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Beggars Opera
New music and new script for the Beggars Opera, devised and created by Vanishing Point and a Band called Quin. Video and Projection Finn Ross.
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Der Ring Des Nibelungen - Mariinsky
Re-imagined version of the 'Kirov' Ring cycle under the direction of Alexander Zeldin. Conducted by Valerie Gergiev. Video Design by Sven Ortel. Opening July 2009 in St.Petersburg and London
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Die Frau Ohne Schatten
Jonathan Kent directs Strauss' mysterial opera at the Mariinsky in St.Petersburg. Sets are by Paul Brown. Valery Gergiev conducts and Video & Projection Designs are by Sven Ortel and Nina Dunn.
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Hamlet
New York's Theatre For A New Audience's first staging of Shakepeare's most popular and controversal play. Directed by David Esbjonson. Designed by Antje Ellermann, lit by Marcus Dosh, sound and music by Jane Shawi.
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It's a Wonderful Life
Premiere of a new musical based on the classic film. Directed by Peter Rowe and set design by Libby Watson. Video design by Dick Straker.
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Just Add Water
Just Add Water is a new dance piece by Shobana Jeyasingh that premiered at the Linbury featuring stage design and video animation by Dick Straker.
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Leona Lewis at Hackney Empire
Leona Lewis' first live show featured video projection trickery by Mesmer in Hackney Empire.
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Marguerite
Video & Projection Design (Sven Ortel) for Boublil, Schoenberg and Legrand's new musical "Marguerite". After London's Haymarket Theatre this gorgeous production will premiere In Tokyo on February 13th. Directed by Jonathan Kent.
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McQueen / Puma
Puma collection designed by Alexander McQueen and shown in Milan. Mesmer designed the curved projection screen in consultation with the film director and supplied, installed and programmed the projection and exhibition lighting.
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Medea/Medea
Ian William Galloway works with Headlong Theatre and Dylan Tighe to create video for the Gate Theatre's production of Medea/Medea, the winner of 2009's New DIrections award.
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MICroscope
MICroscope by Riz MC, aka Riz Ahmed, tours the UK. A theatrical music gig, in promenade, projection and live camera effects by Finn Ross and Ian William Galloway
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My Tiger My Timing - I Am The Sound
Ian William Galloway of Mesmer directs the promo for My Tiger My Timing's "I Am The Sound", released October 2009 on SIlver Music Machine.
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Nocturnal
Ian William Galloway of Mesmer works with director Lyndsey Turner and animator Matt Walker to create a projected setting for the new play Nocturnal at the Gate Theatre, Notting Hill.
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Official Secrets Act - Bloodsport
Ian William Galloway of Mesmer directs the music promo for Official Secrets Act's "Bloodsport", released June 2009 on One Little Indian records.
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Seize The Day
Seize The day. Written and Directed by Kwame Kwei-Armah. Part of The Tricycle Theatres' Not Black and White triple bill. Video-Dick Straker
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Serious Money
Carol Churchill's critical look at the stock market deregulation in 1987 makes a timely return to the Birmingham Rep. Direction: Jonathan Munby, Design: Paul Wills, Video Design: Finn Ross.
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Shun-Kin
Complicite present an exploration of two Junichiro Tanizaki texts, a short story "A Portrait of Shunkin" and his essay on Japanese aesthetics "In Praise of Shadows".
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Silhouette - Masquerade
Ian William Galloway of Mesmer directed this video for Silhouette. The track is released in May 2009 on Cool for Cats Records (Fierce Panda)
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Starvin
Ian William Galloway designs Lighting and Projection for Fitzgerald & Stapleton's new dance piece at the Dublin Fringe
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Swan Lake
Helgi Tomasson's spectacular new staging of Swan Lake at San Francisco Ballet. Features sets and costumes by Jonathan Fensom as well as Imagery and projections by Sven Ortel and lighting by Jennifer Tipton. Opens February 21st 2009
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Teatro Minimo/ Hinter Masken
A short new Opera by Anno Schreier, which has taken its inspiration from a short story by Haruki Murakami. Directed By Claudia Blersch. Opens January 25th
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The Blue Rider
Part of the Guggenheim Museum's works & process series. A unique collaboration inspired by Kandisnky's journey to abstraction and to coincide with the museum's mayor Kandisky retrospective.
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The First Thing That Ever Ever Happened
Ian William Galloway designs painted projections for Peepolykus's new show in association with the Lyric Young Company.
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The Girls of Slender Means
London shattered by world war 2, women doing what they can to survive and an unexploded bomb. Muriel Sparks novel adaped for the stage by Judith Adams.
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The Guardians
HighTide production for the Halesworth festival. Directed by Natalie Abrahami and designed by takis with projection by Dick Straker.
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The Kreutzer Sonata
Ian William Galloway designs video projections for a new piece based on Tolstoy's Kreutzer Sonata at the Gate theatre, directed by Natalie Abrahami.
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The Mountaintop
After great acclaim the show has now transferred to the Trafalgar Studios for another six week run. TimesOnline notes Dick Straker's brilliantly realised projection design.
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The Spanish Tragedy
Ian William Galloway designs video for Mitchell Moreno's new production of this rarely-preformed revenge tragedy at the Arcola.
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The Tales of Ballycumber
The Tales of Ballycumber written by Sebastian Barry and directed by David Leveaux and starring Stephen Rae at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin.
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The Tempest
Projection design by Ian William Galloway for Parrabola and Lightworks' new production of the classic at the Gdansk Shakespeare Festival, this year themed around the use of new media.
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Wishing Well
Wishing Well was a projection installation which streamed text messages onto the walls of a temporary prismatic structure over Christmas 08 and the New Year festivities.
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Wonderland
New Musical with music by Frank Wildhorn and lyrics by Jack Murphy. Directed by Gregory Boyd and Sets by Neil Patel. Video design by Sven Ortel. Opening December 2009 in Florida. More info here.
A new and improved "Wonderland" is going to Broadway in 2011 after a try-out in Tampa.
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