Born in Australia, Nicholas Cunningham trained at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. After completing an Advanced Diploma of Performing Arts, he was awarded the Marten Bequest Travelling Scholarship for Dance 2005/2006. He then made a bold career move to Paris in late 2005, to dance at the renowned Bal du Moulin Rouge.
In 2006 Nicholas made his debut on West End in Broadway’s Tony Award-winning show Movin’ Out, directed and choreographed by Twyla Tharp. Nicholas joined Matthew Bourne’s company New Adventures in late 2006, starting an international tour with Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake, performing in seven different countries worldwide.
Commercial work includes: McCains airing on ITV and Channel 4, Orangina, the gala launching Toyota’s 2009 range of cars and the opening of Terminal 5. He has assisted in two screen productions: the feature film The Boat That Rocked, directed by Richard Curtis and a video for the launch of the YSL summer range, in which he also appeared.
He was the Assistant Choreographer on the new Pet Shop Boys world tour 2009/2010. While performing in La Cage Nicholas was fortunate to be in the cast of the feature film/musical Nine, directed by Rob Marshall, due for release December 2009.
He is forever grateful for the opportunities presented by this production of La Cage aux Folles, and wants to say thank you to everyone involved, and thank you to his mum.
Bonne chance tout le monde.