Nigel Triffitt is acknowledged as a leader in the field of visual theatre in
Australia, with shows that have successfully toured to over 20 countries, displaying
a unique and iconoclastic talent. As a designer, devisor and director of his
own shows, Nigel has an impressive track record: Mamma’s Little Horror
Show, The Illustrated History of Rock ‘n’ Roll, The Fall of Singapore,
Moby Dick and Wildstars, which brought him international acclaim in 1979 when
it played the Edinburgh Festival before touring extensively. In 1984 his show
Secrets played the Spoleto Festival, Italy and then a long European tour prior
to festivals in North America.
Arguably Nigel’s most successful project is Tap Dogs, which he also designed
and directed. Tap Dogs has become one of Australia’s greatest exports -
having toured in over 250 cities, worldwide.
Nigel’s talent has led him onto other art territories from grand opera
(Samson and Delilah) to designing rock tours for Men at Work (1984); from film,
as production designer on Howling V (1990) to huge spectacles including the opening
of the 1988 Adelaide Festival with a cast of over 750 that drew an audience of
100,000.
His most recent productions have been the phenomenally successful revival of
Hair, which toured Australia and the Far East, and The New Rocky Horror Show
which continues to break box office records around Australia, New Zealand and
more recently Hong Kong. Nigel was commissioned to design the penultimate section
of the opening ceremony for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.
