Background
THOMSON, Brian was born on January 5, 1946 in Sydney. Son of Austin T. Thomson and Adoree G. Thomson.
THOMSON, Brian was born on January 5, 1946 in Sydney. Son of Austin T. Thomson and Adoree G. Thomson.
Architectural studies at University of North.S.W.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show 1975, Starstruck Rebel 1984, Ground Zero 1986, Turtle Beach 1990 et cetera; Australian Film InstituteHe has been active in Australian stage design for over three decades. Thomson began a long and successful collaboration with director Jim Sharman after they met at Heavenburgers on Sydney"s Oxford Street in 1969. They worked together on a series of groundbreaking productions for the Old Tote Theatre Company and worked together on a string of hugely successful musical productions including the Melbourne production of Hair, the original Australian and London productions of Jesus Christ Superstar and The Rocky Horror Show.
He has designed for all the major Australian theatre companies.
His credits include Holding the Manitoba for Griffin Theatre Company, Keating! for (three 2007 Helpmann Awards), The Gates of Egypt, Capricornia, Stuff Happens, Run Rabbit Run, Buried Child, My Zinc Bed, The Laramie Project, Aftershocks, The Tempest, The Master Builder and Ghosts all for Company B.
Thomson"s other theatre credits include Three Furies – Scenes from the Life of Francis Bacon (Sydney Festival). End of the Rainbow (Melbourne Theatre Company/Ensemble Theatre).
Foreign Sydney Theatre Company, Thomson has designed for productions of Festen, The Ham Funeral, Coriolanus, King Lear, The Real Thing, The One Day of the Year, Up for Grabs, The White Devil, A Cheery Soul, The Doll Trilogy, Arcadia, and Steel City. Thomson has designed opera for Opera Australia, Welsh National Opera, the English National Opera, and the Royal Opera, London.
He has also designed extensively for film including The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Starstruck, Rebel and Ground Zero.