Nick Winston

Nick Winston is an internationally renowned English stage director and choreographer working in theatre, opera and television. His extensive credits include, Stage Director & Choreographer for The Royal Variety Performance at The London Palladium (ITV); choreographer for Sondheim at 80, starring Dame Judi Dench at the Royal Albert Hall (BBC); Shakespeare Live, From The RSC, which received a BAFTA nomination for Live Entertainment (BBC) and Theatre Druid’s award winning production of Waiting For Godot which played at the Lincoln Center in New York.

In the West End Nick has directed and choreographed the critically acclaimed 30th Anniversary production of Fame starring Mica Paris and was Artistic Director for Flashmob starring Kevin Clifton Peacock Theatre. He choreographed Annie starring Miranda Hart at the Piccadilly Theatre; Loserville at the Garrick Theatre, which received an Olivier Award nomination for Best New Musical and Horrid Henry: Live and Horrid at the Trafalgar Studios.

Other credits as Director & Choreographer include An American In Paris at the National Theatre, Linz; Guys & Dolls at Kilworth House and the U.K. tours of, The Wedding Singer; Club Tropicana and Rock Of Ages. Nick adapted and directed Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Curve Theatre where he also directed and choreographed Bugsy Malone. Nick directed the South African production of Annie, which received 4 Naldie Awards including Best Musical Production and the Broadway World Award for Best Musical Revival.

Other international credits include, Kiss Me, Kate at Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris; Sweeney Todd at Palais de la Monnaie in Brussels; Chess in Copenhagen; Flashdance in Switzerland and The Pajama Game in Tokyo.

Nick’s work in opera includes, Il Turco In Italia for Garsington Opera; Fortunio for Grange Park Opera; Benzin for Chemnitz Opera and the World Premiere of Jonathan Dove’s The Adventures Of Pinocchio for Opera North and Sadler’s Wells.

Nick Winston trained at the Royal Academy of Dance and Laine Theatre Arts. He appeared in the Musicals, Cats; Beauty & The Beast; Chicago, Fosse; West Side Story; The Boyfriend and Kiss Me, Kate.

In 2016 Nick Winston was appointed as Associate Artist of Curve Theatre, Leicester.

Nick was nominated for the 2017 Carl Alan Award for his work in Theatre.

Productions

Director and choreographer

  • Bauci e Filemone (Southbank 2019)
  • Orfeo (Southbank 2019)
  • Club Tropicana (U.K. Tour 2019)
  • An American In Paris (Linz 2018)
  • Rock Of Ages (U.K. Tour 2018/19)
  • Fame (U.K. Tour 2018/2019)
  • Guys & Dolls (Kilworth Theatre 2018)
  • The Royal Variety Performance 2017 (London Palladium/ ITV)
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream ( & adaptation; Curve Theatre 2017)
  • The Wedding Singer (U.K. Tour 2017)
  • Bugsy Malone (Curve Theatre - Broadway World nomination: Best Director, Best Choreographer, Best Regional Production)
  • Flash Mob (Peacock Theatre & U.K. tour)
  • Let's Dance Again! (Royal Festival Hall)
  • Sleeping Beauty (Kings Theatre, Glasgow 2017)
  • Robin Hood (Mayflower, Southampton 2016)
  • Dick McWhittington (His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen 2016)
  • Peter Pan (His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen 2015)
  • My Fair Ladies (Prince Of Wales)
  • Can You Keep a Secret (Trafalgar Studios)
  • Ain’t Misbehavin' (Harrogate Theatre)
  • Tomorrow Morning (New End Theatre)
  • Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance (U.K. Tour)
  • Grease (Kenwood House)
  • Dirty Dancing in Concert (International tour)
  • Another Kind Of Magic (Arena tour, Scandinavia)
  • Dick Whittington (Orchard Theatre)
  • Cinderella (Royal & Derngate)
  • Cinderella (Hayes)
  • Snow White (Hayes)
  • Aladdin (Royal & Derngate)
  • Cinderella (Hastings)

