Life of Pi - US Tour Creative Team

... read more NICK BARNES studied drama at Hull University and theatre design at the Slade School of Fine Art and soon after began incorporating puppets into his designs for opera and theatre, nationally and internationally. Until recently he was joint artistic director of the puppetry company Blind Summit Theatre, which he co-founded. With Blind Summit Nick designed puppets for Madame Butterfly (ENO, Metropolitan Opera, Anthony Minghella), A Dog's Heart (ENO/DNO), Shunkin and Master and Margarita (Complicite, Simon McBurney), El Gato Con Botas (Tectonic Theatre, Moises Kaufman), On Emotion (Soho Theatre, Mick Gordon), Faeries (Royal Opera House, Will Tuckett), His Dark Materials (Birmingham ... read more Caroline Bowman has an extensive theater career that has taken her all over the world. Fresh off her five-year run as ‘Elsa’ in the North American tour of Disney’s Frozen playing over 1,000 performances. Broadway and tours include: Kinky Boots OBC and closing cast (‘Nicola’), Wicked (‘Elphaba’), Evita (‘Eva Peron,’ Helen Hayes Award nomination), Spamalot (‘Lady of the Lake’), Fame - China Tour (‘Carmen’) and Grease - Istanbul, Turkey (‘Rizzo’). Select Regional: The MUNY (All Shook Up, Kinky Boots), Cape Playhouse (Gypsy), Toby’s Dinner Theatre (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat; Helen Hayes Award nomination), Vancouver Opera (Evita). She holds ... read more Broadway highlights: Dear Evan Hansen, She Loves Me, Curious Incident..., Gigi, The Bridges of Madison County, If/Then, Macbeth, Death of a Salesman, Follies, Sister Act, Arcadia, A Steady Rain, Shrek, The Little Mermaid, Legally Blonde, Spamalot, Tarzan, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Nine, Gypsy, Sweet Smell of Success, The Invention of Love, Aida, The Iceman Cometh, Chicago, Side Show, Steel Pier. Film/TV credits: "Peter Pan Live!" (NBC), "The Sound of Music Live!" (NBC), It’s Complicated, Angels in America (Emmy-nominated), To Wong Foo... ... read more Finn is a director, designer and performer; he is co-artistic director of Gyre & Gimble, a theatre company specialising in puppetry. As Gyre & Gimble work as Co-Director/Puppet Designer includes: The Hartlepool Monkey (UK Tour) and The Elephantom (National Theatre & West End). As Puppetry Co-Designer/Director: Running Wild (Chichester Festival Theatre & Regent's Park Open Air Theatre) and The Grinning Man (Bristol Old Vic). Upcoming work includes co-directing/Puppet Designing The Four Seasons (Globe Theatre). Other work includes Angels in America and The Light Princess (National Theatre); Groundhog Day (Additional Movement - Old Vic & Broadway); Dr. Seuss' The Lorax ... read more West End credits: SIX, Knights of the Rose, American Idiot, Cinderella, Dick Whittington, Vanities the Musical. He’s also lit many U.K. tours including Club Tropicana, Our House, HMS Pinafore and Summer Holiday. He’s worked on many plays/musicals at regional U.K. theatres and throughout Europe. He’s also worked for many years as an associate to Ken Billington and The National Theater in London. Tim is an American living in London. ... read more Carolyn Downing is an accomplished actress with an impressive resume in both theater and television. Born and raised in New York City, Carolyn developed a passion for acting at a young age and went on to study theater at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. After graduating, Carolyn began her career in theater, making her Broadway debut in the 2001 production of "The Producers." She went on to appear in several other Broadway productions, including "Hairspray," "Legally Blonde," and "The Little Mermaid." In addition to her work on stage, Carolyn has also made a name for herself on television. She has appeared ... read more Video Designs include: Groundhog Day, No's Knife (Old Vic Theatre); People, Places and Things (Wyndham's Theatre/National Theatre); 1984 (Northern Ballet); The Suicide, From Morning To Midnight (National Theatre); Coriolanus (Donmar Warehouse); The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, Pitcairn (Chichester/Tour); Silent Night (Philadelphia Opera/Minnesota Opera/Tour); Villette (West Yorkshire Playhouse); The Machine (The Armoury NYC); The Impresario/Le Rossignol (Santa Fe Opera); Into The Hoods: Remixed (Peacock Theatre/Tour); Hansel and Gretel (Vienna State Opera); No Way Back (Frantic Assembly); Man To Man (Wales Millennium Centre, Edinburgh Fringe); Peter Grimes (Grange Park Opera); Pressure, Union (Lyceum Theatre); Sane New World (Ruby Wax Tour); Cinderella, ... read more Tim has designed extensively for the National Theatre, West End and Broadway. Recent credits include: Dreamgirls (Savoy Theatre); Travesties (Menier Chocolate Factory, West End, Broadway); Ghosts (Almeida, West End, BAM); Little Eyolf (Almeida); Temple (Donmar); Enemy of the People, Pyjama Game (Chichester Festival Theatre); Mr. Foote’s Other Leg (Hampstead, West End); The Bodyguard (West End, UK Tour, US Tour, Cologne, Korea); Shrek (West End, Broadway, UK Tour, US Tour); Spamalot (West End, Broadway, US Tour, Las Vegas); Singin’ in the Rain, My Fair Lady (Chatelet Paris) and Carmen (Royal Ballet). Film credits include: Closer, Notes on a Scandal and Stage Beauty. Tim is ... read more Broadway: KING KONG: Alive on Broadway (Voice of King Kong/Puppeteer). Off-Broadway: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (Audrey 2 puppeteer), SOFT POWER (The Public Theater - Grammy Nominated), VIETGONE (Manhattan Theatre Club), SOUL SAMURAI, THE INEXPLICABLE REDEMPTION OF AGENT G (Ma-Yi Theater/Vampire Cowboys Theater), HELLO, FROM THE CHILDREN OF PLANET EARTH (Playwright’s Realm). National Tour: WARHORSE (Puppeteer/Puppet Captain). Regional: REVENGE SONG (Geffen Playhouse) TV: Hello Tomorrow! (Apple TV+) ... read more Rod Kinter is a New York based fight director with over 20+ years of experience staging fights and designing violence for theatre, opera, dance and film. Most recently, Rod directed the fights for the Off-Broadway production of The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical. His work has also been seen in several other Off-Broadway theatres and in some of the country?s top regional theatres. He was the Resident Fight Director for Off-Broadway?s Pearl Theatre Company from 2009 until it closed, and was the long-time In-House Fight Director for New York City Opera during their residency at Lincoln ... read more West End credits include: Fiddler On The Roof (Playhouse Theatre); Chimerica (Harold Pinter Theatre); Elf – The Musical (Dominion Theatre); Quiz (Noël Coward Theatre); The Girls – A Musical Comedy (Phoenix Theatre); The Go-Between - Staring Michael Crawford (Apollo Theatre); Close To You - Bacharach Reimagined (Criterion Theatre); Impossible (Noël Coward Theatre); Strangers On A Train (Gielgud Theatre); The Full Monty (Noël Coward Theatre & National Tours); Alan Cumming - I Bought A Blue Car Today (Vaudeville Theatre) and Megan Mullally & Supreme Music Program (Vaudeville Theatre) RSC credits include: Timon of Athens, The Rover, Candide (Swan Theatre) and All’s Well ... read more Robin is a freelance Costume Designer with a wide variety of experience. New York Credits include designs for The Roundabout Theatre, The Irish Repertory Theatre, The York Theatre, The Cherry Lane Theatre, The Little Shubert Theatre, The American Globe Theatre, The New York Fringe Festival, The Ionesco Festival and the New York Musical Theatre Festival. Regional credits include designs at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre, The MUNY, The Goodspeed Opera House, Palm Beach Drama Works, John Engeman Theatre, Weston Playhouse, Swine Palace Productions, West Virginia Public Theatre, The Fireside Theatre, and The Des Moines Metro Opera. Awards include The St. Louis Critics ... read more Ashley Brooke Monroe is a Brooklyn-based theatre director whose primary interest is in developing new plays and musicals. Recent credits include Julius Caesar (CSC), Tommy’s Girls (Fordham/Primary Stages), Fun Home (Cape Rep), and Orlando (Fordham). She assistant directed the Broadway production of Indecent and has assisted Sam Gold on the Tony-winning musical Fun Home, Broadway revival of The Glass Menagerie and The Mystery of Love and Sex at Lincoln Center. She often creates site-specific work, including What We’ll Do by Sheila Callaghan, Red Sky at Night by Blake Bishton and Age of Extinction by Willie Johnson. She has developed work ... read more Theatrical lighting and projection designer in NYC. ... read more A.R.T.: Debut. Australia: Laser Beak Man, Sydney Opera House. Regional: Argus, Lincoln Center; Long Christmas Ride Home, Astro Boy and the God of Comics, Studio Theatre; Pride and Prejudice, Round House; A Christmas Carol, Cincinnati Playhouse, Delaware Theatre Company; The Velvet Sky, Woolly Mammoth; The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe (Aslan; Helen Hayes Award), Imagination Stage. TV: “The Smack-Dab in the Middle of the Day Show.” Education: Theater and Mathematics, University of Maryland, College Park. ... read more A.R.T: Debut. West End: War Horse, New London Theatre; Life of Pi, Wyndham’s Theatre (Oliver Award for Best Supporting Actor); Pinocchio, National Theatre. Off-West End: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Southwark Playhouse; Putting It Together, The Other Palace. Regional: The Wicker Husband, Watermill Theatre; Treasure Island, Stephen Joseph Theatre; Watership Down, Watermill Theatre. UK Tour: The Comedy of Errors, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Running Wild. International: Cabaret, MAC Theatre. Education: Guildford School of Acting. ... read more