People
These are links to some of the people I am currently working with or have worked closely with in the past. There is no real hierarchy or structure to this, and several important collaborators are missing because they either don't have a website or have moved on to doing other things, or because I have not been thorough enough, so this list is fairly random and not meant as an indicator of significance.
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Ludger is Professor for Computer Aided Architectural Design (CAAD) at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zürich, and together with him and Vera Bühlmann, I've co-authored A Genius Planet, which postulates a radical pathway from energy scarcity to abundance, as well as A Quantum City, an anthology in which my narrative Orlando in the Cities helps take the reader through two and a half thousand years of western civilisation.
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Vera is a Philosopher who heads the Department for Architecture Theory and Philosophy of Technics at TUW (Technische Universität Wien) where I am a Guest Lecturer. Vera is also co-author of Genius Planet and A Quantum City.
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Tom Medcalf
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Not only a brilliant actor but also one of the loveliest people on the planet, Tom played the Earl of Southampton / Student opposite me in The Sonneteer.
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Foteini Christofilopoulou
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Foteini did the publicity shots for Top Story at The Old Vic Tunnels, in the process also producing some portraits of me which feature in the picture gallery.
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James Messer and Josephine Kime
in Top Story at The Old Vic Tunnels |
Gregor Brändli
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Gregor is the man who, as Director of Photography, made The Hour of Living look as beautiful as it does. This was our first collaboration and I certainly hope it won't have been our last. Gregor also did second/docu camera on The Study of Bunkers & Mounds in a Temperate Climate (Relatively Speaking).
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Still from The Hour of Living
shot by Gregor on an EOS5 MkII |
Pepe Belmonte
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Wonderfully talented musician who plays The Singer in, and provides most of the soundtrack for, The Hour of Living - we first met in a box, literally...
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David Wade
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David played Conrad in The Hour of Living and has since gone on to producing films as well as acting in them.
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Geoff Widdowson
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Geoff was the Sound Designer on Elder Latimer is in Love and Top Story, and also the Sound Recordist on The Hour of Living.
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Sam Fordham /
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Sam is an exceptionally gifted actor, musician and photographer who played Theo opposite me in The Hour of Living and also took some of the portfolio pictures in the gallery.
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Moritz Behrens
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Moritz designed the sets for Elder Latimer is in Love and for Top Story and he took several of the photographs featured in the picture gallery.
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Michael Cabot
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Michael directed The Power of Love at the Southwark Playhouse and I'm a member of the 'core' of his London Classic Theatre company, which tours regularly around the country.
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Charlie Bicknell
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Charlie and I used to be Kissing the Goldfish together, performing at many a festival around the world.
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Tim Booth
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Tim has the extraordinary talent of being able to take one picture that then just happens to be perfect. For years, one such photograph, that he took on the hop in a country garden of a random Sunday afternoon was the one I used for everything, for years. He's taken some of the live performance shots and also did the publicity shoot for The Sonneteer.
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No lights, no set-up, no preparation,
the last exposure (then still on analogue film) in the camera, one click: I used this picture by Tim for years... |
Jonathan Kaldor
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Jonathan wrote the music and lyrics for Icon, the musical which has been in the making for over fifteen years, which makes him one of my longest standing collaborators.
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Sally Bradshaw
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For three years the opera diva in Kissing the Goldfish, Sally - Lady Bradshaw to us - is capable of singing anything from mediaeval to what she herself calls 'squeaky gate' music. And she's sung with The Art of Noise, for London's official millennium celebrations, for a TV audience of millions.
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Harry
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Described, quite rightly, by one of our reviewers as a 'national treasure', Harry was our pianist with Kissing the Goldfish on a memorable Hong Kong / Australia tour and at one Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
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Banner image: Pepe Belmonte in The Hour of Living. Photograph: Julia Farkas