Marianne Elliott (director)

Marianne Elliott
Born	Marianne Phoebe Elliott 27 December 1966 London
Occupation	Theatre Director
Spouse	Nick Sidi (2002–) (one daughter)

Marianne Elliott (born 27 December 1966 in London) is a British theatre director.

Early life

Marianne Elliott was born in 1966 in London, the daughter of Michael Elliott, the theatre director and co-founder of the Royal Exchange theatre in Manchester and the actress Rosalind Knight. The family moved to Manchester when she was 8 and she lived and went to school in Alderley Edge. She studied drama at Hull University.^[1]

Career

After leaving university Elliott was, initially, determined not to go into the theatre and had a number of different jobs including casting director and drama secretary at Granada Television. In 1995 she began to work at the Royal Exchange and was appointed Artistic Director in 1998. In 2002 she left the company and became Associate Artistic Director at the Royal Court and in 2006 joined the National Theatre. In 2011 she won the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play for the Broadway production of War Horse, along with co-director Tom Morris.^[2]

Selected theatre productions

Her productions include^[3][4]

• I Have Been Here Before by J B Priestley at the Royal Exchange, Manchester with David Horovitch and George Costigan (1996)
• Poor Superman by Brad Fraser. British premiere at the Royal Exchange, Manchester (MEN Award) with Sam Graham (MEN Award) and Luke Williams (MEN Award) (1997)
• The Deep Blue Sea by Terence Rattigan at the Royal Exchange, Manchester with Susan Wooldridge and David Fielder (1997)
• Martin Yesterday by Brad Fraser. European premiere at the Royal Exchange, Manchester with Ian Gelder and Ben Daniels (1999)
• Nude With Violin by Noël Coward at the Royal Exchange, Manchester with Derek Griffiths, John Bennett and Rosalind Knight (1999)
• A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde at the Royal Exchange, Manchester with Gaye Brown (2000)
• As You Like It at the Royal Exchange, Manchester with Claire Price, Tristan Sturrock, Jonathan Slinger, Fenella Woolgar and Peter Guinness (2000)
• Les Blancs by Lorraine Hansberry. Directed by Greg Hersov and Marianne Elliott with Paterson Joseph (2001)
• Little Foxes by Lillian Hellman at the Donmar Warehouse with Penelope Wilton, David Calder, Peter Guinness and Matthew Marsh (2001)
• Design for Living by Noel Coward at the Royal Exchange, Manchester with Victoria Scarborough, Ken Bones and Oliver Milburn (2002)
• Port by Simon Stephens (Pearson Award). World premiere at the Royal Exchange, Manchester with Emma Lowndes (MEN Award) and Andrew Sheridan (2002)
• Pillars Of The Community by Henrik Ibsen (Evening Standard Award for Best Director) at the National Theatre with Damian Lewis, Lesley Manville and Joseph Millson (2005)
• Therese Raquin adapted by Nicholas Wright at the National Theatre with Charlotte Emerson, Ben Daniels, Patrick Kennedy and Judy Parfitt (2006)
• Saint Joan by George Bernard Shaw at the National Theatre with Anne-Marie Duff (Evening Standard Award), Angus Wright, Michael Thomas and Paterson Joseph (2007)
• War Horse adapted by Nick Stafford (co-directed with Tom Morris) at the National Theatre with Angus Wright with Bronagh Gallagher, Patrick O'Kane and Alan Williams (2007)
• Harper Regan by Simon Stephens at the National Theatre with Lesley Sharp and Michael Mears (2008)
• Mrs Affleck by Samuel Adamson at the National Theatre with Claire Skinner and Angus Wright (2009)
• All's Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare at the National Theatre with Michelle Terry, Clare Higgins, Oliver Ford Davies, Conleth Hill and George Rainsford (2009)
• Women Beware Women by Thomas Middleton at the National Theatre with Harriet Walter and Raymond Coulthard (2009)
• Season's Greetings by Alan Ayckbourn at the National Theatre with Oliver Chris, Mark Gatiss, Catherine Tate and David Troughton (2010)

Personal life

Married the actor Nick Sidi in 2002. They have one daughter.

Bibliography

• Murray, Braham (2007). The Worst It Can Be Is A Disaster. A & C Black. ISBN 978-0713484902. 

References

1. ^ Kate Kellaway "'When it goes well it is like falling in love. It gives you an incredible high'", The Observer, 29 October 2006
2. ^ "Winners List - All Categories". Tony Awards. http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/nominees/winners.html. Retrieved 14 June 2011. 
3. ^ Royal Exchange Past Productions
4. ^ National Theatre Past Productions

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