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Christopher Oram is a Britishtheatre set andcostume designer.
He trained at the West Sussex College of Art and Design (latterlyNorthbrook College).
Early assisting work for designersAnthony Ward andIan MacNeil, includedAssassins at theDonmar Warehouse,Oliver! at theLondon Palladium andAn Inspector Calls andMachinal at theNational Theatre.
Having designed extensively on the fringe in London, he began a long term creative collaboration with the directorMichael Grandage whom he met in 1995 when they first worked together on Arthur Miller'sThe Last Yankee in Colchester.
Their subsequent professional partnership at theCrucible Theatre, Sheffield, includesAs You Like It withVictoria Hamilton (alsoLyric Theatre, Hammersmith);A Midsummer Night's Dream andRichard III withKenneth Branagh;Edward II withJoseph Fiennes;Suddenly Last Summer withVictoria Hamilton andDiana Rigg (alsoAlbery Theatre);The Tempest withDerek Jacobi (alsoOld Vic) andDon Carlos with Derek Jacobi (alsoGielgud Theatre).
Collaborations at the Donmar Warehouse includeGood withCharles Dance;Passion Play,Privates on Parade withRoger Allam,Caligula withMichael Sheen;The Vortex;Merrily We Roll Along;Grand Hotel; Pirandello'sHenry IV withIan McDiarmid,Don Juan in Soho withRhys Ifans,Frost/Nixon withFrank Langella and Michael Sheen (alsoWest End andBroadway),Othello withChiwetel Ejiofor andEwan McGregor,Red withAlfred Molina andEddie Redmayne (which subsequently transferred to theJohn Golden Theatre, Broadway) andKing Lear with Derek Jacobi.
Oram designed the four plays of the DonmarWyndham's season,Ivanov with Kenneth Branagh,Twelfth Night with Derek Jacobi,Madame de Sade withJudi Dench, andHamlet withJude Law (which subsequently transferred toElsinore castle in Denmark, and to theBroadhurst Theatre, Broadway).
Oram also designed the musicalsGuys and Dolls at thePiccadilly Theatre (alsoPrincess Theatre, Melbourne) andEvita at theAdelphi Theatre in London, and on Broadway, as well as the costumes for Kenneth Branagh'sfilm ofThe Magic Flute.
Other work includesCat on a Hot Tin Roof (dir.Rob Ashford at theRichard Rodgers Theatre, Broadway),The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (dir.Jamie Lloyd, Donmar Warehouse),Passion (dir. Jamie Lloyd, Donmar Warehouse),Parade (dir.Rob Ashford);A Streetcar Named Desire withRachel Weisz (dir. Rob Ashford, Donmar Warehouse),A View from the Bridge withKen Stott (dir.Lindsay Posner at theDuke of York's Theatre),King Lear andThe Seagull withIan McKellen (dir.Trevor Nunn, RSC Stratford, London and World Tour),Wolf Hall andBring Up the Bodies (dir.Jeremy Herrin);Summerfolk,Stuff Happens,Power,Danton's Death andMan and Superman, (National Theatre). BothRed andParade played subsequent seasons at theMark Taper Forum in Los Angeles.
Oram was also the season designer of the Michael Grandage Company inaugural season at theNoël Coward Theatre.Privates on Parade,Peter and Alice,The Cripple of Inishmaan,A Midsummer Night's Dream, andHenry V.
Hisopera work includesBilly Budd (Glyndebourne andBAM) andThe Marriage of Figaro (Glyndebourne),Don Giovanni (MET), andMadama Butterfly (Houston Grand Opera).
In 2017/18 he designed set and costume forDisney Theatrical Groups production ofFrozen for its out of town production in Denver and its Broadway production opening at theSt. James Theatre on 22 March 2018.
Oram is an Artistic Associate on 'Plays at the Garrick' in the forthcoming Kenneth Branagh season in the West End.
He is also a Companion of theLiverpool Institute for Performing Arts, and is currently on the committee of the Linbury Prize for stage design.
During 2016 the Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company will present a series of five plays. The director is Rob Ashford, the actor-director Kenneth Branagh and designer Christopher Oram.[1]
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