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THEATRE
designs include the world tour of DIAMONDS for Holiday on Ice, DANCING ON
ICE - THE TOUR since 2008; ROMEO AND JULIET at the Piccadilly Theatre;
PETER PAN at the Royal festival Hall; DASH and THE HOT SHOE SHOW for Wayne
Sleep; BACK WITH A VENGEANCE for Barry Humphries at the Theatre Royal,
Drury Lane; THE WOMEN at The Old Vic; THE ANCIENT MARINER for Michael
Bogdanov at The Young Vic; DAPHNE and TAMBURLAINE for Philip Prowse at
Opera North; ICE ADVENTURES for Torvill and Dean; ICE MAJESTY and ELECTRIC
ICE for Robin Cousins; ICECAPADES tour of Canada; LE ICE SHOW at the Luxor
Hotel, Las Vegas.
LENNON,
THE MUSICAL at the Astoria Theatre; THE MERCHANT OF VENICE for Michael
Attenborough; LE NOZZE DI FIGARO and IL SERAGLIO for Giles Havergal at The
Welsh National Opera; THE REPRESENTATIVE and JOAN OF ARC at The Citizens'
Theatre, Glasgow; PRISONER OF CELL BLOCK H with Lily Savage at the Queen's
Theatre;
the
UK tour and German Production of SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER for Arlene Philips
and European tours of THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW, THE MUSIC OF ANDREW
LLOYD WEBBER and JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR.
TRADE
designs include the Creative Direction of a multimedia event to celebrate
the 100th Anniversary of the TAJ HOTEL Mumbai, India; the lighting design
for the Volkswagen 'Big Box' multimedia theatre at the Frankfurt Motor
Show 2001; the 1999 JORDAN FORMULA 1 car reveal at the London Palladium;
BRITISH AIRWAYS IMPACT DAY, a multi-media event on the River Thames; an
Orascom Telecom Celebration at the PYRAMIDS in GIZA for which Durham was
nominated for A MIDDLE EASTERN LIGHTING DESIGN AWARD;
a
Major Civic and Television launch of the FIAT 500 in TURIN, 2007;
the
70th Birthday party celebration of the CINECITTA FILM STUDIOS in Rome
and
over two hundred product launches, conferences and exhibition designs for
a wide variety of business clients worldwide.
CONCERT
events include BACK TO THE EARTH, a mammoth son-et-lumiere for Isao Tomita
on the River Hudson, New York; CLASSICAL SPECTACULAR for Raymond Gubbay at
the Royal Albert Hall and arenas and stadiums throughout Europe and
Australia; EXPO`92 BRITISH DAY CONCERT for Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber in
Seville; EQUALITY `94 AND `95 featuring Sting, Elton John, Alison Moyet
and East 17; the European tour of ANDREA BOCELLI for Barry Marshall; THE
MUSIC OF ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER in the grounds of Woburn Abbey and at St
Paul's Cathedral and several carol concerts for Cancer research UK at St
Paul's Cathedral.
FASHION
events include THE CLOTHES SHOW LIVE at the
NEC, Birmingham; THE BRITISH FASHION WEEKEND for the DTI in Warsaw; PHILIP
TREACY at the London, Paris and New York Fashion Weeks and
the illumination of exhibitions at the
DESIGN MUSEUM in London for Philip Treacy, Manolo Blahnik and Peter
Saville.
PERMANENT
INSTALLATIONS: Durham has formed an
Architectural lighting company LUMITECT
which offers theatrical lighting design to Architects and their clients;
projects include the interior specialist lighting for THE SPACE CENTRE in
Bremen Germany, the largest indoor theme park in Europe for which Durham
won an International Illumination Design Award; KING HENRY'S KEEP at Dover
Castle; THE GLASS HOUSE in St Helens; the NUERBURGRING VISITORS CENTRE at
Germany’s famous motor racing course, consultancy
work for Architect Mark Fisher on the ‘HAN SHOW’ THEATRE in Wuhan and
the WUHAN MOVIE THEME PARK in China and S.P.A.C.E. a charity project
providing an environment for handicapped children utilising lighting for
sensory therapy.
