Paul Barritt

Paul Barritt

From: Wrexham, Wales. LA Opera: The Magic Flute (2013, debut; 2016, 2019).

Paul Barritt is the co-founder and co-artistic director (with Suzanne Andrade) of the theater company 1927, for which he has co-created, animated and designed four highly acclaimed and innovative animated shows: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, The Animals and Children Took to the Streets, Golem and Roots. His operatic debut was The Magic Flute for the Komische Oper Berlin, which he co-conceived and animated and which has been seen worldwide. In 2017, he co-created and animated Stravinsky’s Petrushka and Ravel’s L’Enfant et les Sortilèges for the Komische Oper. Outside of 1927, he has collaborated with Musik Fabrik Köln on an animated music concert, Krazy Kat Projekt, and his short film White Morning (2013) played in major film festivals worldwide. In 2016 he was featured in the Stage 100 list of the most influential people in UK theater. (PaulBarritt.com)