Gillian Lynne

Choreographer

Gillian Lynne created the choreography for the original Cats in London. Her 50-plus Broadway and West End shows include My Fair Lady, Tonight at Eight, Once Upon a Time, Songbook, Hans Christian Andersen, Cabaret, The Matchgirls, Tomfoolery, Phantom of the Opera, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Collages. For the Royal Shakespeare Company, A Midsummer Night's Dream, As You Like It, The Comedy of Errors, Once in a Lifetime and The Secret Garden. Opera productions include The Trojans, The Flying Dutchman, Parsifal and Bluebeard. Ballets include Lippizaner, The Brontes, Breakaway and Journey for the Bolshoi. On television, Gillian directed The Various Ends of Mrs F's Friends, Easy Money, The Look of Love, Le Morte d'Arthur and A Simple Man, which won her a BAFTA. She staged many Muppet Shows and her 11 feature films include Half a Sixpence, Man of La Mancha and Yentl. Recent productions include Phantom - the Las Vegas Spectacular, The Imaginary Invalid for the Washington Shakespeare Theatre, Triple Sensation for CBC and On Such a Night for Northern Ballet Theatre. Gillian won an Olivier Award for Cats (London) and was made CBE in the Queen's 1997 Birthday Honours.