Nick Winston

Nick Winston is an internationally renowned English director and choreographer working in theatre, opera and film.

Nick directed the critically acclaimed Bonnie & Clyde in Concert at The Theatre Royal Drury Lane starring Jeremy Jordan. This was followed by the West End premiere of Bonnie & Clyde at The Arts Theatre where it won the WhatsOnStage Award for Best New Musical and a subsequent production at The Garrick Theatre. His second collaboration with composer Frank Wildhorn was the critically acclaimed Death Note, which had a sold out concert premiere at The London Palladium, followed by a run at The Lyric Theatre. Nick will next direct the UK premiere of Frank Wildhorn’s Your Lie in April at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane.

His previous credits as Director & Choreographer include, The Secret Garden starring Mark Feehily (The London Palladium); Chess starring Samantha Barks (Theatre Royal Drury Lane); Shrek The Musical (Eventim Apollo; UK Tour); Fame (Peacock Theatre; Troubadour; UK Tour); Mame starring Tracie Bennett (Hope Mill Theatre - WhatsOnStage Award nomination - Best Choreography); Rock of Ages (UK Tour; Berlin); Club Tropicana (UK Tour); The Wedding Singer (Troubadour; UK Tour); We Will Rock You (World Tour); Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story (Artscape, Cape Town); An American in Paris (National Theatre, Linz); Chess (Tokyo - winner of the Outstanding Choreography Award); Guys and Dolls; Carousel; Half a Sixpence; Cats (Kilworth House); Bugsy Malone and Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream (Curve).

Nicks work as choreographer includes the revival of Annie starring Miranda Hart at the Piccadilly Theatre; the world premiere of Loserville at the Garrick theatre which received an Olivier Award nomination for Best New Musical; Druids’ production of Waiting For Godot which toured America and played a season at the Lincoln Centre in New York; Kiss Me Kate at the Théâtre du Châtelet, in Paris and The Adventures of Pinocchio for Minnesota Opera.

Nick directed the feature film, Tomorrow Morning starring Samantha Barks, Ramin Karimloo, Fleur East, Omid Djalili and Joan Collins (Amazon).

Nick had the honor of directing The Royal Variety Show in the presence of HRH The Prince of Wales, hosted by Miranda Hart for ITV. His other work on screen includes, Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration (BBC); Sondheim at 80 starring Dame Judi Dench (BBC) Shakespeare Live: From the RSC (BBC - BAFTA Award nomination for Best Live Event) and The Diplomat (Netflix).

Nick will direct the world premiere of Burlesque The Musical executive produced by Christina Aguilera opening at Manchester Opera House in 2024.

Nick lives in Northampton with his two children Sophie & Luke Winston.

Productions

Director and choreographer

FILM

• Tomorrow Morning (Kaleidoscope Pictures, 2022)
• Bonnie & Clyde in concert (STEAM motion, 2022)

