Melly Still
Melly Still is a British director, designer and choreographer.
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 Royal National Theatre.
Since the early 2000s, she principally directs and has worked regularly with the RSC, Bristol Old Vic, Birmingham Rep, Wales Millennium Centre, Glyndebourne Festival Opera and on several occasions for the Royal 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.
She often works closely with the designer Anna Fleischle and designer Ti Green and also the British director Tim Supple.Directing credits
- The Mirror Crack'd - by Agatha Christie, adapted by Rachel Wagstaff and re-imagined for India by Ayeehsa Menon with Sonali Kulkarni, Denzil Smith and Shernaz Patel.
- The Lovely Bones - by Alice Sebold, adapted by Bryony Lavery with Charlotte Beaumont.
- Tiger Bay the Musical - music by Daf James, book and lyrics by Michael Williams with John Owen-Jones and Noel Sullivan.
- My Brilliant Friend - by Elena Ferrante, adapted by April De Angelis with Niamh Cusack and Catherine McCormack. The production transferred to London's Royal National Theatre in November 2019.
- Cymbeline - William Shakespeare
- Rats' Tales - based on Carol Ann Duffy, devised by Melly Still
- The Cunning Little Vixen - Leoš Janáček
- Coram Boy - by Jamila Gavin, adapted by Helen Edmundson
- Beasts and Beauties - by Carol Ann Duffy
- Zaide - Mozart, in an English Version by Michael Symmons Roberts and Ben Power
- Nation - by Terry Pratchett, adapted by Mark Ravenhill
- Rusalka - Dvořák
- Cinderella - In a version by Ben Power
- The Revengers Tragedy by Thomas Middleton -
- Watership Down - by Richard Adams, adapted by Rona Munro
- Coram Boy - by Jamila Gavin, adapted by Helen Edmundson
- Alice in Wonderland -
- Beasts and Beauties - by Carol Ann Duffy
Coram Boy was nominated for 4 Olivier Awards in London and 6 Tony awards on Broadway. She was nominated for best director in each award ceremony.
