Romeo & Juliet - West End Creative Team

James Bierman is an independent Film and Theatre Producer and he recently produced his first feature film Genius written by Academy Award Nominee John Logan and starring Colin Firth, Jude Law, Nicole Kidman and Laura Linney which premiered in competition at the Berlin Film Festival in 2016. James is a Tony Award-winning producer of John Logan’s stage play ‘Red’. He has worked in professional theatre since 1992 enjoying success in both the commercial and subsidised sectors and is currently on the board of the Society of London Theatres. As Executive Producer of London’s Donmar Warehouse (2006 -11) he was involved in ... read more Jon is an Olivier Award winning and double Tony Award nominated lighting designer, based in the UK. Theatre includes NATIONAL THEATRE: The Lehman Trilogy (also Park Avenue Armory, New York and Piccadilly Theatre, West End), Manor, I’m Not Running, Absolute Hell, Amadeus, As You Like It, The Beaux Stratagem, Hamlet, Othello, The Effect, Collaborators, A Woman Killed With Kindness, Greenland, Pains of Youth, Our Class, Damned by Despair, Women of Troy, The Cat in the Hat, Beauty and the Beast, Hansel and Gretel. ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY (RSC): Hamlet, The Tempest, The Comedy of Errors, Twelfth Night, The Merchant of Venice, The Winter’s Tale, ... read more Recent Theatre Includes: Hamlet (Almeida/West End); A View From the Bridge (nominated for Best Sound Design Olivier Award 2015) (Young Vic/West End), Life of Galileo, Happy Days, A Season in the Congo, Disco Pigs (Young Vic) Hedda Gabler, Sunset At The Villa Thalia, The Red Barn, People, Places and Things (Winner for Best Sound Design, Olivier Awards 2016) (National Theatre/West End); Les Miserables (Wermland Opera, Sweden); The Lorax (Old Vic); The Crucible (Walter Kerr Theater Broadway); Oresteia (Almeida Theatre/Trafalgar Studios); Anna Karenina (Manchester Royal Exchange); The Moderate Soprano, Elephants (Hampstead Theatre); White Devil, As You Like It (RSC); Translations, Plenty ... read more Robert Icke is a British director and writer known for his innovative and thought-provoking productions. He was born in Stockton-on-Tees, England in 1986 and studied English at Cambridge University before pursuing a career in theatre. Icke began his career as an assistant director at the Royal Shakespeare Company and went on to work at the National Theatre and the Almeida Theatre in London. In 2013, he became the Almeida's Associate Director, a position he held until 2019. During his time at the Almeida, Icke directed a number of critically acclaimed productions, including a modern adaptation of George Orwell's "1984" and a new ... read more