THEATRE

• Calamity Jane (UK Tour, 2024)
• Burlesque (World Premiere, Manchester Opera House, 2024)
• Shrek The Musical (Eventim Apollo Hammersmith, 2024)
• Your Lie in April (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, 2024)
• Wild About You (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, 2024)
• Bonnie & Clyde (UK Tour, 2024)
• Jac & The Beanstalk (New Victoria, Cardiff, 2023)
• Mother Goose (Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 2023)
• Death Note (London Palladium, 2023)
• Shrek (UK tour, 2023)
• Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story (International Tour, 2023)
• Bonnie & Clyde (Garrick Theatre, 2023)
• Snow White (Cliffs Pavilion, Southend, 2022)
• Dick Whittington (Everyman, Cheltenham, 2022)
• We Will Rock You (World Tour, 2022, 8 Broadway World nominations including Best Director; Best Choreographer; Best Musical)
• The Secret Garden (London Palladium, 2022; Broadway World nomination: Best Event)
• Chess (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, 2022: WhatsOnStage Award nomination: Best Concert Event; Broadway World nomination: Best Event)
• Half a Sixpence (Kilworth House Theatre, 2022; Broadway World nominations: Best Director; Best Choreography; Best Regional Production)
• Carousel (Kilworth House Theatre, 2022; Broadway World nominations: Best Director; Best Choreography; Best Regional Production)
• Bonnie & Clyde (Arts Theatre, 2022; WhatsOnStage Award nomination: Best New Musical; Best Performance; Best supporting Performance; Broadway World nomination: Best Director; Best Choreography; Best New Musical)
• Bonnie & Clyde in Concert starring Jeremy Jordan (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, 2022)
• Jack & The Beanstalk (Milton Keynes Theatre, 2021)
• Jack & The Beanstalk (Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham 2021)
• Rock Of Ages (U.K. tour 2021/2022)
• Disney's Beauty & The Beast (U.K. tour 2021/2022, U.K. Associate Director & Choreographer)
• Tweedy's Reduced Pantomime (Everyman, Cheltenham, 2020)
• The Wedding Singer (Troubadour Theatre 2020)
• Chess (Tokyo 2020)
• Robin Hood (Cliffs Pavilion 2019)
• Cinderella (Everyman Theatre 2019)
• Mame (Hope Mill Theatre 2019 Whatsonstage Award nominations: Best Revival; Best Choreography; Best Regional; Best Actress; Best Costume; Best Sound Design; Best Musical Direction)
• Fame (West End 2019)
• Cats (Kilworth House Theatre 2019 Broadway World nomination Best Director)
• Nerds (The Other Palace 2019)
• Club Tropicana (U.K. Tour 2019)
• An American In Paris (Linz 2018)
• Rock Of Ages (U.K. Tour 2018/19)
• Fame (U.K. Tour 2018/2019 4 Broadway World nominations including Best Choreographer)
• Guys & Dolls (Kilworth Theatre 2018)
• The Royal Variety Performance 2017 (London Palladium/ ITV)
• A Midsummer Night's Dream ( & adaptation; Curve Theatre 2017)
• The Wedding Singer (U.K. Tour 2017 2 Broadway World nominations)
• Bugsy Malone (Curve Theatre - Broadway World nomination: Best Director, Best Choreographer, Best Regional Production)
• Flash Mob (Peacock Theatre & U.K. tour)
• Let's Dance Again! (Royal Festival Hall)
• Aladdin (Southend 2018)
• Sleeping Beauty (Kings Theatre, Glasgow 2017)
• Robin Hood (Mayflower, Southampton 2016)
• Dick McWhittington (His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen 2016)
• Peter Pan (His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen 2015)
• My Fair Ladies (Prince Of Wales)
• Can You Keep a Secret (Trafalgar Studios)
• Ain't Misbehavin' (Harrogate Theatre)
• Tomorrow Morning (New End Theatre)
• Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance (U.K. Tour)
• Grease (Kenwood House)
• Dirty Dancing in Concert (International tour)
• Another Kind Of Magic (Arena tour, Scandinavia)
• Dick Whittington (Orchard Theatre)
• Cinderella (Royal & Derngate)
• Cinderella (Hayes)
• Snow White (Hayes)
• Aladdin (Royal & Derngate)
• Cinderella (Hastings)

