MARIANNE ELLIOTT is Artistic Director of Elliott & Harper Productions, a new theatre company co-founded in 2016 with producer Chris Harper. Elliott & Harper's inaugural production, Heisenberg: The Uncertainty Principle by Simon Stephens is running at the Wyndham's Theatre in London's West End until 6 January 2018. Future productions include a co-production of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, opening in November 2017 as a co-production with West Yorkshire Playhouse and Catherine Schreiber at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds and Company by Stephen Sondheim and George Furth with Rosalie Craig as Bobbi and Patti LuPone as Joanne. Company opens at the Gielgud Theatre in London in September 2018. Marianne is the first woman in Broadway history to win 2 Tony Awards for Best Direction of a Play and was an Associate Director at the National Theatre for 10 years where, most recently, she directed Tony Kushner's Angels in America. Her work for the National Theatre also includes the multi-award winning War Horse and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. War Horse, co-directed with Tom Morris, transferred to the West End and Broadway, and has toured the UK and Ireland, two tours of North America, plus runs in Canada, Toronto, Berlin and China. War Horse's awards include the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play. Marianne's production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time transferred from the NT to the West End and Broadway, as well as tours of the UK, Ireland and North America; winning Marianne an Olivier and Tony Award for Best Director and the South Bank Show Arts Award. Curious Incident... is currently on an international tour which includes Toronto, Melbourne, Singapore and Hong Kong. At the National Theatre, Marianne also directed Husbands & Sons (a co-production with the Royal Exchange Theatre), Rules for Living, The Light Princess Port, Season's Greetings, Women Beware Women, All's Well That Ends Well, Mrs. Affleck, Harper Regan, Saint Joan (Olivier Award for Best Revival, South Bank Show Award), Therese Raquin, and Pillars of the Community (Evening Standard Best Director Award) for the NT. She was an Associate Director at the Royal Court, where her productions included Stoning Mary, Notes on Falling Leaves, The Sugar Syndrome and Local. She was previously an Artistic Director of the Royal Exchange Theatre where she directed Port, Design for Living, Les Blancs, As You Like It, A Woman of No Importance, Nude with Violin, Fast Food, Martin Yesterday, Deep Blue Sea, Mad for It, Poor Superman and I Have Been Here Before. Other theatre includes Sweet Bird of Youth at the Old Vic; Much Ado About Nothing for the RSC and The Little Foxes at the Donmar.
Marianne Elliott, Company
Marianne Elliott, Company
Marianne Elliott, Company
Marianne Elliott, Angels in America
Marianne Elliott , Angels In America
Marianne Elliott, Angels in America
Marianne Elliott, Angels in America
Marianne Elliott, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Marianne Elliott, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Marianne Elliott, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Marianne ElliottWar Horse
Marianne Elliott , War Horse
Marianne Elliott, War Horse
Marianne Elliott, War Horse
Marianne ElliottPillars of the Community
Marianne Elliott has been nominated for several prestigious awards throughout her career, including Outstanding Director of a Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for "Company," Outstanding Direction of a Musical at the Drama League Awards for "Company," and Best Direction of a Musical at the Tony Awards for "Company." She has also received nominations such as Outstanding Director of a Play at the Drama Desk Awards for "Angels in America," Best Director at the Olivier Awards for "Angels In America," and Outstanding Director of a Play at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "Angels in America." Additionally, she was nominated for Best Direction of a Play at the Tony Awards for "Angels in America," Outstanding Director of a Play at the Drama Desk Awards for "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time," and Best Direction of a Play at the Tony Awards for "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time." Marianne Elliott also received a Special Award at the Drama Desk Awards for "War Horse," as well as nominations for Outstanding Director of a Play at the Outer Critics Circle Awards and Best Direction of a Play at the Tony Awards for "War Horse." She won the Best Director award at the Olivier Awards for "War Horse" and the Evening Standard Awards for "Pillars of the Community."
Marianne Elliott has won several prestigious awards for her work in the theater industry. These include Best Direction of a Musical at the Tony Awards for "Company," Outstanding Director of a Play at the Drama Desk Awards for "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time," Outstanding Director of a Play at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time," a Special Award at the Drama Desk Awards for "War Horse," Outstanding Director of a Play at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "War Horse," Best Direction of a Play at the Tony Awards for "War Horse," and Best Director at the Evening Standard Awards for "Pillars of the Community."
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