Rob Howell has designed sets and costumes extensively in the theatre and opera in the UK and abroad including at The Royal Court, The Donmar Warehouse, The Old Vic, The National Theatre, The Royal Shakespeare Company, The Royal Opera House and The Metropolitan Opera and on Broadway. He has received numerous Olivier and Tony nominations, including a current Olivier nomination for The Ferryman, and was awarded Oliviers for Best Set Designer in the years 2000, 2006 and 2012 and a Tony for Best Set Designer in 2013. ... read more
Sam Mendes founded and ran the Donmar Warehouse in London for ten years. He was the founding director of The Bridge Project and Neal Street Productions.
His work has been seen at the National Theatre, RSC, Royal Court, Old Vic, Young Vic, BAM, the West End and on Broadway. Films include American Beauty, Road to Perdition, Jarhead, Revolutionary Road, Away We Go, Skyfall, Spectre, and 1917.
Awards include Academy Award Best Director, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award Best Director, 2 Tony Awards, 5 Olivier Awards, the Olivier Special Award, 3 Evening Standard Awards, Empire Inspiration Award, Directors Guild of America Award ... read more
Work in the US includes King Kong, The Children, The Seagull, Private Lives (Broadway); King Lear, Long Day’s Journey into Night, Escaped Alone, Ghosts (BAM); Love and Information (NYTW); Cock (Duke on 42nd), Drunk Enough to Say I Love You? (Public Theater); Manon Lescaut, Madama Butterfly, Werther, Carmen (The Met). Current West End: 42nd Street. Awards include two Olivier Awards, South Bank Award for Opera which he directed and designed (Ring Cycle), Helpmann and Green Room Award for Lighting (King Kong in Australia). ... read more
