Ollie Hester

Ollie Hester

Creative ProducerLondon, United Kingdom
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Ollie Hester

Ollie Hester

Creative ProducerLondon, United Kingdom
About me
I am an experienced producer with over ten years working knowledge of the entertainment and events industries. I am an ideas-driven, strategic manager with a strong track record in producing large scale, complex projects for high-profile clients. I specialise in rigorous budget management, engaging with people at all levels, precise logistical planning and delivering major events to tight deadlines.
Projects
  • Christmas in Leicester Square
    Christmas in Leicester SquareA boutique metropolitan Christmas event in the heart of London's West End, transforming the iconic precinct of Leicester Square in to a high quality winter wonderland. Including traditional Christmas markets with hand-crafted goods and delicious food and drinks, a Santa's Grotto, plus the return of the Olivier Award-winning theatrical smash-hit sensation, La Soirée, for an 8 week run.
  • The Immersion Tank, Glastonbury Festival
    The Immersion Tank, Glastonbury FestivalOxfam is the world’s leading expert on supplying water to people in emergencies, utilising specially designed flat-pack water tanks and taps to save and change lives in refugee camps and disaster situations around the world every day. In 2017, 59 Productions enabled Oxfam to bring their humanitarian work to life for visitors to the world-famous Glastonbury Festival by bringing a uniquely adapted water tank to the Park Stage area of the site. Turning the tank into an eye-catching, immersive, pop
  • Kuwait Calling
    Kuwait CallingKuwait Calling was a trailblazing collaboration between the Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmed Cultural Centre (JACC), a cultural powerhouse in the Arabian Gulf region, and 59 Productions’ team of Tony and Olivier Award-winning creatives, featuring dancers from Rambert, one of the UK’s leading contemporary dance companies. Curtailed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the site-specific piece, inspired by Kuwait’s origin story, reimagined the possibilities of live performance – combining dance and music with live moti
  • London Wonderground
    London WondergroundLaunched in 2012 in partnership with Mastercard, London Wonderground is London's largest festival of cabaret and circus. Bringing a slice of vintage Coney Island to the South Bank, over 200 performances are held each season in the magnificent 1920s Paradiso Spiegeltent. Originally built in Belgium in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, these circular, mirrored tents are wonderfully atmospheric and authentic. The Wonderground is a public playground for children and grown-ups, featuring odditi
  • The Metropolitan Opera 50th Anniversary Gala
    The Metropolitan Opera 50th Anniversary GalaOn September 16, 1966, the Metropolitan Opera opened its doors for the first time in a new home at Lincoln Center, with the world premiere of Samuel Barber’s Antony and Cleopatra, starring Leontyne Price and Justino Díaz. The New York Times declared the opening of the new opera house a “crescendo of splendor,” and a new era of theatrical possibility was born. Fifty years later, the Met celebrated its golden anniversary in its current home with a special gala featuring some of the greatest artist
  • Reflections: Guggenheim Bilbao 20th Anniversary
    Reflections: Guggenheim Bilbao 20th AnniversaryFrom 11-14 October 2017, Frank Gehry’s iconic building was turned into an impressive public artistic intervention by Tony Award-winning video artists, 59 Productions. The Museum saw its distinctive titanium curves and soaring glass atrium used as a vast canvas for a bespoke projection-mapping event for over 300,000 spectators, free of charge across more than 20 performances. Using cutting-edge technology, the 20-minute animated artwork set to an original score traced two decades of history and c
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Work history
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    Creative ProducerRWS Global
    London, United KingdomFull Time
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    Producer59 Productions
     - London, United KingdomFull Time
    Producer for a cross-disciplinary company of artists, combining technology and art to tell amazing stories.
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Skills
  • Events
  • Creative Event
  • Festival
  • Live Event
  • Outdoor Event
  • Budgeting
  • Event Planner
  • Problem Solving
  • Production Management
  • Project Management
  • Strategic Planning
  • Coordination
  • Event Execution
  • Event Organisation
  • Event Planning
  • Producer
  • Executive Producer
  • Theatre
  • Producing Theatre
  • Producer Theatre
  • Theatre Producing
  • Theatre Production
  • Theatrical Production
  • Film/tv/theatre Production
  • Theater
  • Sport Events