Nick Winston

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, 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); The Wedding Singer (Troubadour, 2020; UK tour, 2017); We Will Rock You (world tour, 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), Annie at the Piccadilly Theatre (2017); the original West End production of Loserville (2012) in West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds, and then at the Garrick, which received an Olivier Award nomination for Best New Musical; 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.

Winston directed a 2022 film adaptation of his own musical, Tomorrow Morning (Amazon). 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 Dame Judi Dench (BBC), Shakespeare Live: From the RSC (BBC) and The Diplomat (Netflix).

Winston is directing the original production of Burlesque the Musical, based on the 2010 film, set to open at Manchester Opera House in June 2024.

Winston lives in Northampton with his two children Sophie & Luke Winston.

Director and choreographer
• ;Film

• Tomorrow Morning (Kaleidoscope Pictures, 2022)

• Bonnie & Clyde in concert (STEAM motion, 2022)

• ;Theatre

• Calamity Jane (UK Tour, 2024)

• Burlesque (World Premiere, Manchester Opera House, 2024)

• Shrek The Musical (Eventim Apollo Hammersmith, 2024)

• Your Lie in April (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, 2024)

• Wild About You (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, 2024)

• Bonnie & Clyde (UK Tour, 2024)

• Jac & The Beanstalk (New Victoria, Cardiff, 2023)

• Mother Goose (Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 2023)

• Death Note (London Palladium, 2023)

• Shrek (UK tour, 2023)

• Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story (International Tour, 2023)

• Bonnie & Clyde (Garrick Theatre, 2023)

• Snow White (Cliffs Pavilion, Southend, 2022)

• Dick Whittington (Everyman, Cheltenham, 2022)

• We Will Rock You (World Tour, 2022)

• The Secret Garden (London Palladium, 2022)

• Chess (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, 2022)

• Half a Sixpence (Kilworth House Theatre, 2022)

• Carousel (Kilworth House Theatre, 2022)

• Bonnie & Clyde (Arts Theatre, 2022)

• Bonnie & Clyde in Concert starring Jeremy Jordan (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, 2022)

• Jack & The Beanstalk (Milton Keynes Theatre, 2021)

• Jack & The Beanstalk (Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham 2021)

• Rock Of Ages (U.K. tour 2021/2022)

• Disney's Beauty & The Beast (U.K. tour 2021/2022, U.K. Associate Director & Choreographer)

• Tweedy's Reduced Pantomime (Everyman, Cheltenham, 2020)

• The Wedding Singer (Troubadour Theatre 2020)

• Chess (Tokyo 2020)

• Robin Hood (Cliffs Pavilion 2019)

• Cinderella (Everyman Theatre 2019)

• Mame (Hope Mill Theatre 2019)

• Fame (West End 2019)

• Cats (Kilworth House Theatre 2019)

• Nerds (The Other Palace 2019)

• Club Tropicana (U.K. Tour 2019)

• An American In Paris (Linz 2018)

• Rock Of Ages (U.K. Tour 2018/19)

• Fame (U.K. Tour 2018/2019)

• Guys & Dolls (Kilworth Theatre 2018)

• The Royal Variety Performance 2017 (London Palladium/ ITV)

• A Midsummer Night's Dream (and adaptation; Curve Theatre 2017)

• The Wedding Singer (U.K. Tour 2017)

• Bugsy Malone (Curve Theatre)

• Flash Mob (Peacock Theatre & U.K. tour)

• Let's Dance Again! (Royal Festival Hall)

• Aladdin (Southend 2018)

• Sleeping Beauty (Kings Theatre, Glasgow 2017)

• Robin Hood (Mayflower, Southampton 2016)

• Dick McWhittington (His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen 2016)

• Peter Pan (His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen 2015)

• My Fair Ladies (Prince Of Wales)

• Can You Keep a Secret (Trafalgar Studios)

• Ain't Misbehavin' (Harrogate Theatre)

• Tomorrow Morning (New End Theatre)

• Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance (U.K. Tour)

• Grease (Kenwood House)

• Dirty Dancing in Concert (International tour)

• Another Kind Of Magic (Arena tour, Scandinavia)

• Dick Whittington (Orchard Theatre)

• Cinderella (Royal & Derngate)

• Cinderella (Hayes)

• Snow White (Hayes)

• Aladdin (Royal & Derngate)

• Cinderella (Hastings)

Choreographer / movement director
• Pippin (Charing Cross Theatre, London, 2021)

• Pippin (The Garden Theatre, London, 2020)

• Fanny and Stella (The Garden Theatre, London, 2020)

• Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration The London Palladium (BBC) (2019)

• Sweeney Todd (Royal Danish Opera 2019)

• Annie (UK Tour 2019)

• Waiting For Godot (Lincoln Center, New York, 2018)

• Kiss Me, Kate (Bonn, 2018)

• Kiss Me, Kate (Gratz, 2018)

• Annie (Toronto, 2018)

• Chess (Denmark 2018)

• The Pajama Game (Japan 2017)

• Annie (Piccadilly Theatre, West End 2017/2018)

• Grease (Curve Theatre / Dubai)

• Legally Blonde (Curve Theatre / South Korea)

• Kiss Me, Kate (Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris)

• Annie (UK Tour))

• Flashdance (Switzerland)

• Little Shop Of Horrors (Salisbury Playhouse)

• White Christmas (West Yorkshire Playhouse)

• Calamity Jane (Watermill Theatre & National Tour)

• Kiss Me, Kate (Theatre Dortmund)

• Water Babies (Curve Theatre)

• A-Z of Mrs P (Southwark Playhouse)

• Sweeney Todd (Royal Exchange & West Yorkshire Playhouse)

• To Sir With Love (Royal & Derngate & National Tour)

• Loserville (Garrick Theatre, West End & West Yorkshire Playhouse - Olivier Award nomination: Best New Musical)

• Moses The 10 Commandments (World Premiere, Theatre St Gallen)

• I Dreamed a Dream (national tour, LPA Award: Best Musical)

• Horrid Henry: Live and Horrid! (West End and tour)

• The Band Wagon (Sadler's Wells)

• The Wizard of Oz (Royal Festival Hall)

• Elaine Paige in concert (Royal Festival Hall and tour)

• Annie (West Yorkshire Playhouse)

• A Christmas Carol (Birmingham Rep and West Yorkshire Playhouse)

• Crash (West Yorkshire Playhouse)

• Death of a Salesman (West Yorkshire Playhouse)

• Merrily We Roll Along (Clwyd Theatr Cymru)

• Sugar (Pimlico Opera)

• Follies (Royal Theatre, Northampton)

• Love Story (Minerva Theatre, Chichester)

• The Cherry Orchard (Birmingham Rep)

• Dancing at Lughnasa (Birmingham Rep)

• Cling to Me Like Ivy (Birmingham Rep)

• Fings Ain't Wot They Used t'Be (Union Theatre)

• You're a Good Man Charlie Brown (Tabard Theatre)

• Stepping Out, The Mountaintop (Derby Playhouse)

• Alfie (Watford Palace)

• Loserville: the Musical (South Hill Park Arts Centre)

• Out There (Riverside Studios)

• Much Ado About Nothing, The Tempest (Guilford Shakespeare Company)

• Putting It Together (Harrogate Theatre)

• The Fantasticks (Harrogate Theatre)

• Bouncers (Harrogate Theatre)

• Side by Side by Sondheim (Harrogate Theatre)

• The Thing About Men (Kings Head Theatre)

• Let Us Fly (Kings Head Theatre)

• Forbidden City (Esplanade Theatre, Singapore)

• A Twist Of Fate (Esplanade Theatre, Singapore)

• The Snow Queen (Esplanade Theatre, Singapore)

• Joseph and his Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Guernsey)

• By Jeeves (UK Tour)

• Tell Me on a Sunday starring Claire Sweeney (UK Tour)

• Eden End (UK Tour)

• Hormonal Housewives (UK Tour)

• The Rise and Fall of Little Voice (national tours)

• Dorothy Fields Forever (kings Head Theatre)

• Side by Side by Sondheim - 25th Anniversary (The Stables)

Opera
• The Adventures of Pinocchio (Opera North/Sadler's Wells/Chemnitz Opera/Minnesota Opera/Moscow)

• Il Turco in Italia (Garsington Opera)

• Kiss Me Kate (Bonn Opera)

• Benzin (Chemnitz Opera)

• Fortunio (Grange Park Opera)

• The Cunning Little Vixen (Ryedale Festival).

• Sweeney Todd (La Monnaie)

Television and film
• Tomorrow Morning (Kaleidoscope Pictures, 2022)

• Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration The London Palladium (BBC) (2019)

• The Royal Variety Performance 2017 (Stage Director & Choreographer, ITV, The London Palladium)

• Shakespeare Live!From The RSC (BBC2, RSC BAFTA nomination: Live Entertainment)

• Sondheim at 80 (BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall)

• High School Dance (E4)

• The Adventures of Pinocchio (Opus Arte)

• Music videos for Bob the Builder (Universal).