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Marianne Phoebe Elliott (born 27 December 1966) is a British and producer who works on the West End and Broadway. She has received numerous accolades including two Laurence Olivier Awards and four .

Initially determined not to go into theatre, Elliott began working at the Royal Exchange, Manchester eventually becoming an Associate Director of the Royal Court Theatre in London in 2002. Known for her extensive work at the Royal National Theatre from 2006 to 2017, she established her own theatre production company with producer Chris Harper in 2016. She has received critical and box-office success directing original West End productions of War Horse in 2007 and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time in 2012, as well as revivals of 's Angels in America in 2017, 's musical Company in 2018, and 's Death of a Salesman in 2019, all of which transferred to Broadway.

Elliott was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in Queen Elizabeth II's 2018 Birthday Honours for services to theatre.

Early life
Elliott was born in 1966 in London, the daughter of Michael Elliott, theatre director and co-founder of the Royal Exchange theatre in Manchester, and actress . Her maternal grandfather was the actor . The family moved to Manchester when she was eight years old and she attended St Hilary's School, Alderley Edge, Didsbury Road Junior School in and later Stockport Grammar School.

She has said she "hated" the theatrical professions as a child "and used to ask her not to talk shop".Lisa O'Kelly "Marianne Elliott: 'Why do something that's run of the mill?'" The Observer, 3 February 2013. Despite this early ambivalence, she studied drama at Hull University, but used "to sneak into English lectures because she found them more interesting".Kate Kellaway "'When it goes well it is like falling in love. It gives you an incredible high'", The Observer, 29 October 2006.

Elliott's father, Michael, died when she was a teenager. She said "I don’t think I would have gone into the theatre at all if my father had lived because he was so good at it. I didn’t make the decision to direct until I was in my late 20s, a good 10 years after he died."

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. It was an assistant director role at Regent's Park that first moved her in the direction of a theatrical career.

Royal Exchange, Manchester (1995–2002)
In 1995 she began to work at the Royal Exchange, where her father had been a founding artistic director. She was nurtured by , who she has described as her "biggest influence", and she worked her way up including being appointed artistic director in 1998. In her own estimation, two stand-out productions from that period were a 2000 As You Like It and the world premiere of play Port.

Royal Court Theatre, London (2002–2006)
In 2002 Elliott's career saw her move from Manchester to London, when she was invited by Artistic Director to become an associate director of the Royal Court Theatre. During this time, Elliott's productions included Notes on Falling Leaves by Ayub Khan Din, The Sugar Syndrome by , Stoning Mary by Debbie Tucker Green and Local as well as many new writing workshops and play readings.

Royal National Theatre (2006–2017)
In 2006, she was invited by , who Elliott has said "seemed to value her talent more highly than I did" to make her National Theatre debut with Ibsen's Pillars of the Community, which led to her being invited back to direct Saint Joan, starring , which won the Olivier Award for Best Revival in 2008. She became an associate director under Hytner, and directed a series of important, influential and highly successful productions including War Horse and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. She left the National Theatre in 2017.

Elliott & Harper Productions (2016–present)
In 2016, Elliott teamed up with theatre producer Chris Harper to set up theatre company Elliott & Harper Productions. Its first production was the West End premiere of Heisenberg by Simon Stephens, directed by Elliott at the Wyndham's Theatre (3 October 2017 – 6 January 2018) which garnered mixed reviews and poor houses; an inauspicious start to the collaboration. Elliott & Harper became co-producers of the National Theatre's Broadway transfer of Angels in America which opened in March 2018, also directed by Elliott.

The company produced the second West End revival of Company, in which Bobbie was played by a woman. It opened at the in September 2018 and the cast included as Bobbie, as Joanne, as Sarah and as Jamie (originally a woman named Amy). Elliott commented that "didn’t like the idea at first, but he agreed to let me workshop it in London. We filmed part of it and sent it to him in New York, and he said he loved it. He has agreed to the odd lyric change, but essentially I’m hoping to tweak it as little as possible. Reviving Company 47 years on, I think it actually makes more sense for Bobbie to be a woman."

