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Michael Howells »
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Reinhard Hubert »
Benjamin Pope has written music for film, television and the stage. His previous work for Rambert as composer and arranger has included Javier De Frutos' Elsa Canasta, Mark Baldwin's Constant Speed, Melanie Teall's L'Eveil, and Baldwin/Howard's Lady Into Fox.
As a conductor, Benjamin has worked with orchestras including the RPO, Hallé, Berlin Staatskapelle, Luxembourg Philharmonic, Tokyo Philharmonic, Seoul Philharmonic, Iceland Symphony, Royal Flemish Philharmonic, BBC Concert Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Holland Symfonia, Lahti Symphony, RTÉ Concert Orchestra, Copenhagen Philharmonic, Osaka Symphoniker, Orqesta de las Americas (Mexico) and for ballet companies including New York City Ballet, Royal Ballet of Flanders, Staatsballett Berlin, Royal Swedish Ballet, Royal Danish Ballet, Dutch National Ballet, Norwegian National Ballet, Tokyo Ballet, ENB, The Royal Ballet, as well as Rambert Dance Company. Benjamin also has had a long association with Matthew Bourne, having worked as Music Director or conductor on many of Bourne's productions.
As a musical director in the studio, Benjamin has worked on many films and television productions including the BBC's flagship series Walking With Dinosaurs and Walking With Beasts.
This season Benjamin has made conducting debuts with the Finnish National Ballet in Cranko's Romeo and Juliet, with Scottish Ballet in Ashley Page's Cinderella, and in concert with the Ulster Orchestra.
Michael Howells started his career in film as Art Director on Peter Greenaway films and rapidly moved on to become a Production Designer in his own right. Most recent credits include Frank Oz's Death at a Funeral with Peter Dinklage, Matthew Macfadyen and Keeley Hawes; Sixty Six directed by Paul Weiland starring Helena Bonham Carter and Stephen Rea; Nanny McPhee directed by Kirk Jones starring Emma Thompson and Colin Firth; and Bright Young Things directed by Stephen Fry, with Emily Mortimer, James McAvoy, Dan Ackroyd and Jim Broadbent.
Other credits include: Charles Sturridge's two-part epic adventure Shackleton starring Kenneth Branagh shot partly on location in Greenland for which he got a BAFTA nomination. Mike Figgis' Miss Julie; Oliver Parker's An Ideal Husband with Rupert Everett and Julianne Moore; Andy Tennant's Everafter with Drew Barrymore; Charles Sturridge's Fairytale: A True Story and Doug McGrath's Emma starring Gwyneth Paltrow.
Aside from his work as Production Designer in film, Michael also designs theatre, ballet and dance productions; art installations; and for magazines and fashion shows. This includes working with artist Robert Wilson on his HG installation; as Visual Consultant to Selfridges Department Store; several Mark Baldwin ballets including Constant Speed for Rambert Dance Company; and the Cinderella installation at the Museo Salvatore Ferragamo for the Biennale di Firenze. Michael regularly collaborates with John Galliano on both his prêt-a-porter and couture fashion shows for Christian Dior. Michael has also collaborated with renowned photographers Mario Testino, Nick Knight and Mert and Marcus for such publications as English, French and American Vogue, French Elle and Harpers & Queen. Michael has won the Prix D'Excellence De La Mode and the Isabella Blow Award for Fashion Creator of the Year.
His design work for theatre and dance productions include Mark Ravenhill's Dick Whittington for the Barbican Christmas season 2006, Eternal Light and Lady into Fox with Mark Baldwin for Rambert, and Fier! for Dansgroup Amsterdam and Cardoon Club with Henrietta Horn for Rambert Dance Company.
Reinhard Hubert began his career as an actor in a high school theatre group, later going on to become a lighting technician. He has worked as a sound and lighting engineer as well as technical manager in various theatres. In the late 1980s and early 1990s he was lighting technician at the Westphalian Regional Theater in Castrop Ruaxel, then the Ruhr Festivals in Recklinghausen. He became a freelance lighting designer in 1995, working with choreographers such as Daniel Goldin, Rodolpho Leoni and Henrietta Horn (with whom he has collaborated since 1997). He has also worked extensively in film and music video productions, notably with director Leif Karpe, as well as at various major events. He is member of Familie Flöz, an international pool of theatre makers, based in Berlin.