Dick Bird

Stage Designer

Biography

Dick Bird’s website is available here.

Credits

Theatre

Production Company Notes
THE GATHERED LEAVES
2025
PostScript Productions / Park Theatre.

Dir. Adrian Noble

GISELLE
2025
National Ballet of Japan

Choreog. by Miyako Yoshida

LETTERS FROM MAX
2025
Hampstead Theatre

Dir. Blanche McIntyre

THE NUTCRACKER
2024 – 2026
English National Ballet

Choreog. Aaron S Watkin & Arielle Smith
Nominated for The 25th National Dance Awards for OUTSTANDING CREATIVE CONTRIBUTION

THE SPIDER'S BANQUET
2024
Sarasota Ballet

Dir. Iain Webb / Choreog. Sir David Bintley

YUKI ONNA
2024
Star Dancers Tokyo

Choreog. by Sir David Bintley

TACHKENT
2023
Theatre Marigny, Paris

Dir. Dan Jemmett

NIXON IN CHINA
2023
Teatro Real , Madrid

Dir. John Fulljames

MEASURE FOR MEASURE
2023
Teatr Stefana Zeromskiego, Kielce

Dir. John Fulljames

COSI FAN TUTTE
2023
The Grange Festival

Dir. Martin Lloyd Evans

FALSTAFF
2022
Teatre La Fenice, Venice

Dir. Adrian Noble

THE GONDOLIERS
2022
Scottish Opera

Dir. Stuart Maunder

GISELLE
2022
National Ballet of Japan

Choreog. Alastair Marriott

COMEDY OF ERRORS
2022
Sarasota Ballet

Choreog. Sir David Bintley

DON GIOVANNI
2020
Greek National Opera

Dir. John Fulljames

QUESTI FANTASMI
2020
Teatr Stefana Zeromskiego, Kielce

Dir. Dan Jemmett

POIL DE CAROTTE
2019
Opera Orchestre National Montpellier

Dir. Zabou Breitman

WO DE XIAO HUO BUN
2018
Sa Ding Ding, Xian

Dir. Adrian Noble

ANNA BOLENA
2018
Badisches Staatstheater

Dir. Irina Brown

STREET SCENE
2018
Teatro Real, Madrid

Dir: John Fulljames

THE NUTCRACKER
2017
Birmingham Royal Ballet at The Royal Albert Hall

Choreog. Sir Peter Wright

THE PEARL FISHERS
2017
LA Opera

Conducted by Plácido Domingo and Grant Gershon

DRAGON QUEST
2017
Star Dancers Ballet, Tokyo

Dir: Minoru Suzuki

TIS PITY SHE’S A WHORE
2016
Teatr Polski, Warsaw

Dir: Dan Jemmett

MIKADO
2016
The Scottish Opera

a new co-production with the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company. Dir: Martin Lloyd-Evans

THE PASSION
2016
BBC4 Broadcast

In collaboration with The Sixteen and in association with Manchester’s HOME.

THE PASSION
2016
Streetwise Opera

Dir: Penny Woolcock

in collaboration with The Sixteen and in association with Manchester’s international centre for contemporary visual art, theatre and film, HOME.

COSI FAN TUTTE
2016
A Garsington Opera/Bucharest National Opera House coproduction

Dir: John Fulljames

LES PECHEURS DE PERLES
2016
Metropolitan Opera New York

Dir: Penny Woolcock
Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda

COSI FAN TUTTE
2015
Garsington Opera

Dir: John Fulljames
Conductor: Douglas Boyd

SUMMERTIDE
2015
The Sarasota Ballet

Choreographed by Sir Peter Wright

AH WILDERNESS
2015
Young Vic

Dir: Natalie Abrahami

THE HUDSUCKER PROXY
2015
Nuffield Southampton & Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse

Dir: Simon Dormandy and Toby Sedgwick

THE HUDSUCKER PROXY
2015
The Nuffield Theatre, The Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse in association with Complicite Production

