DARREN
ROYSTON


WINNER of the BONNIE BIRD CHOREOGRAPHY AWARD (1997)


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PROFESSIONAL CREDITS

2007

  • Choreographer. Wide Blue Yonder (Feature Film). Director Robert Young. Choreographing Lauren Bacall, James Fox, Brian Cox.
  • TV Choreographer & On Screen Dancing Master, Restoration Supersize Me (BBC2) with comedienne Sue Perkins.
  • Choreographer, The Human Computer, Will Adamsdale´s One Man Comedy Show, Edinburgh Festival & BAC London.
  • Choreographer, RADA Shakespeare Productions: As You Like It (Director: Michelle Chadwick) & King John (Director: Brian Stirner)
  • Choreographer. A Tale for Winter. Quicksilver Productions (Children´s Theatre), Director: Nona Sheppard
  • Historical Dance. TV. The Armstrong & Miller Sketch Show. Hat Trick Productions. BBC
  • Dance Demo. Dance in Paintings, The National Gallery, London
  • Choreographer Rufus Wainwright, Rules & Regulations music video
  • Choreographer & Movement Honk! Musical Theatre, Haugesund Teater, Norway (with cast of 120, children and professional actors)
  • Choreographer & Movement Hello-Goodbye: Musical with music by rock band VAMP, Haugesund Teater, Norway (with community chorus)
  • Movement Work, Blood Ties . Antigone play, RADA, Director: Jennie Buckman

2006

  • Musical Staging. The Young Dick Barton, Director: Ted Craig, Warehouse
    Theatre Croydon.
  • Choreographer. The Double Dealer by William Congreve, Director: Richard
    Cotterill, RADA
  • Choreographer. A Mouthful of Birds by Caryl Churchill & David Lan,
    Director: Che Walker, RADA
  • Director / Choreographer. And So To Bed… Nonsuch History & Dance, Hoxton
    Hall, London.
  • Choreographer. The Beggar’s Opera by John Gay, Director: Geoff Bullen, RADA
  • Choreographer. Machinal by Sophie Treadwell, Director: Toby Fro, RADA
  • Choreographer. Pericles by Shakespeare, Director: Nona Sheppard, RADA
  • Choreographer. Richard II by Shakespeare, Director: Peter Oyston, RADA Choreographer. The Arts of Shakespeare (Renaissance Dance choreography)RADA. Musical Director: Andrew Charity
  • Choreographer. The Arts of Shakespeare (Renaissance Dance choreography) RADA. Musical Director: Andrew Charity

2005

  • Choreographer & Movement. MuchAdoAbout Nothing. RADA. Director: Nona Sheppard
  • Director / Choreographer. Carmen. ThailandTour
  • Choreographer. Assassins (Stephen Sondheim musical). RADA. Director: Geoff Bullen. Musical Director: Michael Haslam.
  • Choreographer Treasure Island The Scoop London, Steam Industry, Director: Phil Willmott
  • Director/Choreographer Carmen (Fundraising Opera for Battersea Dogs Home) Royal Geographical Society Theatre, London
  • Movement Director The Children of Hercules (Euripides Classical Drama), The Scoop London, Steam Industry, Director: Phil Willmott
  • Choreographer All is True or Henry VIII (Shakespeare), RADA. Director: Geoff Bullen.
  • Choreographer The Return of Houdini (Variety Magic show), City Theatre, Reykjavik, Iceland. Director: Wayne Harrison. Music: Hilmar Hilmarsson. Cast includes: Olafur Darri .
  • Director / Choreographer Don Pasquale (Donizetti opera) Bangkok Arts Theatre, Abu Dhabi Intercontinental Theatre, United Arab Emirates.
  • Choreographer: Twelfth Night, Haugesund Theatre, Norway. Director: Michael Gieleta. Cast includes: Toralv Maurstad, Helge Jordal, Tone Ringen.
  • Choreographer: The Last Detective, Granada TV. Director: David Tucker. Cast includes: Peter Davison, Emma Amos, Marcello Walton.
  • Dancer: Vera Drake, Mike Leigh feature film. Director: Mike Leigh. Cast includes: Imelda Staunton.    

2004

  • Period Movement / Choreography: All's Well That Ends Well, RADA, London. Director: Nona Shepard.
  • Musical Staging: Femme Fatale, Croydon Warehouse Theatre. Director: Ted Craig. Writer: Phil Willmott.
  • Musical Director: Stefan Bernarczyk. Cast: Kit Benjamin Maxwell, Tom Coles, Tim Frances, Rosie Jenkins, Elizabeth Marsh, Jamie Read.
  • Choreographer: World Cup 1966, Battersea Arts Centre. Written by: Tom Morris and Carl Heap. Director: Carl Heap.
  • Choreographer: On the Razzle, RADA, London. Director: David Tucker.
  • Choreographer: Into the Woods, RADA, London. Director: Geoff Bullen. Musical Director: Mike Haslam. Workshop
  • Choreographer: Through the Wire, National Theatre Connections. Written by Catherine Johnson. Director: Wayne Harrison. Musical Director: Nicholas Bloomfield.
  • Director / Choreographer: Rigoletto, Far East & Middle East Tour.
  • Musical Staging & Tap Dance Choreographer: Fred and Ginger Tribute, The Arts Club, London.
  • Director: Cosi fan Tutte, European Chamber Opera
  • Choreographer: Sixties Mix (Dance Show), Norwich City Football Club anniversary party
  • Director / Choreographer: Don Pasquale, Hever Castle, Kent
  • Choreographer: Coriolanus, RADA, London.
  • Choreographer: Murder in Suburbia, Carlton TV. Director: Edward Bennett.  