Choreographer / Movement Director

  • Waiting For Godot (Lincoln Center, New York, 2018)
  • Kiss Me, Kate (Bonn, 2018)
  • Kiss Me, Kate (Gratz, 2018)
  • Annie (Toronto, 2018)
  • Chess (Denmark 2018)
  • The Pajama Game (Japan 2017)
  • Annie (Piccadilly Theatre, West End 2017/2018)
  • Grease (Curve Theatre / Dubai)
  • Legally Blonde (Curve Theatre / South Korea - - Broadway World nomination: Best Choreographer )
  • Kiss Me, Kate (Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris)
  • Annie (UK Tour - Broadway World nomination: Best Choreographer))
  • Flashdance (Switzerland)
  • Little Shop Of Horrors (Salisbury Playhouse - Broadway World nomination: Best Choreographer)
  • White Christmas (West Yorkshire Playhouse - Broadway World nomination: Best Choreographer)
  • Calamity Jane (Watermill Theatre & National Tour - Broadway World nomination: Best Choreographer)
  • Kiss Me, Kate (Theatre Dortmund)
  • Water Babies (Curve Theatre)
  • A-Z of Mrs P (Southwark Playhouse)
  • Sweeney Todd (Royal Exchange & West Yorkshire Playhouse)
  • To Sir With Love (Royal & Derngate & National Tour)
  • Loserville (Garrick Theatre, West End & West Yorkshire Playhouse - Olivier Award nomination: Best New Musical, Broadway World nomination: Best Choreographer)
  • Moses The 10 Commandments (World Premiere, Theatre St Gallen)
  • I Dreamed A Dream (national tour, LPA Award: Best Musical)
  • Horrid Henry: Live and Horrid! (West End and tour)
  • The Band Wagon (Sadler’s Wells)
  • The Wizard of Oz (Royal Festival Hall)
  • Elaine Paige in concert (Royal Festival Hall and tour)
  • Annie (West Yorkshire Playhouse)
  • A Christmas Carol (Birmingham Rep and West Yorkshire Playhouse)
  • Crash (West Yorkshire Playhouse)
  • Death of a Salesman (West Yorkshire Playhouse)
  • Merrily We Roll Along (Clywd Theatr Cymru)
  • Sugar (Pimlico Opera)
  • Follies (Royal Theatre, Northampton - Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers’ Choice Award and Theatrical Management Association Award nomination for Best Musical)
  • Love Story (Minerva Theatre, Chichester)
  • The Cherry Orchard (Birmingham Rep)
  • Dancing at Lughnasa (Birmingham Rep)
  • Cling to Me Like Ivy (Birmingham Rep)
  • Fings Ain’t Wot They Used t’Be (Union Theatre, Whatsonstage. com Theatregoers’ Choice Award nomination for Best Musical Revival)
  • You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown (Tabard Theatre)
  • Stepping Out, The Mountaintop (Derby Playhouse)
  • Alfie (Watford Palace)
  • Loserville: the Musical (South Hill Park Arts Centre)
  • Out There (Riverside Studios)
  • Much Ado About Nothing, The Tempest (Guilford Shakespeare Company)
  • Putting It Together (Harrogate Theatre)
  • The Fantasticks (Harrogate Theatre)
  • Bouncers (Harrogate Theatre)
  • Side by Side by Sondheim (Harrogate Theatre)
  • The Thing About Men (Kings Head Theatre)
  • Let Us Fly (Kings Head Theatre)
  • Forbidden City (Esplanade Theatre, Singapore)
  • A Twist Of Fate (Esplanade Theatre, Singapore)
  • The Snow Queen (Esplanade Theatre, Singapore)
  • Joseph and his Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Guernsey)
  • By Jeeves (UK Tour)
  • Tell Me on a Sunday starring Claire Sweeney (UK Tour)
  • Eden End (UK Tour)
  • Hormonal Housewives (UK Tour)
  • The Rise and Fall of Little Voice (national tours)
  • Dorothy Fields Forever (kings Head Theatre)
  • Side by Side by Sondheim - 25th Anniversary (The Stables)

Opera

  • The Adventures of Pinocchio (Opera North/Sadler’s Wells/Chemnitz Opera/Minnesota Opera/Moscow—RPS nomination: Best Opera)
  • Il Turco in Italia (Garsington Opera)
  • Kiss Me Kate (Bonn Opera)
  • Benzin (Chemnitz Opera)
  • Fortunio (Grange Park Opera)
  • The Cunning Little Vixen (Ryedale Festival).
  • Sweeney Todd (La Monnaie)

Television and film

  • The Royal Variety Performance 2017 (Stage Director & Choreographer, ITV, The London Palladium)
  • Shakespeare Live!From The RSC (BBC2, RSC BAFTA nomination: Live Entertainment)
  • Sondheim at 80 (BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall)
  • High School Dance (E4)
  • The Adventures of Pinocchio (Opus Arte)
  • Music videos for Bob the Builder (Universal).

Corporate work

  • Dubai World Cup (Dubai)
  • Redken (Astoria, London)
  • Paul Mitchell (London and Paris)
  • Moroccan Oil (London)


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