Ep 43: Nikki Woollaston, professional choreographer, director and mass movement specialist.

In the 'House Seats'

English - March 07, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour - 42.9 MB
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Previous Episode: Ep 42: John Rigby, conductor, musical supervisor and musicologist.

Next Episode: Ep 44: Jai McDowall, BGT winner, West End performer and recording artist.

After training at the London Studio Centre and then a successful performing career, Nikki went on to direct and choreograph for productions including: Hairspray (Pimlico Opera); Barrie Humphries Weimar Cabaret (Barbican); Sweet Charity (Pimlico Opera); Anton and Erin (2015 thru 2020 tours); Les Miserables (Pimlico Opera); Porgy and Bess (Royal Danish Opera, Copenhagen); Ballroom to Broadway Tour (Anton Du Beke – 2014 Tour); The King’s Speech (Wyndhams Theatre & UK tour); Backbeat (Duke of Yorks/Toronto/Los Angeles ); Rigoletto (Opera Holland Park); La Traviata, Madame Butterfly, Tosca and Dialogue Du Carmelites (Grange Park Opera); Oklahoma! (Chichester Festival Theatre); Wuthering Heights (UK tour); Marguerite (Haymarket Theatre, London and Japan); Kismet (English National Opera); The King And I (UK tour), Nymph Errant (Minerva, Chichester); The Vivien Ellis Awards (Her Majesty’s Theatre London), Breathless (ITV Drama).

She has also been associate director on: Joseph and the Amazing technicolor Dreamcoat (London Palladium);Unmasked (The Other Palace); Chess (English National Opera)

As a director, assistant director, assistant choreographer and rehearsal director, Nikki’s credits include: Gypsy (Chichester Festival Theatre - 2015); Ballroom to Broadway Tour (Anton Du Beke – 2014 tour); West Side Story (Pimlico Opera); She Loves Me (Chichester Festival Theatre); Madame Butterfly (Grange Park Opera) and Shoes (Saddler’s Wells/Peacock Theatre).

Additionally Nikki works as a mass movement choreographer and her credits include: Glasgow Commonwealth Games (2014); Opening and Closing Ceremonies (Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games); Opening and Closing Ceremonies (London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games); Ajyal Youth Film Festival, Doha and The Big If (Hyde Park, London).

Bio courtesy of Global Artists