Leslie trained at the Wimbledon School of Art. His work encompasses opera, theatre and dance. Leslie designed Aldeburgh’s Britten Anniversary production, Grimes on the Beach, which won Best Britten Anniversary Production at the International Opera Awards 2014, for which Leslie was also nominated Best Designer. His work on the production was exhibited at the British Society of Theatre Designers exhibition Prague Quadrennial 2015 and V&A 2015. Opera: The Marriage of Figaro, Albert Herring, Croesus (with Minnesota Opera), I Capuleti e i Montecchi and The Merry Widow (With Opera Australia), Giulio Cesare, Otello (all with Opera North); Elysium World Premiere (Den Norske Opera, Oslo); Salome (Santa Fe); Billy Budd (Opera North/Nederlandse Reisopera); I Puritani (WNO/Den Jyske); Jenůfa, Les Contes d’Hoffmann, La Bohème (Malmö); Tannhäuser (Estonia – Winner- Best Overall Theatre Production, Estonian National Theatre Awards, 2014); Don Giovanni (Garsington); Eugene Onegin, The Turn of The Screw, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Holland Park); Roméo et Juliette (Opera Ireland); L’arbore di Diana (Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia, Valencia); The Children’s Crusade (Luminato Festival – Dora Mavor Moore Best Opera Production); Véronique (Buxton); Iolanta and Gianni Schicci (RAM); Figaro (Graz Opera Ring Award); Les Contes d’Hoffmann (Stockholm); Hans Heiling (Opéra du Rhin – European Opera Prize). Theatre: Rebecca (Theatre Royal Plymouth, David Pugh Ltd- Nominated for Best Design UK Theatre Awards 2015); Twelfth Night (Chichester); The Duchess of Malfi, Streets of Rage and Silent Cry (WYP); The Persian Revolution (Lyric); The Man With Two Gaffers (York); Shirley Valentine (Derby); Vurt (Contact Theatre – Arthur Peter Design Award), Veriete (Lindsay Kemp Company). Dance and Ballet: Cinderella, La Corsaire, The Nutcracker (Asahi Award) and Swan Lake (K-Ballet, Japan tour – Asahi Award); Some? (Space 211, Paris); The Lark Ascending (ENB)
photo from the director’s archive