UK THEATRE AWARD FOR BEST DESIGN 2015

UNCLE VANYA
2015
West Yorkshire Playhouse

Dir: Mark Rosenblatt

SWAN LAKE
2015
Star Dancers Ballet

Dir: Minoru Suzuki

PINOCCHIO
2014
The Guildhall School of Music and Drama

Dir: Martin Lloyd-Evans

NABUCCO
2014
Opera National de Lorraine

Dir: John Fulljames

Conductor: Rani Calderon

THE PEARL FISHERS
2014
English National Opera

Dir: Penny Woolcock

KATE BUSH -BEFORE THE DAWN
2014
The KT Fellowship

Dir: Kate Bush with Adrian Noble

LA BAYADERE
2014
K-Ballet Company

Choreography: Tetsuya Kumakawa

ALADDIN
2014
Houston Ballet

Choreog. David Bintley
US premiere

LA DONNA DEL LAGO
2013
Royal Opera House

Dir. John Fulljames

LA TRAGÉDIE D'HAMLET
2013
La Comédie Francaise

Dir. Dan Jemmett

THE BIRTHDAY PARTY
2013
Manchester Royal Exchange

Dir. Blanche McIntyre

THE FIREWORK MAKER'S DAUGHTER
2013
The Opera Group

Dir. John Fulljames

ALADDIN
2013
Birmingham Royal Ballet

Choreog. David Bintley

THE NUTCRACKER
2012
Star Dancers Ballet, Tokyo

Production by Minoru Suzuki

THE TEMPEST
2012
Teatr Polski

Dir. Dan Jemmett

ANGLE at the BUSH
2012
Angle/Bush Theatre

Dir. Blanche McIntyre

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
2012
Barbican

Dir. Martin Lloyd-Evans

UBU ENCHAINE
2011
Theatre L’Athenee/Tour

Dir. Dan Jemett

LE FREISCHÜTZ
2011
Opéra Comique

Dir. Dan Jemmett

STREET SCENE
2011
Young Vic

Revival

FROM THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD
2011
Opera North

Dir. John Fulljames

TWELFTH NIGHT
2011
Teatr Polski

Dir. Dan Jemmett

THE PEARL FISHERS
2010
ENO

Dir. Penny Woolcock

THE FIREBIRD
2010
National Theatre of Japan

Dir. David Bintley

DAS PORTRAIT
2010
Bregenz Festival

Dir. John Fulljames

BEATRICE ET BENEDICT
2010
Opéra Comique

Dir. Dan Jemmett

THE FIREBIRD
2010
New National Theatre, Tokyo
LA COMEDIE DES ERREURS
2010
Theatre Vidy

Dir. Dan Jemmett

LE DONNEUR DE BAIN
2010
Theatre Marigny

Dir. Dan Jemmett

BEEN SO LONG
2009
Young Vic

Dir. Che Walker

HARVEST by Richard Bean
2009
UK Tour

Dir. Wilson Milam

AS YOU LIKE IT
2009
Globe Theatre

Dir. Thea Sharrock

LA GRANDE MAGIE
2009
La Comédie Francaise

Dir. Dan Jemmett

ONLY AN APPLE by Tom McIntyre
2009
Abbey Theatre Dublin

Dir. Selina Cartmell

SNEGUROCHKA
2008
Wexford Festival Opera

Dir. John Fullames

ALADDIN
2008
National Ballet of Japan

Dir. David Bintley

DON JUAN
2008
Teatro Abadia

Dir. Dan Jemmett

THE MAGIC FLUTE
2008
Vilnius

Dir. Dalia Ibelhauptaite

EL BURLADOR DE SEVILLA
2008
Teatro de la Abadia, Madrid

Dir. Dan Jemmett

SWIMMING WITH SHARKS
2008
Vaudeville Theatre

Dir. Wilson Milam

OTHELLO
2007
Shakespeare's Globe

Dir. Wilson Milam

HOW MUCH IS YOUR IRON?
2007
The Young Vic

Dir. Orla O’Loughlin

IL TRITTICO
2007
Opera Zuid

Dir. Ben Davis

HEARTBREAK HOUSE
2007
Watford Palace Theatre

Dir. Indhu Rubasingham

SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF MOZART/UNSEGRETO D'IMPORTANZA
2006
Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Dir. Dan Jemmett

FIDELIO
2006
Dublin Opera Company

Dir. Annelise Miskimmon

THE ENCHANTED PIG
2006
Young Vic

Dir. John Fulljames

TONIGHT AT 8.30
2006
Chichester Festival Theatre

Dir. Lucy Bailey

SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF MOZART/UN SEGRETO D'IMPORTANZA
2006
Teatro Communale di Bologna

