Nick Winston
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Nick Winston is an English
director and choreographer working in Theatre, Opera and Film
" (New End Theatre, London); Grease The Musical (Kenwood House, London); Dirty Dancing In Concert (International Tour); Aint Misbehavin'’' (Harrogate Theatre).
Opera credits include: Il Turco In Italia (Garsington Opera) The Adventures of Pinocchio (Opera North/Sadlers Wells/Chemnitz Opera/Minnesota Opera, RPS nomination: Best Opera) The Cunning Little Vixen (Rydale Festival) and Benzin (Chemnitz Opera).
Television and film credits include: Sondheim At 80 (BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall) Bob the Builder (Hit Animation/ Universal) High School Dance (E4) The Adventures of Pinocchio (Opusarte).
Corporate work includes: Dubai World Cup (Dubai), Redken (Astoria, London) and Paul Mitchell (London and Paris).
and Laine Theatre Arts
and began his career as a performer in musical theatre appearing in Cats, Disney's Beauty & The Beast (for which he was the assistant choreographer for the West End Premiere) Chicago, Fosse and Kiss Me Kate (in which he appears on the DVD in the role of Gremio).
English people
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director and choreographer working in Theatre, Opera and Film
As Director/Choreographer
Theatre credits include: "Cinderella" (White Rock Theatre, Hastings); "Can You Keep A Secret" (Trafalgar Studios, West End); "Another Kind Of Magic" (Scandinavian Arena Tour); "Tomorrow MorningTomorrow Morning
Tomorrow Morning is a musical by British composer and lyricist Laurence Mark Wythe. The story concerns the relationships of two couples separated by a span of time; one couple is getting married, while the other is getting divorced....
" (New End Theatre, London); Grease The Musical (Kenwood House, London); Dirty Dancing In Concert (International Tour); Aint Misbehavin'’' (Harrogate Theatre).
As a Choreographer
Theatre credits include: Fing's Aint Wot They Used T'Be (Union Theatre) The Band Wagon (Sadlers Wells) The Mountaintop (Guildhall Theatre, Derby) Sugar (Pimlico Opera, also assistant director) Elaine Paige In Concert (UK Tour) Crash and Death of a Salesman (West Yorkshire Playhouse); Tell Me on a Sunday (National Tour); Love Story (Minerva Theatre, Chichester) A Christmas Carol, (West Yorkshire Playhouse and Birmingham Repertory Theatre); The Cherry Orchard, Dancing at Lughnasa and Cling to Me Like Ivy (Birmingham Repertory Theatre); The Tempest and Much Ado About Nothing (Guilford Shakespeare Company); The Wizard of Oz (Royal Festival Hall); Horrid Henry: Live and Horrid (West End and Tour); Stepping Out (Derby Playhouse); Follies (TMA & WOS Award Nomination: Best Musical) Eden End, Humble Boy and Pinocchio (Royal & Derngate, Northampton, TMA nomination for Best Musical); Alfie (Watford Palace); The Fantasticks, Bouncers, Side-by-Side-by-Sondheim and Putting It Together (Harrogate Theatre); Hormonal Housewives (Scottish Tour); Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance and By Jeeves (National Tours); The Thing About Men, Let us Fly and Dorothy Fields Forever (Kings Head Theatre); Forbidden City, A Twist of Fate and The Snow Queen (Esplanade Theatre, Singapore); and the 25th Anniversary production of Side-by-Side-by-Sondheim (The Stables).Opera credits include: Il Turco In Italia (Garsington Opera) The Adventures of Pinocchio (Opera North/Sadlers Wells/Chemnitz Opera/Minnesota Opera, RPS nomination: Best Opera) The Cunning Little Vixen (Rydale Festival) and Benzin (Chemnitz Opera).
Television and film credits include: Sondheim At 80 (BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall) Bob the Builder (Hit Animation/ Universal) High School Dance (E4) The Adventures of Pinocchio (Opusarte).
Corporate work includes: Dubai World Cup (Dubai), Redken (Astoria, London) and Paul Mitchell (London and Paris).
Background
Nick Winston trained at the Royal Academy of DanceRoyal Academy of Dance
The Royal Academy of Dance is an international dance education and training organization, and examination board that specialises in the teaching and technique of Ballet. The RAD was established in London, England in 1920 as the Association of Operatic Dancing of Great Britain, and received its...
and Laine Theatre Arts
Laine Theatre Arts
Laine Theatre Arts is an independent performing arts college, based in the town of Epsom in Surrey, England. The college was founded in 1974, and developed from an earlier school, the Frecker-Laine School of Dancing...
and began his career as a performer in musical theatre appearing in Cats, Disney's Beauty & The Beast (for which he was the assistant choreographer for the West End Premiere) Chicago, Fosse and Kiss Me Kate (in which he appears on the DVD in the role of Gremio).