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Paul Pyant Biography (1953-)

Surname is pronounced "Pie-ant"; born July 22, 1953; son of Leonard Vincent (a business executive) and Jean Phoebe (a medical secretary; maiden name, Frampton) Pyant. Addresses: Contact: Jeffrey Campbell Management, 11a Greystone Court, South Street, Eastbourne, East Sussex BN21 4LP, England.

Nationality

British

Gender

Male

Occupation

Lighting designer

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Stage Lighting Designer
• Oberto, Bloomsbury Theatre, London, 1982
• The Barber of Seville (opera), Welsh National Opera, Cardiff, Wales, England, 1987
• La Nozze di Figaro (opera), Welsh National Opera, 1987
• The Devil's Wall, University College Opera, London, 1987
• This Happy Breed, Drama Centre, London, 1987
• Life's a Dream, Drama Centre, 1987
• The Merchant of Venice, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, England, 1987
• Masked Ball (opera), Brighton Festival, Brighton, England, 1987
• Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (opera), English National Opera, London, 1987
• Macbeth (opera), Opera North, Leeds, England, 1987
• L'ormindo, Guildhall, London, 1987
• Hansel et Gretel (opera), Opera House, Geneva, Switzerland, 1987
• A Wholly Healthy Glasgow, Royal Exchange Theatre, then Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland, both 1987, later Royal Court Theatre, London, 1988
• The Pearl Fishers (opera), Scottish Opera, Glasgow, Scotland, 1988
• A Place with the Pigs, National Theatre, London, 1988
• Mother Courage, Cameri Theatre, Tel Aviv, Israel, 1988
• Factory Girls, Druid Theatre Company, Galway, Ireland, then Mayfest, Glasgow, later Sense of Ireland Festival, Riverside Studios, London, all 1988
• Xerxes (opera), English National Opera, 1988
• Carmen (opera), English National Opera, 1988
• Sinners and Saints, Croyden Warehouse Theatre, Croyden, England, 1988
• Trumpets and Rasberrys, Druid Theatre Company, 1988
• Abduction from the Seraglio (opera), Opera House, Buxton, England,1988
• La Boheme (opera), Opera Northern Ireland, Belfast, Ireland, 1988
• Abduction from the Seraglio (opera), Opera Northern Ireland, 1988
• Don Giovanni (opera), Wexford Festival, Wexford, Ireland, 1988
• Turandot (opera), Wexford Festival, 1988
• The Devil and Kate, Wexford Festival, 1988
• Elisa e Claudio, Wexford Festival, then Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, both 1988
• Le Nozzee di Figaro, Guildhall, London, 1988
• Single Spies, National Theatre, 1988, then Queen's Theatre, London, 1989
• Orpheus Descending, Peter Hall Company, London, 1988
• (With Neil Peter Jampolis) Orpheus Descending, Neil Simon Theatre,New York City, 1989
• L'Italiana in Londra, Buxton Festival, Buxton, England, 1989
• Li Pittor Parigino, Buxton Festival, 1989
• Lear (opera), English National Opera, 1989
• Falstaff (opera), English National Opera, 1989
• Street Scene (opera), English National Opera, 1989
• Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham, England, 1989
• Christmas Carol, Birmingham Repertory Theatre, 1989
• The World According to Me, Playhouse Theatre, London, 1989
• King Lear, Old Vic Theatre, London, 1989
• The Liar, Old Vic Theatre, 1989
• The Return of Ulysses, Kent Opera, Kent, England, 1989
• Mlada, London Symphony Orchestra, Barbican Theatre, London, 1989
• Being Alive (charity gala), Theatre Royal, London, 1989
• Faust (opera), Opera Northern Ireland, 1989
• Don Giovanni (opera), Opera Northern Ireland, 1989
• New Year, Houston Grand Opera, Houston, TX, 1989
• Pirates of Penzance, D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, London, 1989
• The Mikado, D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, 1989
• Two for the Seesaw, Watford Palace Theatre, Watford, England, 1989
