Nick Winston is an English director and choreographer working in theatre, opera and film.
Life and career Winston directed Bonnie & Clyde in Concert at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, starring Jeremy Jordan, followed by Bonnie & Clyde at The Arts Theatre in 2022 and a subsequent production at the Garrick Theatre in 2023. His second collaboration with composer Frank Wildhorn was Death Note, which had a concert premiere at the London Palladium in September 2023,Philpott, Maryam. "Death Note the Musical in Concert – London Palladium", The Reviews Hub, 22 August 2023 followed by a run at the Lyric Theatre.
His previous credits as director and choreographer include The Secret Garden (London Palladium, 2022); Chess (Drury Lane, 2022); Shrek the Musical (Eventim Apollo; UK Tour, 2023); Fame (Peacock Theatre; Troubadour; UK tour, 2019); Mame (Hope Mill Theatre, 2019); Rock of Ages (UK tour, 2018 and 2021); Club Tropicana (UK tour, 2019);"Club Tropicana The Musical –2019 Tour Dates", LondonTheatre1, October 11, 2018 The Wedding Singer (Troubadour, 2020; UK tour, 2017); We Will Rock You (world tour, 2022);Bunoan, Vladimir. "Theater Review: We Will Rock You Is a Kind of Magic", ABS-CBN News, 5 November 2022Wild, Stephi. "We Will Rock You Announces All-South African Cast", BroadwayWorld, 31 August 2022 Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story (Artscape, Cape Town, 2023); An American in Paris (National Theatre, Linz, 2018); Chess (Tokyo, 2020); Guys and Dolls; Carousel (2022); Half a Sixpence (2022); Cats (Kilworth House, 2019); Bugsy Malone and Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream (Curve, 2017).
Winston's work as choreographer includes Pippin at the Charing Cross Theatre (2021),Vale, Paul. "Pippin: 'Vibrant choreography'", The Stage, 6 July 2021 Annie at the Piccadilly Theatre (2017);Felperin, Leslie. "‘Annie: Theater Review", The Hollywood Reporter, 7 June 2017 the original West End production of Loserville (2012) in West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds,Brennan, Clare. "Loserville – Review", The Guardian, 30 June 2012 and then at the Garrick,"Loserville posts early closing notices for 5 Jan 2013", London Theatre, 10 November 2012 which received an Olivier Award nomination for Best New Musical;"Hats off to Best New Musical", Official London Theatre, 26 April 2013 Druids’ production of Waiting for Godot, which toured America and played a season at the Lincoln Center in New York; Kiss Me Kate at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris and Jonathan Dove's The Adventures of Pinocchio for Opera North at Grand Theatre, Leeds (2010) and other opera companies.Finch, Hilary. "The Adventures of Pinocchio at the Grand Theatre, Leeds", The Times, 18 September 2010
Winston directed a 2022 film adaptation of his own musical, Tomorrow Morning (Amazon).Beasley, Tom. "Movie Review – Tomorrow Morning (2022)" Flickering Myth, 2 September 2022 He directed The Royal Variety Show in the presence of HRH The Prince of Wales, hosted by Miranda Hart for ITV in 2017. His other work on screen includes Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration (BBC, 2019); Sondheim at 80 starring Judi Dench (BBC), Shakespeare Live: From the RSC (BBC) and The Diplomat (Netflix).
Winston directed the original production of Burlesque the Musical at Manchester Opera House in June and Glasgow in September 2024.Hall, Margaret. "Todrick Hall to Direct and Choreograph West End Debut of Burlesque the Musical", Playbill, April 30, 2025Gans, Andrew. "Todrick Hall and More Join Cast of World Premiere of Burlesque Musical", Playbill, 7 February 2024
Winston lives in Northampton with his two children.
References
External links nickwinston.uk NickWinston.com thestage.co.uk http://thetheatricals.blogspot.com/2017/07/an-interview-with-nick-winston.html Musical Theatre Interview: Broadway World Interview: IMDb