Dir. Dan Jemmett

RAINBOW KISS
2006
The Royal Court Theatre

Dir. Richard Wilson

THE CANTERVILLE GHOST
2006
English National Ballet

Dir. Will Tuckett

THE EVOCATION OF PAPA MAS
2006
UK Tour

Devised by Told By An Idiot

HARVEST
2005
The Royal Court Theatre

Dir. Wilson Milam

THE GAMBLER
2005
Opera Zuid, Maastricht

Dir. Dalia Ibelhauptaite

CHIMPS
2005
Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse

Dir. Wilson Milam

DIRTY WONDERLAND
2005
Site-specific play for Frantic Assembly

Devised by Frantic Assembly

THE GONDOLIERS
2005
Oper Am Rhein

Dir. Dan Jemmett

LITTLE GREEN SWALLOW
2005
Guildhall School of Music & Drama

Dir. Martin Lloyd Evans

LITTLE MATCH GIRL
2005
Castello Maniacce, Syracusa

For the Tiger Lillies. Directed by Dan Jemmett

LEAR
2005
The Crucible, Sheffield

Dir. Jonathan Kent

TEJAS VERDES
2005
The Gate Theatre

Dir. Thea Sharrock

THE NIGHT SEASON
2004
The National Theatre

Dir. Lucy Bailey

THE RAPE OF LUCRETIA
2004
The Guildhall School of Music & Drama

Dir. Martin Lloyd Evans

DEFENCE OF THE REALM
2004
The Peacock Theatre, Dublin

Dir. Wilson Milam

LA BOHEME
2004
English Touring Opera

Dir. Annelie Miskimmon

ENDANGERED SPECIES
2004
From Here To Maturity UK Tour

Dir. Luca Silvestrini

DIE KUNST DES HUNGERNS
2003
Schauspielhaus, Graz

Dir. Marc von Henning

THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS
2003
West Yorkshire Playhouse

Dir. Ian Brown

TRUE WEST
2003
Bristol Old Vic

Dir. Wilson Milam

RABBIT
2003
Frantic Assembly Tour

Dir. Frantic Assembly

LA CENERENTOLA
2003
Opera Theatre Company, Dublin

Dir. Annilese Miskimmon

THOSE EYES, THAT MOUTH
2003
Grid Iron, site specific at the Edinburgh Festival

Dir. Ben Harrison

FLESH WOUND
2003
Royal Court

Dir. Wilson Milam

THE BANQUET
2003
Protein Dance UK Tour

Directed and choreographed by Bettina Strickler & Luca Silvestrini

THWAITE
2003
Almeida Opera

Dir. Dan Jemmett

GREAT EXPECTATIONS
2003
Bristol Old Vic

Dir. Gordon Anderson

MR PLACEBO
2003
The Traverse

Dir. Wilson Milam

ARLECCHINO & ZANNI
2002
Marcello Magni at BAC

Dir. Marcello Magni, Kathryn Hunter & Jos Houben

MESSALINA
2002
The Battignano Opera Festival

Dir. Julian Weber

MISCONCEPTIONS
2002
The Derby Playhouse & The Salisbury Playhouse

Dir. Timothy Sheader

HEAVENLY
2002
Six week Frantic Assembly Tour

Directed by Frantic Assembly

THE LADY IN THE VAN
2002
The West Yorkshire Playhouse

Dir. Ian Brown

A PRAYER FOR OWEN MEANY
2002
The National Theatre

Dir. Mick Gordon

BEN-HUR
2002
BAC

Dir. Carl Heap

THE THREE MUSKETEERS
2001
The Young Vic

Dir. Julian Weber

THE WALLS
2001
The National Theatre

Dir. Mick Gordon

THE LUCKY ONES
2002
The Hampstead Theatre

Dir. Matthew Lloyd

MONKEY!
2001
The Young Vic

Dir. Mick Gordon

THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE
2001
Salzberg Festival

Dir. Marc von Henning

IL TABARRO
2000
Long Beach Opera Company

Dir. Julian Weber

POSEIDON
2000
Primitive Science at The Young Vic

Dir. Marc von Henning

LIGHT
2000
Theatre de Complicite on Tour and at The Almeida

Dir. Simon McBurney

VOLLO DI NOTTE
2000
Long Beach Opera Company, California

Dir. Julian Weber

SNOW SHOES
1999
Manchester Royal Exchange & Tour

Dir. Mike Dalton

CLOSER
1999
Teatro Broadway, Buenos Aires

Dir. Mick Gordon. Winner of ACE Best Play 1999

HALF MACHINE
1998
Primitive Science

Dir. Marc von Henning

LUCKY YOU
1999
Manchester Royal Exchange & Tour

Dir. Mike Dalton

MARATHON
1999
The Gate Theatre

Dir. Mick Gordon

SNOW SHOES
1998
Pop Up Theatre/Royal Exchange Manchester

Dir. Mike Dalton

THEATRE DREAM
1998
BAC / Primitive Science

Dir. Marc von Henning

UNE TEMPETE
1998
Gate Theatre

Dir. Mick Gordon

In Development

Production Company Notes
SLUBY PANIENSKIE Teatr Polski

Dir. Dan Jemmett

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