Simon Higlett, Esq's Biography
- Forename(s)
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Simon Ian
- Sex
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Male
- Date of Birth
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30/5/1959
- Surname
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HIGLETT
- Style
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Simon Higlett, Esq
- Recreations
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reading, drawing, theatre
Simon Higlett, Esq's Professional Career
- Career
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theatre designer; asst to Tim Goodchild 1982-84, head of design New Shakespeare Co 1986-89; bd dir: Arundel Festival, Soc of Br Theatre Designers; artistic assoc (design) Chichester Festival Theatre; Productions West End: The Prisoner of Second Avenue (with Richard Dreyfuss and Marsha Mason), A Song at Twilight, Antony and Cleopatra, The Taming of the Shrew (all with Vanessa Redgrave), Blithe Spirit, Man and Boy, The Dresser, The Witches; Comedy Theatre: Talking Heads (with Maggie Smith), Kean (dir Sam Mendes, with Derek Jacobi), Medea (with Eileen Atkins); RSC: Singer (dir Terry Hands, with Antony Sher), The Chiltern Hundreds, A Russian In The Woods, A Long Days Journey Into Night (with Jessica Lange), Thomas More; Chichester: Our Betters (with Kathleen Turner), Beethoven's Tenth (with Peter Ustinov), Mansfield Park, The Miser, A Doll's House, Three Sisters, Scenes from a Marriage; Houston Grand Opera: Resurrection, The Barber of Seville, The Rake's Progress, Don Giovanni, La Traviata, La Cenerentola, The Marriage of Figaro, The Magic Flute; regional tours: The Lion in Winter (with David McCallum), Peer Gynt, The Ride Down Mount Morgan; other credits incl: The Magistrate (Savoy), Lady Windermere's Fan (Haymarketn), In a Little World of Our Own (Donmar), The Force of Change (Royal Court), The Country Wife (Shakespeare Theater Washington DC), Three Sisters: Elizabeth Rex: Accidental Death of an Anarchist (Donmar Warehouse, TMA Designer of the Year Award 2002), Whistling Psyche (Almeida), Of Mice and Men (Savoy), Hay Fever (Haymarket) 2006, Albert Herring (Darmsdadt) 2006, Barber of Seville (Scottish Opera) 2007, Merry Wives of Windsor (Royal Dramatic Theatre Stockholm), School of Night (Marc Tapor Forum LA), Marriage of Figaro (Scottish Opera), Rozencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Haymarket Theatre), Singin' In The Rain (Palace Theatre) 2012, The Magic Flute (Scottish Opera) 2012, A Marvellous Year For Plums (Chichester Festival Theatre) 2012, Arturo Ui (Chichester Festival Theatre) 2012
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