Melly Still
Melly Still | |
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Born | designer | 22 August 1962
Children | 3 |
Melly Still (born 22 August 1962)choreographer.
Still's first professional theatre job was assistant to the choreographer of James and the Giant Peach at Ray DaSilva's Norwich Puppet Theatre in 1985. [2] She has worked as designer and co-director on many productions including the RSC's version of Tales from Ovid and Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie at the National Theatre.
Since the early 2000s, she principally directs and has worked regularly with the
Rose Theatre
.
She is an Associate Artist at
Rose Theatre, and a fellow at York St John University
.
She often works closely with the designer Anna Fleischle and designer Ti Green and also the British director Tim Supple.[3]
Directing credits
- The Seven Pomegranate Seeds – by Rose Theatre, 2021).
- The Mirror Crack'd – by Agatha Christie, adapted by Rachel Wagstaff and re-imagined for India by Ayeehsa Menon (NCPA Mumbai, India, 2020) with Sonali Kulkarni, Denzil Smith and Shernaz Patel.
- The Lovely Bones – by Alice Sebold, adapted by Bryony Lavery (UK tour, 2018) with Charlotte Beaumont.
- Rose Theatre, UK tour and West End, 2019).
- Tiger Bay the Musical – music by Daf James, book and lyrics by Michael Williams (Wales Millennium Centre, 2017, performed in Cape Town and Cardiff) with John Owen-Jones and Noel Sullivan.
- Rose Theatre, 2017) with Niamh Cusack and Catherine McCormack. The production transferred to London's Royal National Theatrein November 2019.
- Cymbeline – William Shakespeare (Royal Shakespeare Company, 2016)
- Rats' Tales – based on Manchester Royal Exchange, 2012)
- Glyndebourne Festival, 2012)
- Coram Boy – by Jamila Gavin, adapted by Helen Edmundson (Bristol Old Vic, 2011)
- Beasts and Beauties – by Carol Ann Duffy (Hampstead Theatre, 2010–2011)
- Sadlers Wells, 2010)
- Nation – by Terry Pratchett, adapted by Mark Ravenhill (Royal National Theatre, 2009)[4]
- Glyndebourne Festival, 2009 and 2011)
- Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith)
- The Revenger's Tragedy by Thomas Middleton – (Royal National Theatre, 2008)
- Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith)[5]
- Alice in Wonderland – (Bristol Old Vic, 2003)
- Beasts and Beauties – by Carol Ann Duffy (Bristol Old Vic, 2003)
Coram Boy was nominated for four
Olivier Awards at London's National Theatre and six Tony Awards
on Broadway. Still was nominated for both Best Director and Best Designer at each award ceremony.
References
- ^ Melly Still company-director-check.co.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
- ^ "Director Melly Still: 'I didn't ever land on being one thing or another'". The Stage. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
- ^ "Melly Still interview for Rusalka at Glyndebourne" The Telegraph (1 July 2009). Retrieved 27 March 2012.
- ^ Melly Still's approach to Nation Archived 3 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine The National Theatre
- ^ "Down the rabbit hole" The Stage (22 November 2006). Retrieved 27 March 2012.
- ^ "Melly Still" The New York Times (25 February 2007). Retrieved 27 March 2012.
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