Lighting Designer

Following their acclaimed production of Orfeo in 2022, we welcome back the same creative team to perform the second of Monteverdi’s opera trilogy. John Caird will direct and Laurence Cummings will conduct The English Concert on the stage, with a stellar cast lead by Cecelia Hall and Ed Lyon.

In the last five fruitful years of his life, Monteverdi wrote this opera for the carnival season of 1640, a time for music, dance and masquerading. His musical style, so astonishingly bold and innovative when he wrote Orfeo more than thirty years earlier, has developed yet further, with arias and duets that give full life and humanity to his characters.

Il ritorno d'Ulisse

Wormsley

The fool in Nikolaus Lehnhoff’s production of Rigoletto is clad in poisonous green, and equally toxic is his mockery of the gaggle of courtiers around the Duke of Mantua. But emotionally the fool is a mess, constantly worried about his daughter Gilda, whom he jealously shields from the clutches of the Duke, an infamous rake. When Gilda nevertheless falls victim to the Duke, Rigoletto swears bloody vengeance. But the plan backfires … The hugely successful premiere of Rigoletto took place at the Teatro La Fenice in 1851. Giuseppe Verdi created a score which he himself described as ”revolutionary“ in its ground-breaking musical and dramatic intensity. The end result is a deeply shocking work, and perhaps the best opera by the great Italian.

Rigoletto

Semperoper Dresden

A summer of pleasure. A storm on the horizon.

It’s a hot, beautiful summer in 1905, and Russia’s elite retreat to the countryside to swim, sip champagne and start affairs.

When they’re having this much fun, why care about anything else? But Varvara just can’t shake the feeling that their holiday idyll is built on borrowed time.

As the party continues, how long can they ignore the storm on the horizon?

Summerfolk

National Theatre

Batten down the hatches. Strike the colours. The pirates are back. The ENO’s smash-hit production of Gilbert & Sullivan’s swashbuckling farce returns shortly – and is set to get audiences toe-tapping along all over again.

The Pirates of Penzance

London Coliseum

This festive season, join Clara on a fantastical adventure where anything is possible. Embark on a journey full of colour and wonder as English National Ballet brings Nutcracker to life with over 100 dancers and musicians.

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Nutcracker

Mayflower Theatre

This raw and emotionally charged adaptation of Romeo & Juliet breathes new life into Shakespeare’s masterpiece as the passion and violence at work in the streets of Verona boils over, with tragedy following swiftly behind.

Romeo & Juliet

Royal Shakespeare Theatre

The Marlowe

Newcastle Theatre Royal

This festive season, join Clara on a fantastical adventure where anything is possible. Embark on a journey full of delight and wonder as English National Ballet brings Nutcracker to life with over 100 dancers and musicians.

Vienna, 1889: behind the glittering facade of the Habsburg court, Crown Prince Rudolf is spiralling. Trapped by duty, isolated within his own family, and increasingly consumed by addiction and despair, he moves through a world of splendour that offers him everything… except the freedom he craves. When the young Mary Vetsera is drawn into his turbulent world, their intense connection accelerates a descent towards the infamous tragedy at the Mayerling hunting lodge, a scandal the monarchy fought to conceal.

The Scandal at Mayerling

Festival Theatre Edinburgh

Theatre Royal Glasgow

His Majesty's Theatre

Macmillan's most dramatic ballet, based on the true story of a royal family with a dark secret, re-imagined by Scottish Ballet.

Lighting Designer

Paul Pyant

Events

Upcoming events

Dec 17, 2026 - Jan 10, 2027

Nutcracker · London Coliseum

8 - 30 Apr, 2027

The Scandal at Mayerling · Scottish Ballet

22 - 24 Apr, 2027

The Scandal at Mayerling · Capital Theatres

Past events

Jun 12 - Jul 25, 2026

Il ritorno d'Ulisse · Garsington Opera

8 - 30 May, 2026

Rigoletto · Semperoper Dresden

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