Ruth Paton
Assistant to Alison Chitty 1999-2003
Motley Theatre Design Course 1998-99
RADA Design Summer School 1997
NSDF 1997 (Design Award Winner)
Hull University Drama Department (BA HONS Drama) 1994-97
DESIGNS
2017
THE MAGIC FLUTE
Director Thomas Guthrie Longborough Festival Opera
THE NOSE composed by Pete Letanka and libretto by Denton Chikura
Director Karen Gillingham Royal Opera House Clore Studio Upstairs
DIFFERENT composed by Llywelyn ap Myrddin
Director Tim Yealland
English Touring Opera: Lyric Hammersmith Studio/ SEN tour
2016
BEAUTIFUL WORLD composed by Hannah Conway
Directed by Karen Gillingham UAE National Theatre, Abu Dhabi
TRIALS OF FIRE AND WATER
Director Freya Wynn Jones Royal Opera House All Together Opera
THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL music and libretto by Helmut Lachenmann
Directed by Phelim McDermott and Mark Down Spoleto Festival, USA
(puppet designer)
MILLIONS OF YEARS from Akhnaten by Phillip Glass
Directed by Sophie Motley English National Opera at the British Museum
2015
CITIZEN PUPPET Edinburgh Fringe Fringe First Winner
Directed by Mark Down Blind Summit(Associate Artist)
ALL CHANGE
Directed by David Stephenson Royal Opera House Thurrock Community Chorus
WAXWINGS Composed by Clive and Mark Ives
Directed by Tim Yealland
English Touring Opera: Hackney Empire Studio/Philharmonie Luxemburg/SEN tour
2014
OYSTER BOY
Devised and directed by Ruth Paton Roman River Festival
LE ROSSIGNOL
Directed by Mark Down Bregenz Festival (Puppet Designer)
A LITLLE THING CALLED LIFE
Directed by Greg Eldridge Royal Opera House RM19 at High House Production Park
RUMBLED composed by John Barber and libretto by Hazel Gould
Directed by Tim Yealland
English Touring Opera: Hackney Empire Studio/ Philharmonie Luxemburg/ SEN tour
2013
SPIN composed by Rachael Leach
Directed by Tim Yealland
English Touring Opera: Philharmonie Luxemburg/ SEN tour
WOODWOSE composed by Kerry Andrew
Directed by Hazel Gould Wigmore Hall
THE GOOD NEIGHBOUR
Director Sarah Golding Battersea Arts Centre
(Director/designer: The Tree Room)
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A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
Director Jonathan Best Royal Shakespeare Company/City of London Sinfonia
MENDELSSOHN IN SCOTLAND
Director Jonathan Best City of London Sinfonia
BEACHED composed by Harvey Brough
Directed by Karen Gillingham Opera North- The Spa, Bridlington
ALCMEON IN CORINTH
Directed by Martin Wylde Live Theatre Newcastle
IN THE BELLY OF THE HORSE composed by Rachel Leach
Directed by Tim Yealland
English Touring Opera: Tricycle Theatre/British Museum/schools tour
BEST MATES
Directed by John Burgess National Theatre
: site specific tour
ROMEO AND JULIET, NORTHERN TRAWL and EDUCATING RITA
Directed by Kate Bramley Hull Truck Theatre
THE GLASS MENAGERIE and ON A NIGHT LIKE THIS
Directed by John Godber Hull Truck Theatre
CINDERELLA composed by James redwood
Directed by Hazel Gould Glyndebourne Festival Opera: schools tour
NEWSNIGHT THE OPERA
Directed by Tom Morris BAC
LOVE LABOUR’S LOST, MACBETH, TWELTH NIGHT, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, THE TEMPEST, CROW, THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD, INTO THE WOODS and VOLPONE
Directed by George Peck Oxford School of Drama
SWEENEY TODD
Directed by Ken Caswell Mountview Academy
GAMBLERS
Directed by Charlie Wood BAC
40 HARES AND A PRINCESS and MAPS OF DESIRES
Directed by Alys Khil Southwark Playhouse
FIGHTING THE TIDE, STILL MARILYN and MARLOW
Directed by Kate Bramley Bad Apple Theatre Company
