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| Ennio Marchetto |
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| Costume Designer |
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Ennio Marchetto's idea for using costumes made of materials such as paper and plastic came to him while he was studying at the Scuola Dell'Arte, the preparatory school for the Accademia Dell'Arte. His first creation was a "Paper Marilyn." Carefully imitating the gestures and movements of Marilyn Monroe and other characters — always using paper for the costumes, wigs, and props — he started to build up his repertoire. In 1990, he launched his show of living cartoons at the Edinburgh Festival. Mr. Marchetto has a repertoire of over 100 characters, and the show is constantly changing. He has been honored with a Laurence Olivier Award nomination for Best Entertainment, a Drama Desk nomination from the New York critics in the category of Unique Theatrical Experience, and the show has won the Garland Award for Best Costume Design. In the summer of 2001, Mr. Marchetto performed at the White Tie and Tiara Ball, Sir Elton John's AIDS benefit gala. The following year, he again joined Elton John along with José Carreras to perform onboard the luxury cruise ship the Seven Seas Mariner. Mr. Marchetto returned to the U.K. and Ireland in 2003 for a sold-out tour. Granada Television has also produced a film about his life and career which was screened on the ITV network. This year, he returned to Berlin and Hamburg, and had a successful run in Amsterdam. Morrissey invited him to perform as part of his Meltdown line up at the Royal Festival Hall in June. Mr. Marchetto will also perform at this year's Royal Variety Show. To date, he has performed in more than 25 countries around the world.
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Sosthen Hennekam studied costume and fashion design at Studio Berçot, and trained as a dressmaker in one of the ateliers for Christian Dior. During this time he also worked for Jean Paul Gaultier, Adeline André and Rei Kawakubo, and Thierry Mugler. After a year and a half he moved to Italy where he saw one of Ennio Marchetto's early shows in Bologna. Their first collaboration was to create new costumes for a TV show, and their partnership blossomed into the creation of an hour-long show. Mr. Hennekam's fashion background enabled him to further develop Mr. Marchetto's basic costumes, allowing them to morph from one character to another on stage. His input also improved the durability and reliability of the costumes, which meant they were suitable for the demands of the stage. The show received its first European outing at the 1990 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. A huge hit, it went on to play seasons in London, culminating in a West End run for which the show was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Entertainment. Mr. Hennekam has worked with Mr. Marchetto ever since and his input has become artistic rather than just technical. They develop new characters and routines together, and Mr. Hennekam designs both the soundtrack and the lighting for the show. He is a resident of Venice, works as a website designer, and collaborates with a Venice-based architectural and interior design studio.
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Jonathan Reinis' (Producer) Broadway productions include Harvey Keitel in Jerry Springer: The Opera, How The Grinch Stole Christmas, Kiki and Herb: Alive On Broadway (Tony Nomination, 2006), Dame Edna (Tony Award, 2000) , Russell Simmons' Def Poetry Jam (Tony Award, 2003), Bill Maher: Victory Begins at Home (Tony nomination, 2003), and It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues (Tony nomination, 1999). His Off Broadway productions include Room Service, Marga Gomez's Los Big Names, Josh Kornbluth's Love & Taxes, and Shay Duffin as Brendan Behan. Mr. Reinis's additional productions include Carrie Fisher in Wishful Drinking (2008), Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues, Josh Kornbluth's Ben Franklin: Unplugged, Sam Shepard's The Late Henry Moss, Dame Edna, Ennio!, His Way, Sandra Bernhardt, Steve Martin's Picasso at the Lapin Agile (national tour), John Leguizamo's Freak, Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde, and Forever Tango (national tour). Mr. Reinis built and operated Theatre on the Square in downtown San Francisco for more than twenty years (1981-2002), and opened with the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play Talley's Folly. Other San Francisco productions include Jeffrey, Irving Berlin in Revue, Bubbe Meises, The Piano Lesson (national tour), The Kathy and Mo Show, Shirley Valentine, Love Letters, Mass Appeal, Nehemiah Persoff as Sholem Aleichem, Biloxi Blues, I'm Not Rappaport, Curse of the Werewolf, and Phantom of the Opera by Ken Hill. He also presented Mikhail Baryshnikov's White Oak Dance Project in Northern California, the premiere production of Smuin Ballets/SF Dances with Songs, the Kirov Ballet's original Nutcracker, Ballet Folklorico de Mexico de Amalia Hernandez, STOMP, Riverdance, Guys and Dolls (national tour), Fame: The Musical, and Dirty Blonde (national tour).
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Glynis Henderson Productions Ltd. (Producer) has managed Ennio Marchetto for over 16 years. GHP is the original co-producer of STOMP, with the show's creators Yes/No Productions. It has tour, booked, and general managed STOMP on tour worldwide (with the exception of North America) for 15 years, and has general managed the show in the West End since 2002. GHP is the tour booker and general manager for The Spaghetti Western Orchestra. The show premiered in 2007 at The Montreal Jazz Festival, and will open at The Café De La Danse, Paris on September 16, 2008 prior to a North American tour. GHP is the worldwide management for Spymonkey, and the worldwide management for American comedy actor Rich Fulcher. Rich has played Bob Fossil in three series of The Mighty Boosh and toured the U.K. with The Mighty Boosh Live. In 2008, Rich is filming for Richard Curtis's next film The Boat That Rocked. GHP is the UK promoter for Yamato — The Drummers of Japan. GHP co-produced The Overcoat with the Canadian Stage and managed and produced Theatre O from 2000, when 3 Dark Tales caused a sensation at the Edinburgh Festival. GHP co-produced Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others with The Lyric Hammersmith and The Dublin Theatre Festival. Past productions and tours also include Eddie Izzard in Paris, Rich Fulcher's Mom I'm Not A Lawyer, Cool Heat Urban Heat, The Harlem Gospel Singers, 100 by the Imaginary Body Theatre Company, The Mapapa Acrobats, Paul Morocco's Olé, Modern Problems in Science, Ardal O'Hanlon, Odense Internationale Musikteater's Lulu, and MacHomer.