LESLIE TRAVERS – SET & COSTUME DESIGNER

DESIGNS FOR OPERA INCLUDE:

LES CONTES D’HOFFMAN

Director:

Vernon Mound

Opens 2011

Theatre:

Malmo Opera

THE MERRY WIDOW

Director:

Giles Havergal

Opens October 2010

Theatre:

Opera North

ROMEO ET JULIETTE

Director:

Annilese Miskimmon

Theatre:

Opera Ireland

THE CHILDREN'S CRUSADE

Director:

Tim Albery

Theatre:

Soundstreams, Canada

Dora Mavor Moore Nomination for Outstanding Set Design

VERONIQUE

Director:

Giles Havergal

Theatre:

Buxton Festival

L'ARBORE DI DIANA

Director:

Daniel Slater

Theatre:

Opera Valencia

LUCKY YOU

Director:

Francis Matthews

Theatre:

Magic Key Productions

I CAPULETI E I MONTECCHI

Director:

Orpha Phelan

Theatre:

Opera North, Opera Australia

& Opera Ireland

NATIONAL OPERA STUDIO SHOWCASE

Director:

Daniel Slater

2008

Theatre:

National Opera Studio / Hackney Empire

THE FORTUNES OF KING CROESUS

Director:

Tim Albery

Theatre:

Opera North / Opera Minnesota

IOLANTA & GIANNI SCHICCHI

Director:

Orpha Phelan

Theatre:

Royal Academy Opera

LE NOZZE DI FIGARO

Director:

Orpha Phelan

Theatre:

Graz Opera

Ring Award Finalist & Prize Winner

Wagner Forum Graz Opera Audience Award

HANS HEILING

Director:

Orpha Phelan

Theatre:

Wiesbaden / Strasbourg Opera

European Opera Production Prize, Strasbourg

DIE FLEDERMAUS

Director:

Orpha Phelan

Theatre:

Gulbenkian Theatre

DESIGNS FOR BALLET INCLUDE:

LE CORSAIRE

Choreographer:

Tetsuya Kumakawa

Co-designer with Yolanda Sonnabend

Theatre:

Japan Tour

SWAN LAKE

Choreographer:

Tetsuya Kumakawa

Co-designer with Yolanda Sonnabend

Theatre:

Japan Tour

Japan Asahi Award for Best Overall Theatrical Production of the Year

THE NUTRACKER

Choreographer:

Tetsuya Kumakawa

Co-designer with Yolanda Sonnabend

Theatre:

Japan Tour

THE LARK ASCENDING

Choreographer:

Patrick Lewis

Theatre:

English National Ballet

THE NUTCRACKER

Choreographer:

Brendan Murray

Theatre:

UK Tour

SOME?

Choreographer:

Martin Megar

Theatre:

Turin Ballet Theatre

VERIÉTÉ

Choreographer:

Lindsey Kemp

Theatre:

Lindsey Kemp Co. & World Tour

DESIGNS FOR THEATRE INCLUDE:

PLASTIC

Director:

Mehrdad Seyf

Costumes only

Theatre:

Edinburgh Festival – Fringe 2008

TWELFTH NIGHT

Director:

Phillip Franks

Theatre:

Chichester Theatre Festival

THE DUCHESS OF MALFI

Director:

Phillip Franks

Theatre:

West Yorkshire Playhouse

THE PERSIAN REVOLUTION

Director:

Mehrdad Seyf

Theatre:

Lyric Hammersmith

THE MAN AND TWO GAFFERS

Director:

Barrie Rutter

Theatre:

Northern Broadsides / York Theatre Royal

CARAVAN & STREET VOICES

Director:

Madani Younis

Theatre:

West Yorkshire Playhouse

SHIRLEY VALENTINE

Director:

Uzma Hameed

Theatre:

Derby Playhouse

MAJNUN

Director:

Mehrdad Seyf

Theatre:

Riverside Studios

SILENT CRY

Director:

Madani Younis

Theatre:

West Yorkshire Playhouse

THE MAIDS

Director:

Leslie Travers

Theatre:

Kingston Festival

VURT

Director:

Liam Steele

Theatre:

Contact Theatre, Manchester

Arthur Peter Design Award

Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards Nomination for Best Design

DEATH BY HEROIN(E) & THE PARABALE

Director:

Mehrdad Seyf

OF THE BLIND

Theatre:

Riverside Studios

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Leslie graduated with a distinction in 3D Design from Cleveland College of Arts and Design. He went on to gain a BA (Hons) with distinction in Theatre Design from the acclaimed Wimbledon School of Art.