Bill Mitchell (artistic director)
Bill Mitchell (2 December 1951 – 14 April 2017) was the artistic director of Kneehigh Theatre from 1995 until 2002 and created site-specific theatre company Wildworks in 2005.[1]
William John Mitchell was born in Erith, Kent, and educated at Dartford Grammar School. He completed a foundation course at Medway School of Art and studied theatre design at Wimbledon School of Art.[2]
He moved to Cornwall with his wife Sue in 1988 and designed a number of Kneehigh's shows including Tristan and Yseult directed by Emma Rice, The Red Shoes, and A Matter of Life and Death.[2]
In 2006, he was made an honorary Fellow of Falmouth University.[3]
Mitchell won the Best Director award at the Theatre Awards UK in 2011 for The Passion, a joint production between National Theatre Wales and Wildworks. In 2015, Mitchell worked with Lost Gardens of Heligan on a show called 100: The Day Our World Changed to commemorate local people who died in WW1.[3]
He was diagnosed with cancer in 2015, but continued to work up to his death on Wolf’s Child which is to be performed at Trelowarren Estate in Cornwall in July 2017.
Productions
- A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings - 2005[4]
- Souterrain - 2006 - 07[5] Performed in Dolcoath Mine Camborne Cornwall[6] and Stanmer Park Brighton[7]
- The Beautiful Journey - 2009 performed in HMNB Devonport Plymouth and Wallsend Newcastle.[8]
- The Enchanted Palace - 2010 until 2012, Kensington Palace London[9]
- The Passion - Port Talbot, South Wales, 2011. In collaboration with Michael Sheen and National Theatre Wales
References
- ↑ CDM, Dave (15 April 2017). "Bill Mitchell, Wildwork's critically-acclaimed artistic director, dies aged 65". Cornwall Live. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
- 1 2 Gardner, Lyn (18 April 2017). "Bill Mitchell obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
- 1 2 "Bill Mitchell". Falmouth University. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
- ↑ "Wildworks Theatre Company | Seasalt Stories". Seasaltcornwall.co.uk. Retrieved 2011-07-07.
- ↑ Lyn Gardner (2009-05-27). "Lyn Gardner on Wildworks theatre company's new production The Beautiful Journey | Stage". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 2011-07-07.
- ↑ "Wildworks - complete guide to the Playwright, Plays, Theatres, Agent". Doollee.com. 2010-03-25. Retrieved 2011-07-07.
- ↑ "Wildworks | London Theatre Database". Ltdb.co.uk. Retrieved 2011-07-07.
- ↑ Hunter, Victoria. Moving Sites: Investigating Site-Specific Dance Performance. Routledge. p. 349.
- ↑ Lyn Gardner (2010-04-13). "Enchanted Palace | Theatre review | Stage". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 2011-07-07.