Richard Dinnen
Production Manager
Richard Dinnen’s work in technical design and production management spans 29 years for companies based in Australia and the UK. He works regularly with Andrew Kay and Associates, with recent technical direction and production credits including Bluey’s World, Bluey’s Big Play national and international tours, Monet in Paris and Van Gogh Alive. His other recent work with Andrew Kay and Associates includes technical direction and lighting designer on Choir of Man national and international tours, Noise Boys international premiere, technical direction for The Songkeepers, Trainspotting Australian Tour 2017, Operation Ouch – Live on Stage and Nigel Kennedy Australian tour 2017.
Richard has also worked as production manager for Arena Theatre Company, Playbox Theatre Company, Kay and Maclean Productions, ICA, Chunky Move, Lucy Guerin Inc and Malthouse Theatre. He has worked extensively in large scale outdoor events including the M2006 Commonwealth Games Opening and Closing Ceremonies – River, Australian Technical Director for Stade De France’s Ben Hur Stadium Spectacular, AAMI Park Stadium Opening and the 2015 Pacific Games in Papua New Guinea.
Alongside his production work, Richard regularly undertakes lighting designs for theatre and spectacle. His designs include Spook for Malthouse Theatre, Game Girl for Arena, Outlookers for Arena, Charitable Intent for Melbourne Festival, Lust for Colour Clinic UK, Salt Creek Murders for Mainstreet Theatre Company, Awave and Waves for Speak Percussion, Multimodal for Lee Serle and ANICCA for Mathias Schack-Arnott.
His technical design and direction work spans festivals, theatre and interactive installations including Screen Worlds at ACMI, Queensland Biennial Festival of Music 2001-03, Mona Foma Festival 2011-13, and Dark Mofo 2013. He has worked with major festivals including Sydney Festival, Melbourne Festival, Out of the Box, Hong Kong and Edinburgh Fringe Festivals. Richard has toured nationally and internationally with Andrew Kay and Associates, Playbox Theatre Company, Kay and Maclean Productions, Queensland Theatre Company, ICA, Chunky Move and Lucy Guerin Inc.
