AMERICAN PREMIERE
Nell Gwynn
September 20
November 4, 2018
CST’s Courtyard Theater
by Jessica Swale
directed by Christopher Luscombe
September 20
November 4, 2018
CST’s Courtyard Theater
by Jessica Swale
directed by Christopher Luscombe
Scenic Designer/Costume Designer
HUGH DURRANT CHICAGO SHAKESPEARE: Debut. LONDON: Nell Gwynn (Olivier Award nomination - Best Costume Design), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, The Mikado, Copacabana, A Little Night Music (British premiere), Company (British Premiere), Mack and Mabel (European premiere), Lady in the Dark (European Premiere). AWARDS: Primetime Emmy Award for Cher: The Farewell Tour, three consecutive Olivier Award nominations. EDUCATION: MA in fine art, Magdalene College Cambridge. Mr. Durrant has previously collaborated with Christopher Luscombe on his worldwide smash hit productions of Spamalot and The Rocky Horror Show. In his fifty years as a designer his range is extensive from Sophoclean tragedy to Las Vegas extravaganzas, and includes twenty Shakespeare plays (many several times), works by Schiller, Shaw, Ibsen, Strindberg, among others. Next, Mr. Durrant will return for a third consecutive year creating “outrageous and spectacular” costumes for the leading artists in the London Palladium Christmas mega-pantomime.