Billy Elliot The Musical

PETER DARLING Original choreography Peter Darling choreographed the film Billy Elliot (MTV Best Dance Sequence, and America Choreography nominations). Theatre West End: Billy Elliot (Best Choreographer, Laurence Olivier Award, Critic Circle Award, Whatsononstage.com Award); Lord Of The Rings (Best Choreographer Dora Award, Toronto); Our House directed by Matthew Warchus, (Cambridge Theatre) (Best Choreographer, Olivier nomination, Best Musical Olivier Award 2003); Merrily We Roll Along (The Donmar Warehouse) (Best Choreographer, Olivier nomination, Best Musical Olivier Award 2001); Candide (The Royal National Theatre) (Best Choreographer, Olivier nomination, Outstanding Musical Production 2000 Olivier Award); Oh, What a Lovely War! (The Royal National Theatre 1999) Off-West End: Closer To Heaven for The Pet Shop Boys/Really Useful Group (Best Choreographer, Whatsonstage.com Award 2002). Other Power (Royal National Theatre); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Bristol Old Vic), Sunset Boulevard for the Really Useful Group (UK Tour); The Tempest for the Royal Shakespeare Company; Edward II; The Country Wife; As You Like It and Twelfth Night all directed by Michael Grandage. Film For Really Useful Films: The Phantom Of The Opera, directed by Joel Schumacher. For Miramax, Plots With A View, directed by Nick Hurran and Trauma. STEPHEN DALDRY Original direction Theatre Billy Elliot the Musical at the Victoria Palace Theatre. For the Royal Court Theatre - A Number by Caryl Churchill; Far Away by Caryl Churchill (also at the Albery Theatre and New York Theatre Workshop); Via Dolorosa by David Hare (also at the Duchess Theatre and on Broadway); Rat in the Skull by Ron Hutchinson (Royal Court, Classic Season); Body Talk; The Kitchen by Arnold Wesker; The Editing Process by Meredith Cakas; Search and Destroy by Howard Korder. For the National Theatre – An Inspector Calls (also West End, Broadway and worldwide); Machinal. For the Gate Theatre – Damned for Despair, Figaro Gets Divorced. Many productions at Sheffield Crucible Theatre, where he started his career under the late Clare Veneable. Productions at Manchester Library Theatre, Liverpool Playhouse, Stratford East, Oxford Stage, Brighton and Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Stephen was Artistic Director of the Royal Court Theatre from 1992-98, where he headed the £26 million redevelopment; the Gate Theatre (1989-92) and the Metro Theatre Company (1984-86). He is on the Board of the Young and Old Vic Theatres and remains an Associate Director of the Royal Court. Stephen was the Cameron Mackintosh Visiting Professor of Contemporary Theatre for 2002 at St Catherine‘s College, Oxford. He has won many awards for his theatrical work, both in the UK and the USA. Film and TV The Reader with Nicole Kidman and Ralph Fiennes. The screenplay is written by David Hare, based on the novel by Bernhard Schlink. Stephen has produced two Omnibus programs for BBC2. His first feature film Billy Elliot won over 40 awards worldwide and received 3 Oscar nominations, including Best Director. His second feature The Hours also won innumerable international awards, including Best Picture at the Golden Globes and received 9 Oscar and 11 BAFTA nominations. 17

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