"Will Duke’s cinematography is utterly ravishing"
Andrzej Lukowski on 'Dusk' for Time Out London: Full review here
"this is possibly the most impressive, integrated use of video I've ever seen...beautifully filmed (and projected) by Will Duke."
Andrew Haydon - Postcards From The Gods: Full review here
"[a] hauntingly intense multimedia monologue...accompanied by the sumptuous film projections of Will Duke."
Neil Cooper - The Herald Scotland: Full review here
NEWS.
In 2016 Will was awarded a Knight of Illumination Award for his work on Complicite's 'The Encounter': link here
Will was awarded a 2019 Off West End award in the new Video Design category for his work on 'I'm a Phoenix Bitch' by Bryony Kimmings: link here
Will was nominated for a 2019 Irish Times Theatre Award award alongside Jamie Vartan in the Set Design category for his work on 'Grief Is The Thing With Feathers'. link here
Will was nominated for a 2022 UK Theatre Award award alongside Jon Bausor and Antony McDonald in the Design category for his work on 'Into The Woods'. link here
Current and Forthcoming Projects:
A new production of Benjamin Britten's Peter Grimes. Directed by Robert Carsen.
La Scala, Milan, Italy, October 2023
A new production of Macbeth. Directed by Richard Twyman for English Touring Theatre.
UK and International Tour 2023-2024
A revival of Don Giovanni. Directed by John Fulljames. Premiered in Athens and revived in Copenhagen.
Göteborg Opera, Gothenberg, Sweden, December 2023
Previous Projects:
A new production of Georg Friedrich Händel's Julius Caesar. Directed by Robert Carsen.
La Scala, Milan, Italy, October 2019
The World premiere of a new opera by Olga Neuwirth, based on the novel by Virginia Woolf. Libretto by the Franco-American author and playwright Catherine Filloux.
Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna, December 2019
A new production of John Adams’ opera, staged by the new artistic director of the Royal Danish Opera, John Fulljames.
The Royal Danish Opera, Copenhagen, May 2019
Scottish Opera, Glasgow and Edinburgh, February 2020
Chekhov’s final play directed by Simon McBurney with the ensemble of Ivo van Hove's Toneelgroep Amsterdam.
Toneelgroep, Amsterdam, June 2019
The European premiere of Breaking the Waves, by composer Missy Mazzoli. Directed by Tom Morris.
Edinburgh International Festival, August 2019.
Adelaide Festival, March 2020.
Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York, June 2020.
Simon McBurney's production of Stravinsky's Rake's Progress.
Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Music Theatre, Moscow, September 2019.
The Weimar Republic: Germany 1918-1933
Directed by Simon McBurney, conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen with the LA Philharmonic
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles February 2020
A new production of The Handmaids Tale by Poul Ruders. Directed by John Fulljames
Royal Danish Opera, Copenhagen, May 2020
A new production of the first part of Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle. Directed by Stefan Herheim
Deutsche Oper Berlin, June 2020
The Life and Death of Alexander Litvinenko
A world premiere by composer Anthony Bolton, to a libretto by Kit Hesketh-Harvey. Directed by Stephen Medcalf
Grange Park Opera, Surrey, UK, July 2020
A new production of the second part of Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle. Directed by Stefan Herheim
Deutsche Oper Berlin, September 2020
A Schaubühne and Complicite co-production, directed by Simon McBurney
In repertory at The Schaubühne, Berlin and touring internationally during 2018/2019
A new production of Danai Gurira’s play. Directed by Ola Ince.
The Young Vic, London, December 2018
New production by Robert Carsen at the Teatro Real, in co-production with the Canadian Opera Company of Toronto and the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Teatro Real, Madrid, February 2019
Grief is the Thing with Feathers
A new production by Complicite, based on the award-winning novel by Max Porter. Directed by Enda Walsh and starring Cillian Murphy.
The Barbican, London, March 2019
Bryony Kimmings’ returns with her first solo show in nearly a decade. A mythical legend performed straight from a heart still pulsing with pain.
Battersea Arts Centre, London, October 2018
With Robert Carsen for his debut production at the Komische Oper Berlin.
The Komische Oper, Berlin, September 2018
Robert Carsen's new production of The Tempest.
Premiere - La Comédie-Française, Paris, December 2017
Simon McBurney's production of Stravinsky's Rake's Progress.
Dutch National Opera, Amsterdam - February 2018
Grief is the Thing with Feathers
A new production by Complicite, based on the award-winning novel by Max Porter. Directed by Enda Walsh and starring Cillian Murphy.
Black Box Theatre, Galway and O’Reilly Theatre, Dublin, March 2018
Natalie Abrahami directs Juliet Stevenson.
Premiere - The Young Vic, London, September 2017
Headlong, directed by Sam Pritchard.
Will is working as a projection designer on a new production of Pygmalion. Co-produced by Headlong, West Yorkshire Playhouse and The Nuffield
Opens February 2017 at West Yorkshire Playhouse and tours the UK.
Opera North, directed by John Fulljames.
Will is working as a projection designer on a new production of The Snow Maiden as part of the Opera North Fairytale season for 2017.
Opens January 2017 in Leeds and tours the UK.
Independent Opera, directed by Polly Graham.
Will is working as a projection designer on a new production of Simplicius Simplicissimus.
The UK Premiere of the opera by Karl Amadeus Hartmann with a new libretto by David Pountney.
November 2016 in the Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler's Wells.
Bristol Old Vic, directed by Lee Lyford.
Will is working as a projection designer on a new production of The Snow Queen for The Bristol Old Vic.
December 2016 in Bristol.
Welsh National Youth Opera, directed by Polly Graham.
Will is working as a projection designer with The Welsh National Youth Opera on a new version of Kommilitonen! by composer Peter Maxwell Davies with a libretto by David Pountney.
Opened at Memo Arts Centre in Barry in July 2016.
A bold new sound work for voices, created by Melanie Wilson with co-composer Katarina Glowicka and projection designer Will Duke. An epic science-fiction dream of Earth in the 21st and 22nd centuries, seen through the eyes of its women and a visitor from the far future, fusing contemporary classical and electronic music, choral singing, film and choreography.
Premiere in Cardiff in June 2016.
Opéra de Lyon, directed by John Fulljames
Will is working as a projection designer for a new opera at Opéra de Lyon based on the life of Walter Benjamin.
Opéra de Lyon, March 2016.