Designer

Marco Sandeman Animation for 59 Productions

Scott Graham & Steven Hoggett for Frantic Assembly, Movement Directors

Paule Constable Lighting Designer

Paul Arditti Sound Designer

Katrina Lindsay Costume Designer

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Dr Dee

English National Opera / MIF
Coliseum, June 2012

About this project

Dr Dee is a new work composed by Damon Albarn and directed by Rufus Norris.

In the age before science and magic parted company, Doctor John Dee was the ultimate Renaissance Man: astrologer, alchemist, mathematician and spy, he coined the term ‘British Empire’ and equipped the Elizabethan Court with the knowledge to make it manifest. The inspiration for both Marlowe’s Faust and Shakespeare’s Prospero, Dee studied the Heavens, he spoke with Archangels, and he paid a bitter personal price.

Dr Dee explores ritual and symbolism in this country, past and present, using John Dee – one of England’s greatest but largely forgotten men – as catalyst.

After a sell out run at the Manchester International Festival in the summer of 2011, it transfers to the English National Opera in June 2012.