• Street Scene, Scottish Opera, 1989
• Another Time, Wyndham's Theatre, London, 1989
• Le Nozze di Figaro (opera), Glyndebourne Festival Opera, 1989
• Triple Bill, Northern Ballet, U.K., 1989
• Wind in the Willows, Royal National Theatre, 1990
• The Madness of George III, National Theatre, 1991
• Romeo and Juliet, Northern Ballet Theatre, 1991
• Gawain, ROH, 1991
• The Sea, Lyttleton Theatre, London, 1992
• Christmas Carol, Northern Ballet Theatre, 1992
• Swan Lake, Northern Ballet Theatre, 1992
• Assassins, Donmar Warehouse Theatre, London, 1992
• Carousel, Royal National Theatre, 1992, then Vivian Beaumont Theatre, New York City, 1994
• Arcadia, Royal National Theatre, 1993, then Vivian Beaumont Theatre, 1995
• Cabaret, Donmar Warehouse Theatre, 1993
• The Tempest, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1993
• Sleeping Beauty, English National Ballet, 1993
• Cinderella, Northern Ballet Theatre, 1993
• Fedora, Wien Staatsoper, 1994
• Giselle, English National Ballet, 1994
• Company, Albery Theatre, 1995
• Stiffelio, La Scala, Milan, Italy, 1995
• The Brontes, Northern Ballet Theatre, 1995
• Pique Dame, Metropolitan Opera, 1995
• Cinderella, English National Ballet, 1996
• Dracula, Northern Ballet Theatre, 1996
• Tosca, Houston Grand Opera, 1996
• Florencia en el Amazonas, Houston Grand Opera, 1996
• Nine, Donmar Warehouse Theatre, 1997
• Talking Heads, Comedy Theatre, London, 1997
• Nutcracker, English National Ballet, then Boston Ballet, 1997
• Electra, Donmar Warehouse Theatre, 1998, then Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City, 1998-99
• The Flying Dutchman, Houston Grand Opera, 1998
• Into the Woods, Donmar Warehouse Theatre, London, 1998-99
• Hunchback of Notre Dame, Northern Ballet Theatre, 1998, then Atlanta Ballet, Atlanta, GA, 1999, then Boston Ballet, 2001
• Troilus & Cressida, Olivier Theatre, Royal National Theatre, 1999-2000
• Candide, Royal National Theatre, 1999
• La Clemenza di Tito, Dallas Opera, Dallas, TX, 1999
• The Queen of Spades, Metropolitan Opera, Lincoln Center, New YorkCity, 1999
• The Flying Dutchman, Houston Grand Opera, 2000
• The Elixir of Love, Houston Grand Opera, 2000
• The Nutcracker, The Mayflower, Southampton, England, 2000
• Long Day's Journey to Night, Lyric Theatre, London, 2000-01
• Don Carlo, Houston Grand Opera, 2001
• The Relapse or Virtue in Danger, Olivier Theatre, Royal National Theatre, 2001
• Florencia en el Amazonas, Houston Grand Opera, 2001
• Street Scene, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2001
• Orpheus and Eurydice, English National Opera, The London Coliseum,London, 2001
• Boulevard Solitude, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 2001
• Dracula, Atlanta Ballet, 2002
• Also designed lighting for Richard III, Painter of Dishonor, and Julius Caesar, all Royal Shakespeare Company; Habeas Corpus and How I Learned to Drive, both Donmar Warehouse Theatre; DanaRosita, Almeida Theatre; The Importance of Being Earnest, Translations, and Alarms and Excursions, all West End productions, London.
• Stage Assistant Lighting Designer
• Winnie, Royal Exchange Theatre, then Victoria Palace Theatre, London, both 1988
• Major Tours (as Lighting Designer)
• When Did You Last See Your Trousers?, 1987
• Twelfth Night, 1987
• She Stoops to Conquer, 1987
• A Tale of Two Cities, Cambridge Theatre Company, 1988
• Orpheus Descending, Peter Hall Company, 1988
• Another Time, 1989
• Death in Venice, Glyndebourne Touring Opera, 1989
• Talking Heads, 1997
• Giselle, U.K. cities, 2001
• Also designed lighting for The Madness of George III, world cities; Othello, world cities.
• Television Lighting Designer
• King Priam, Channel Four, 1985
• Lady Macbeth of Mtskenk (opera), BBC, 1987
• Xerxes (opera), Thames, 1988
• The Devil and Kate, BBC, 1988