International theater director, set designer, playwright, composer and executive producer, awarded with a special mention from the President of the Italian Republic. International reimagined productions and/or West End: Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera, Houdini, Dirty Dancing, The Addams Family, Ghost, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Bodyguard and Some Like It Hot.
National reimagined productions: The Prince of Egypt, Cabaret, Anastasia, Bailo Bailo, Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s Mary Poppins, Fame, West Side Story, An American in Paris, Disney’s Newsies, Sunset Boulevard, Titanic, Flashdance, 8 Times Academy Award Winner Alan Menken Piano Concert, High School Musical, Little Shop of Horrors, Grease and Annie.
Former Artistic Director at Stage Entertainment (Nazionale and Brancaccio Theaters.)
GIOVANNI MARIA LORI
MUSIC AND MUSIC SUPERVISION
Giovanni has worked as a conductor under some of Broadway’s leading music directors, including Ted Sperling, Patrick Vaccariello, Mark Hummel and Peter Howard. He is the composer of new musicals such as Excalibur and Three Steps Over Heaven, as well as an arranger of songs for Måneskin and Robbie Williams.
As a music director, his work spans from opera — including Madama Butterfly at the Puccini Festival — to musical theater, including the new international production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera and Nine at the renowned Folies Bergère in Paris. He is also a composer for Italy’s leading television network.
LETSGO
PRODUCER
LETSGO, led by its CEO, Iñaki Fernandez, is a leading entertainment company specializing in the creation, production, promotion, and international development of live shows and immersive experiences. Founded in 2009, the company has grown from its roots in Madrid into an international entertainment group, with projects reaching audiences across Europe, Latin America, the United States and Asia.
Among its international productions are reimagined versions of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera, Dirty Dancing, Cabaret, and Ghost, along with new large-scale immersive experiences such as Tim Burton’s The Labyrinth, created in collaboration with Tim Burton; Jurassic World; Squid Game; and Disney’s The Nightmare Before Christmas Light Trail in New York, produced in collaboration with Jeffrey Seller, as well as Black Mirror at The Shed.