Fifty Nine Productions
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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.
The Pub
59 Productions
Release January 2012
Film & TV
The Pub wins The World Animation Award at Leeds International Film Festival. The jury spokesperson said of the film, "The jury was unanimous in its praise of this film...Capturing a sincere and earnest slice of life, the film manages to be grotesque and beautiful, repulsive yet captivating – all the while being completely recognisable and grounded in reality."
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.
The Enchanted Island
Metropolitan Opera, New York
from December 31st 2011
Opera
This new opera, with a new libretto by Jeremy Sams, is assembled from the greatest hits of the Baroque opera era, and is based on the Shakespearean stories of A Midsummer Night's Dream, and The Tempest.
Behzod Abduraimov
59 Productions
Shot on Location , November 2011
Film & TV
59 Productions teamed up with Decca Classics to make a music video for classical pianist Behzod Abduraimov.
Dark Sisters
Gotham Chamber Opera / MTG / OCP
Gerald W. Lynch Theater, 9th November 2011
Opera
59 has designed the set and projection for Dark Sisters, a new opera which describes one woman’s dangerous attempt to escape her life as a member of the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints (FLDS).
Satyagraha - Met Opera
Metropolitan Opera / ENO / Improbable
Met Opera, New York, from November 4th 2011
Opera
The Half-Light
Congo Red Films / 59 Productions
released May 2011
Film & TV
Written and directed by Prasanna Puwanarajah, The Half-Light tells the story of a lonely man's quest to put the light back in his faded life.
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.
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'.
Satyagraha - ENO
English National Opera
London Coliseum, 25th Feb - 26 March 2010
Opera
One of the most visually spectacular stagings of recent decades, ENO’s hit production of Philip Glass’s Satyagraha broke all Company records for contemporary opera when it premiered and then went on to enjoy huge success at the Metropolitan Opera, New York. This is it's much-anticipated return to the London Coliseum.
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.
A Family Portrait
59 Productions / Film London / Channel 4 / UK Film Council
October 2009
Film & TV
Winning prizes and praise at film festivals around the world, this short animation by regular 59 collaborator Joseph Pierce, and produced by 59, became one of 33 Oscar-eligible short animations in 2011.
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.
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.
Spilt Milk
NFTS
March 2009
Film & TV
This TV sketch-show pilot was produced by the NFTS, directed by Aneil Karia, and features writing from 59's Mark Grimmer
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
Cherry Blossom
Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh / Teatr Polski Bydgoszcz / Teatr Polski Warsaw
from September 2008
Theatre
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.
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.
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Roam [wasn't staged in a day]
59 / NTS / Grid Iron
2006
Film & TV
This 27 minute film documents the extraordinary process of mounting a piece of world-class site-specific theatre in a busy international airport, a challenge undertaken by Grid Iron and the National Theatre of Scotland.
Seven Deadly Sins
Royal Ballet
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 2007
Dance
Will Tuckett choreographs this modern piece starring Royal Ballet principal Zenaida Yanowsky and singer-songwriter legend Martha Wainwright.
Satyagraha
English National Opera / Improbable
London Coliseum, April 2007
Opera
This beautiful production of Philip Glass's extraordinary opera about Gandhi's years as a young lawyer in South Africa features some ravishing images courtesy of the ever-inventive Improbable Theatre Company, with projections by 59.
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.