2003

  • Choreographer: P&O Minerva CRUISE SHOW (Variety / Cabaret)
  • Choreographer: ZIPPO'S CIRCUS 2003 National Tour (CFA Award)
  • Choreographer: GOOD (C P Taylor) (RADA) Director: David Sulkin
  • Choreographer: Pillars of Society (Ibsen) (RADA) Director: Daniela Peleanu
  • Choreographer: Anyone Can Whistle, (UK Premiere, Sondheim Musical) Bridewell Theatre, London. Cast includes: Janie Dee, Edward Baker Duly, Paula Willcox , Mark Heenehan, Aaron Shirley, James Smillie.
  • Director / Choreographer: Cosi fan Tutte, (UK Tour and International dates in Asia and Middle East)
  • Choreographer: Timon of Athens, RADA, London  

2002

  • Choreographer: Aladdin, Windsor Theatre Royal (Bill Kenwright productions, with Paul Nicholas)
  • Musical Staging / Choreographer: The Best of Broadway, Nad Al Sheba Club, Dubai. U.A.E. (Musical Cabaret)
  • Director / Choreographer: A Policeman's Lot (G & S compilation show), Kempinski Hotel, Sharjah, UAE.
  • Revival Choreographer: Die Fledermaus, Hever Castle, Kent
  • Choreographer: Jubilee Celebration, Henley on Thames
  • Movement Coach: Breadhead, Film (NFT Festival entry)
  • Choreographer: Hamlet, RADA. Director: Brian Stirner.
  • Assistant & Staff Director: The Merry Widow, Columbia Artists Management USA Tour  

2001

  • Assistant Choreographer & Dancer: Die Fledermaus, (France Tour)
  • Choreographer: Guys & Dolls, RADA
  • Dancer: A Health Unto His Majesty (Brighton, Canterbury, Greenwich)
  • Choreographer: Springtime in Antarctica, Short Film (National Film School) Cast: Alex Kelly, Michael Cahill and tap dancing penguins.
  • Choreographer: Romeo & Juliet, RADA
  • Director / Choreographer: Garrett – The Blue Giraffe (new opera by Robert Hugill ), Hoxton Hall.
  • Choreographer: Swan Hellenic P & O CRUISE (Musicals, Operetta & Opera)  

2000

  • Choreographer: Ring Round the Moon, ( Anouilh play), King's Head Theatre, London.Director: Phil Wilmott.
  • Choreographer: The Glass Slipper (Stephen Sharkey), Southwark Playhouse, London. Director: Erica Wyman.
  • Musical Staging: Assassins (Sondheim musical). Landor Theatre, London. Director: Nicholas Bligh
  • Director / Choreographer: Barber of Seville adaptation “Barber on the Beach”, UK Tour
  • Choreographer: MacGregor (new musical), Bridewell Theatre, London
  • Director / Choreographer: Acis & Galatea, (masque – dance & opera) Syon House, Twickenham
  • Choreographer: Tosca, European Chamber Opera, UK Tour
  • Choreographer: The Cherry Orchard (Chekhov play), English Touring Theatre, UK Tour. Director: Stephen Unwin. Cast includes: Prunella Scales, Michael Feast, Sarah Malin, Michael Cronin, Octavia Walters, Robert Hands.
  • Choreographer: La Boheme, European Chamber Opera, UK Tour. Director: Stefan Paul Sanchez.
  • Choreographer: The Little Prince (children's opera) Royal Opera House, Linbury Studio. Director: Matthew Peacock.  

1999

  • Director / Choreographer: A Policeman's Lot in Not a Happy One, (G & S compilation show) UK Tour
  • Choreographer: Miss Julie (Strindberg play), Swedish Church Theatre, London
  • Choreographer & Performer: Welcome to Orty Fou, (children's TV series), CARLTON TV. Director: Roger Singleton-Turner
  • Assistant Choreographer: The Magic Forest (Circus, acrobatics, trapeze, ropes), LEGOLAND CIRCUS TENT, Windsor.
  • Choreographer: Eugene Onegin, MUSIC THEATRE LONDON, UK Tour    

1998

  • Dancer / Dance Captain: Stepping Out with Strauss, UK Tour
  • Choreographer in Residence: FAME The Musical, Mary Hare School, Newbury (Cast of 150 deaf children)
  • Choreographer / Assistant Director: Lucia di Lammermoor, Holland Park Theatre, London
  • Dancer: BLUE PETER, The Tudors (BBC)
  • Choreographer: The Magic Flute, Milan Festival, ITALY
  • Movement Director: Madam Butterfly, Hong Kong Festival
  • Musical Staging: Merrily We Roll Along (Sondheim musical), Greenwich Playhouse
  • Choreographer: Le Bourgeouis Gentilhommme ( Moliere comedie-ballet)   Gatehouse Theatre, London. Director: Anthony Banks.