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Ali Allen
Ali Allen was born and grew up in Somerset.
She trained in Fine Art at Newcastle University and went on
to work as a scenic artist at Leeds Playhouse. Since leaving
there in 1984, she moved into set design working for touring
companies such as Red Ladder, Pilot Theatre Company and with
Major Road and Glyndebourne Opera on large scale outdoor projects
with adults and children.
Ali has also worked in music theatre,
opera, carnival and pantomime, mainly in partnership with
designer and chum Marise Rose. Their exploits have taken them
to Trinidad (design and build of the winning carnival float
for Peter Minshall in 1997), Brooklyn (Labour Day parade),
Amsterdam (Music Theatre Amsterdam), Berlin (Berlin Kammer
Oper) and Wakefield (Aladdin, Sleeping Beauty and Babes in
the Wood).
Work for festivals includes Millennium
– a 10 meter high Madonna for Big Time’s New Year
celebrations 1999, The Greenwich Giant – a 5 meter hydraulic
man and an articulated Pegasus for Thames Festival. In July
2001 Ali took part in a major touring exhibition with the
Mekons, a legendary group of musicians and artists from the
north of England, contributing a large sculptural piece to
the show.
Most recent designs include Rumblefish
and award winning Lord of the Flies for Pilot Theatre Company
and staged versions of Brassed Off and Kes at the Lawrence
Batley Theatre, Huddersfield.
Wuthering Heights is Ali’s second
design for Northern Ballet Theatre following Madame Butterfly.
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