Fifty Nine Productions
Lysander Ashton- designer
Click here to read Lysander's biography.
A full list of his projects with 59 is shown below...
David Bowie is
V&A Museum
V&A, 23rd March 2013
Gallery & Museum
59 Productions are lead designers on the 'David Bowie is' exhibition at the V&A museum in collaboration with Real Studios. The exhibition is now the fastest selling event in the museum's history.
"A triumph...Astonishing"
The Evening Standard
"Awe-inspiring"
The Guardian
"Stunning"
Daily Telegraph
"Stylish and outrageous"
The Times
London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony
The Olympic Stadium, Stratford, July 27th 2012
Events
59 Productions designed the video content for the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
War Horse - Australia
National Theatre
Australia, January 2013
Theatre
The National Theatre's Tony Award winning smash hit - featuring animation and projection design by 59 - begins an Australia tour in January 2013, opening in Melbourne.
London 2012 DVD
BBC
DVD, 19th November 2012
Film & TV
After designing the video and animated content seen throughout the stadium for the 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony, 59 have now recreated some of the key projection sequences from the show, presented as special features for this DVD/Blu Ray commemorative box set.
War Horse - US Tour
National Theatre
US Tour, July 2012
Theatre
The National Theatre's Tony Award winning smash hit - featuring animation and projection design by 59 - begins an American tour in summer 2012, opening in Los Angeles.
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.
Satyagraha - Met Opera
Metropolitan Opera / ENO / Improbable
Met Opera, New York, from November 4th 2011
Opera
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.
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.
Go Live - DVD
Klikk Film/Fifty Nine Productions/EMI Records
On general release, Released on DVD November 29th 2010
Film & TV
‘Go Live’ is the official DVD film release of jonsi’s hugely acclaimed solo show, designed by 59 Productions.
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.
Les Miserables - 25th Anniversary Concert
Cameron Mackintosh
O2 Arena, October 3rd
Musical, Live Music, Film & TV, Events
This 16,000-seat spectacular featuring over 200sq metres of video LED wall was broadcast live to cinemas around the world, and recorded for worldwide distribution on DVD
The Pearl Fishers
English National Opera
London Coliseum, June 2010
Opera
A thrilling tale of friendship tested by love, set on an exotic isle in an eastern sea, Bizet's early masterpiece is a gem of 19th-century French opera. The Production features a spectacular opening sequence created using animation and underwater cinematography by 59.
Jonsi
Frakkur / 59
World tour, April - Dec 2010
Live Music
Jonsi - lead singer of Sigur Ros - toured the world in 2010 with a brand new show, entirely designed by 59 Productions, to mark the release of his album, 'Go'.
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.
Les Miserables - UK & Europe
Cameron Mackintosh
UK and European Tour, 2009-2010
Musical
For it's 25th anniversary Cameron Mackintosh has created a new touring version of this best-loved musical. The new design features projection throughout, and includes some spectacular animated moments including Valjean's walk through the Paris sewers, and Javert's suicide.
Al Gran Sole Carico D'Amore
Salzburg Festival
Aug 2009
Opera
This project marks the 6th collaboration between director Katie Mitchell and DP / video designer Leo Warner
War Horse - West End
National Theatre
New London Theatre, 2009 onwards
Theatre
After two sell-out runs at the National Theatre, War Horse made a transfer to the West End's New London Theatre where it has been running since April 2009, and continues to break its own box office records.
Doctor Atomic - London
English National Opera
London Coliseum, February 2009
Opera
This contemporary opera by American composer John Adams is transferring to London after a highly successful season at the Metropolitan Opera in New York
Dr Atomic
Metropolitan Opera, NY
October-November 2008
Worldwide cinecast 8th November 2008
Opera
Set in the Nevada Desert in the hours leading up to the testing of the first Atomic Bomb, this opera by John Adams explores the thoughts and fears of Dr Oppenheimer and his associates at Los Alamos. Featuring animation and projection design by 59.
...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.