Chris Gylee
Professional
Biography
Chris trained at Royal Holloway, University of London and The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.
Recent credits include:
Hamlet, The Taming of the Shrew, Othello & Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory)
Fixer, Little Baby Jesus (Oval House Theatre)
Bonnie & Clyde, The Red Man, Out of Touch (Fairground Theatre/Tobacco Factory)
Henry V (Southwark Playhouse)
Oliver Twist (the egg/Bath Theatre Royal)
Colors & Tattoo (Company of Angels)
Shooting Rats (fanshen theatre company/Oval House)
Not Knowing Who We Are (The Blue Elephant)
Fanshen (Theatre Delicatessen)
Divine Words (Central School of Speech & Drama)
A Laughing Matter (Arts Ed)
Reel to Real (Theatre 503)
Crackers & Spice (Bristol Old Vic Studio)
7 Light Minutes Away (Alma Tavern)
Lucy (Mayfest 2007)
La Guerre des Boutons (the egg & UK tour)
GRIMMS – The Final Chapter (New Wimbledon Studio/Trafalgar Studio 2)
Postcards From God – The Sister Wendy Musical (The Jermyn Street Theatre)
The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches (Edinburgh Fringe Festival & UK tour)
The Cherry Orchard (Dolman Theatre)
Mark of the Man (Riverfront Theatre)
Playback 2 (Sixth Sense Theatre for Young People)
Cinderella (St. Georges, Bristol)
The Adventures of Poverty Bay & Vaudeville (Broadway Youth Theatre, Barking)
Ruth (No Nonsense Theatre)
Katrina (The Jericho House – Assistant Costume Designer for Lucy Wilkinson)
Rhinoceros (Redgrave Theatre – co-designer: Tomasin Cuthbert)
White Horse Theatre Company’s German Touring Season 2007-8 (co-designer: Tomasin Cuthbert)
Art direction for Jon Rowe’s short film Then, Voyager.
Chris also works as an illustrator and occasionally as an animator. Chris has lectured in Design for Performance at Kingston University, and was one of the selected designers on Cheek by Jowl’s inaugural Young Director/Designer programme.


