59 Productions

Animation & Projection Design

Led by directors Leo Warner, Mark Grimmer and Lysander Ashton, 59 Productions specialises in creating and integrating animation, film and video into live performance and real-world environments. Recent design and video design for events and theatre: David Bowie Is at the V&A and on world tour; Feast at the Young Vic/Royal Court; London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony for LOCOG/IOC; 10 Billion at the Royal Court; War Horse in New York, London, and on Australia and US tours; TED Global Conference; Reise Durch Die Nacht and Request Programme for Schauspiel Köln; Fraulein Julie for Schaubühne Berlin; Black Watch for National Theatre Scotland; Beauty and The Beast, Really Old, Like Forty-Five, Mother Courage and Her Children, Time and the Conways, Waves, …some trace of her and Attempts on Her Life at the National Theatre. Video designs for opera: Al Gran Sole Carico D’Amore for Staatsoper Berlin/Salzburg Festival; The Enchanted Island and 125th Gala Anniversary at the Metropolitan Opera, New York; Dark Sisters for Gotham Chamber Opera, MTG and the Opera Company Philadelphia. For the ENO: The Perfect American (also Teatro Real), Messiah (also Opera De Lyon), Two Boys, Satyagraha, Idomeneo, After Dido (also Young Vic) and Dr Atomic (also Metropolitan Opera). For the Royal Opera House: Eugene Onegin, The Minotaur and Salome. Video design for dance and live music: Britten Dances, Invitus Invitam, The Goldberg Project and Seven Deadly Sins for the Royal Ballet; Les Misérables 25th Anniversary Concert at the O2 Arena and on world tour; Dorian Gray for New Adventures; and for 59, Fink ‘Perfect Darkness’ Tour (with Ninja Tune) and Jonsi ‘Go’ Tour. 59productions.co.uk