TELEVISION
broadcasts include
the critically acclaimed DIAMOND JUBILEE CONCERT in June 2012 and the QUEEN'S GOLDEN JUBILEE LIGHT AND FIREWORKS
EXTRAVAGANZA at Buckingham Palace in June 2002; the event lighting of THE
WALL for Roger Waters in Berlin 1990, arguably the biggest rock show of
that decade; THE WORLD STUDENT GAMES opening ceremony from Sheffield
Stadium; RED SQUARE INVITES, an Arts festival from Moscow featuring Jose
Carreras and the Mosseiyev Ballet; THE CLASSICAL MUSIC AWARDS from the
Symphony Hall, Birmingham and the Royal Albert Hall, London; SHIRLEY
BASSEY IN AUSTRIA for Andrew Bridge; CODEX,
a Television game show for Channel 4 filmed at the BRITISH MUSEUM;
the
NEW YEAR'S EVE Light and Fireworks show from the LONDON EYE every year
since 2004.
SAVE
THE LAST DANCE FOR ME broadcast from the QEII in Cherbourg Harbour on the
50th Anniversary of D-Day with Bob Hope and Dame Vera Lynn; A GOSPEL
SPECIAL from the London City Temple, broadcast on Christmas Day; Channel
Four Gospel Singer of the Year 2002; OMAN NATIONAL DAY `94 AND `95,
stadium spectaculars featuring 25,000 Omani children; A CELEBRATION OF
CHRISTMAS from Vienna with Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo and Natalie
Cole; MY SECRET PASSION for Michael Bolton at the Bellini Opera
House in Catania, Sicily; the HONG KONG HANDOVER CEREMONY on June 30th,
1997.
ANDREW
LLOYD WEBBER's 50TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION at the Royal Albert Hall;
STANDING STONE and WORKING CLASSICAL for Sir Paul McCartney; THE CLASSICAL
BRIT AWARDS 2000 from the Royal Albert Hall and the 2005 DUBAI WORLD
CUP Opening Ceremony on
the occasion of the famous horse race's 10th Anniversary;
T200 from
Trafalgar Square celebrating the 200th ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF
TRAFALGAR; the Royal Opening Ceremony of the ASPIRE SPORTS COMPLEX in
Doha, Qatar; a BBC CHILDREN'S
GARDEN PARTY at Buckingham Palace in honour of Her Majesty the Queen's
80th Birthday;
the
ROYAL OPENING of ST PANCRAS RAILWAY STATION in
November 2007.
The
WINTER OLYMPICS OPENING AND CLOSING CEREMONIES and the PARALYMPICS OPENING
CEREMONY in Turin 2006;
the LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC HANDOVER in Beijing 200; the
OPENING CEREMONY of the headquarters of the OLYMPIC COUNCIL OF ASIA in
Kuwait;
the Royal launch of the cruise ships QUEEN VICTORIA and QUEEN ELIZABETH;
the
Inauguration of the DONBASS ARENA and the 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF SHAKHTAR FC
in Donetsk, Ukraine and Durham was HDTV lighting consultant on a KOHAR ALL
STARS concert in Armenia 2011 directed by Phil Heyes and the BICENTENNIAL
CELEBRATIONS OF MEXICO from Zocalo Square, 2010. Durham
designed the lighting of the DOW WRAP on the exterior of the LONDON 2012
OLYMPIC STADIUM from an original concept by Dave Keighley and Syncrolite.
Durham
is a member of The British Academy of Film and Television Arts, The Society of British Theatre Designers, The Society of
Television Lighting and Design, The Association of Lighting Designers and
Equity and
is an Honorary Fellow of Rose Bruford College.
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his leisure time Durham is a certified SCUBA diver and has undertaken
conservation work in the Maldive Islands, he is also a keen fly fisherman.
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