Julian Crouch
Set and projections designer
Julian Crouch is a Brooklyn, NY-based director, designer, writer, maker, teacher, illustrator and musician, whose career has spanned theatre, opera, ballet, film and television. In 1992 he began a creative partnership with Phelim McDermott; together with Lee Simpson and Nick Sweeting, they formed their own company, Improbable, in 1996.
Previously for ENO: Satyagraha, Marnie, Satyagraha, Doctor Atomic (also Met).
Career Highlights
Improbable credits: Devil and Mister Punch; multi award-winning 70 Hill Lane; Lifegame; Animo; Coma; Spirit; Sticky; Hanging Man (Best Design 2003 TMA award); Wolves in the Walls (with NTS, Best Show for Children and Young People 2006 TMA Award); Panic.
Notable engagements elsewhere: Opera: Merry Widow, Enchanted Island, Met’s 125th Anniversary (director/designer), Met’s 50th Anniversary at Lincoln Center (director/designer) (Met); King Arthur (Deutsche Staatsoper); Hansel and Gretel (La Scala); Magic Flute (WNO). Ballet: Cinderella (DNO, San Francisco); Nutcracker (Joffrey, Christopher Wheeldon). Theatre: Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Tony Nomination), Addams Family (co-director, designer), Big Fish (Broadway); Jerry Springer – the Opera (Evening Standard Award, Olivier Award, Critics Circle), A Funny Thing Happened… (RNT); Shockheaded Peter (co-director, designer, Olivier Award); Jedermann (co-director, designer) (Salzburg Festival).
Ballet: Cinderella (DNO, San Francisco); Nutcracker (Joffrey, Christopher Wheeldon).
Theatre: Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Tony Nomination), Addams Family (co-director, designer), Big Fish (Broadway); Jerry Springer – the Opera (Evening Standard Award, Olivier Award, Critics Circle), A Funny Thing Happened… (RNT); Shockheaded Peter (co-director, designer, Olivier Award); Jedermann (co-director, designer) (Salzburg Festival).
Last updated: 28th September 2023