Choreographer / Movement Director

• Pippin (Charing Cross Theatre, London, 2021)
• Pippin (The Garden Theatre, London, 2020 - Offie nomination: Best Choreography)
• Fanny and Stella (The Garden Theatre, London, 2020)
• Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration The London Palladium (BBC) (2019)
• Sweeney Todd (Royal Danish Opera 2019)
• Annie (UK Tour 2019)
• Waiting For Godot (Lincoln Center, New York, 2018)
• Kiss Me, Kate (Bonn, 2018)
• Kiss Me, Kate (Gratz, 2018)
• Annie (Toronto, 2018)
• Chess (Denmark 2018)
• The Pajama Game (Japan 2017)
• Annie (Piccadilly Theatre, West End 2017/2018)
• Grease (Curve Theatre / Dubai)
• Legally Blonde (Curve Theatre / South Korea - - Broadway World nomination: Best Choreographer )
• Kiss Me, Kate (Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris)
• Annie (UK Tour - Broadway World nomination: Best Choreographer))
• Flashdance (Switzerland)
• Little Shop Of Horrors (Salisbury Playhouse - Broadway World nomination: Best Choreographer)
• White Christmas (West Yorkshire Playhouse - Broadway World nomination: Best Choreographer)
• Calamity Jane (Watermill Theatre & National Tour - Broadway World nomination: Best Choreographer)
• Kiss Me, Kate (Theatre Dortmund)
• Water Babies (Curve Theatre)
• A-Z of Mrs P (Southwark Playhouse)
• Sweeney Todd (Royal Exchange & West Yorkshire Playhouse)
• To Sir With Love (Royal & Derngate & National Tour)
• Loserville (Garrick Theatre, West End & West Yorkshire Playhouse - Olivier Award nomination: Best New Musical, Broadway World nomination: Best Choreographer)
• Moses The 10 Commandments (World Premiere, Theatre St Gallen)
• I Dreamed A Dream (national tour, LPA Award: Best Musical)
• Horrid Henry: Live and Horrid! (West End and tour)
• The Band Wagon (Sadler's Wells)
• The Wizard of Oz (Royal Festival Hall)
• Elaine Paige in concert (Royal Festival Hall and tour)
• Annie (West Yorkshire Playhouse)
• A Christmas Carol (Birmingham Rep and West Yorkshire Playhouse)
• Crash (West Yorkshire Playhouse)
• Death of a Salesman (West Yorkshire Playhouse)
• Merrily We Roll Along (Clwyd Theatr Cymru)
• Sugar (Pimlico Opera)
• Follies (Royal Theatre, Northampton - Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers' Choice Award and Theatrical Management Association Award nomination for Best Musical)
• Love Story (Minerva Theatre, Chichester)
• The Cherry Orchard (Birmingham Rep)
• Dancing at Lughnasa (Birmingham Rep)
• Cling to Me Like Ivy (Birmingham Rep)
• Fings Ain't Wot They Used t'Be (Union Theatre, Whatsonstage. com Theatregoers' Choice Award nomination for Best Musical Revival)
• You're a Good Man Charlie Brown (Tabard Theatre)
• Stepping Out, The Mountaintop (Derby Playhouse)
• Alfie (Watford Palace)
• Loserville: the Musical (South Hill Park Arts Centre)
• Out There (Riverside Studios)
• Much Ado About Nothing, The Tempest (Guilford Shakespeare Company)
• Putting It Together (Harrogate Theatre)
• The Fantasticks (Harrogate Theatre)
• Bouncers (Harrogate Theatre)
• Side by Side by Sondheim (Harrogate Theatre)
• The Thing About Men (Kings Head Theatre)
• Let Us Fly (Kings Head Theatre)
• Forbidden City (Esplanade Theatre, Singapore)
• A Twist Of Fate (Esplanade Theatre, Singapore)
• The Snow Queen (Esplanade Theatre, Singapore)
• Joseph and his Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Guernsey)
• By Jeeves (UK Tour)
• Tell Me on a Sunday starring Claire Sweeney (UK Tour)
• Eden End (UK Tour)
• Hormonal Housewives (UK Tour)
• The Rise and Fall of Little Voice (national tours)
• Dorothy Fields Forever (kings Head Theatre)
• Side by Side by Sondheim - 25th Anniversary (The Stables)

Opera

• The Adventures of Pinocchio (Opera North/Sadler's Wells/Chemnitz Opera/Minnesota Opera/Moscow—RPS nomination: Best Opera)
• Il Turco in Italia (Garsington Opera)
• Kiss Me Kate (Bonn Opera)
• Benzin (Chemnitz Opera)
• Fortunio (Grange Park Opera)
• The Cunning Little Vixen (Ryedale Festival).
• Sweeney Todd (La Monnaie)

Television and film

• Tomorrow Morning (Kaleidoscope Pictures, 2022)
• Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration The London Palladium (BBC) (2019)
• The Royal Variety Performance 2017 (Stage Director & Choreographer, ITV, The London Palladium)
• Shakespeare Live!From The RSC (BBC2, RSC BAFTA nomination: Live Entertainment)
• Sondheim at 80 (BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall)
• High School Dance (E4)
• The Adventures of Pinocchio (Opus Arte)
• Music videos for Bob the Builder (Universal).

Corporate work

• Dubai World Cup (Dubai)
• Redken (Astoria, London)
• Paul Mitchell (London and Paris)
• Moroccan Oil (London)

External links

• NickWinston.com
• Twitter: [1]
• https://www.thestage.co.uk/opinion/2016/mark-shenton-10-best-uk-choreographers-right-now/
• http://thetheatricals.blogspot.com/2017/07/an-interview-with-nick-winston.html
• Musical Theatre Interview: [2]
• Broadway World Interview: [3]
• IMDb [4]