Melly Still

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Melly Still
Born (1962-08-22) 22 August 1962 (age 61)
Cambridge, England
Occupation(s) Theatre director and designer
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Melly Still (born 22 August 1962) [1] is a British stage director, designer and choreographer.

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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 RSC, Bristol Old Vic, Rose Theatre, Birmingham Rep, Wales Millennium Centre, Glyndebourne Festival Opera and on several occasions for the National Theatre including with her multi-award nominated production of Coram Boy in London and on Broadway, The Revenger's Tragedy , From Morning to Midnight , and My Brilliant Friend – Parts 1 & 2 which transferred from Rose Theatre.

She is an Associate Artist at Bristol Old Vic and 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

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.

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References

  1. ↑ Melly Still company-director-check.co.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
  2. ↑ "Director Melly Still: 'I didn't ever land on being one thing or another'". The Stage. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
  3. ↑ "Melly Still interview for Rusalka at Glyndebourne" The Telegraph (1 July 2009). Retrieved 27 March 2012.
  4. ↑ Melly Still's approach to Nation Archived 3 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine The National Theatre
  5. ↑ "Down the rabbit hole" The Stage (22 November 2006). Retrieved 27 March 2012.
  6. ↑ "Melly Still" The New York Times (25 February 2007). Retrieved 27 March 2012.


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