In 2018, Elliott's first episode of Desert Island Discs Https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bcfwxy< /ref> aired on BBC Radio 4, presented by Kirsty Young.

Elliott & Harper have also produced a new adaptation of C. S. Lewis's The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe with Catherine Schreiber and West Yorkshire Playhouse. Directed by , it ran at the West Yorkshire Playhouse until 27 January 2018 and transferred to the Bridge Theatre in London for Christmas 2019. It is due to go on a UK tour in Christmas 2021. In 2019, Elliott co-directed Death of a Salesman alongside Miranda Cromwell, which starred and Sharon D. Clarke at the Young Vic Theatre with an all-black Loman family. In autumn 2019, the production transferred to the Piccadilly Theatre and performed to rave reviews and sold-out audiences, despite the ceiling collapse at the Piccadilly Theatre in November 2019.

In March 2020, Elliott's Olivier-award-winning production of Company opened in previews at the Bernard Jacobs Theatre on Broadway and was set to officially open on Stephen Sondheim's 90th birthday. The production was forced to close along with the rest of Broadway after just 12 previews as a result of the spread of COVID-19. The revival ultimately opened December 9, 2021.

Elliott directed and in the new version of Talking Heads by for the BBC in 2020.

In 2022, the company produced the West End revival of Cock by Mike Bartlett starring at the Ambassadors Theatre for a strictly limited run. The acclaimed production reunited Elliot and Bailey who she previously directed in Company at the West End. 's called it an "immaculate production," with The Arts Desk writing that it was "brutal, bruising, and brilliant."

Key collaborations
Elliott has established creative relationships with actors and theatre creatives through the years:

  • in Company, originating the gender-swapped role of Jamie that won the actor a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical in 2019, and the acclaimed West End revival of Cock in 2022
  • in The Light Princess in 2013 and Company in 2018; Craig received nominations for a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for both roles
  • in Saint Joan in 2007 where she was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress, and Husbands & Sons in 2015
  • , the British playwright, spoke of her as having "an innate sense of democracy. She combines a fearlessly theatrical imagination with a real concern for her audience. ''Curious has to be a piece of theatre you can come to if you’re 10 or if you’re 90. Marianne and the rest of the artistic team were completely committed to trying to get inside Christopher’s head and dramatise his world from within."
  • , set designer for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and Company

Personal life
Elliott married the actor in 2002, they have one daughter.

Selected works
West End theatre

Broadway theatre

Film
  • The Salt Path (2024)

Bibliography

Honours
Elliott was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2018 Birthday Honours for services to theatre.

Accolades
2006Evening Standard Theatre AwardBest DirectorPillars of the Community
2007Evening Standard Theatre AwardBest DirectorWar Horse
2008Laurence Olivier AwardBest Director
2011Tony AwardBest Direction of a Play
Drama Desk AwardSpecial Award
Outer Critics Circle AwardOutstanding Director of a Play
2013Laurence Olivier AwardBest DirectorThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
2015Tony AwardBest Direction of a Play
Drama Desk AwardOutstanding Director of a Play
Outer Critics Circle AwardOutstanding Director of a Play
2018Tony AwardBest Revival of a PlayAngels in America
Best Direction of a Play
Laurence Olivier AwardBest Revival
Best Director
Drama Desk AwardOutstanding Revival of a Play
Outstanding Director of a Play
Drama League AwardOutstanding Revival of a Play
Outer Critics Circle AwardOutstanding Revival of a Play
Outstanding Director of a Play
Evening Standard Theatre AwardBest DirectorCompany
2019Laurence Olivier AwardBest Director
WhatsOnStage AwardsBest Direction
Evening Standard Theatre AwardBest DirectorDeath of a Salesman
2020Laurence Olivier AwardBest Revival
Best Director
Drama League AwardFounders Award for Excellence in Directing
2022Tony AwardBest Direction of a MusicalCompany
Drama League AwardOutstanding Director of a Musical

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