Gillian Lynne
Associate Director and Choreographer
During 1979 Gillian completed a “hat-trick” by having three highly successful productions running in the West End at the same time; the award-winning Songbook, My Fair Lady and Once in a Lifetime. In 1980 she consolidated this success by directing the acclaimed Tomfoolery and Jeeves Takes Charge. Earlier in 1981 she directed a Brecht-National Theatre transfer to Those Born Later at the New End Theatre, Hampstead, and after Cats her next major assignment will be to direct for the BBC a musical called The Various Ends of Mrs F’s Friends.
As a Director her work includes Tonight at Eight, Once Upon a Time, Bluebeard for Sadlers Wells, Love on the Dole and Liberty Ranch. She co-directed A Midsummer Night’s Dream for the RSC, and also staged their award-winning musical version of Comedy of Errors and As You Like It. On Broadway, she has choreographed Pickwick, The Roar of the Greasepaint and How Now Dow Jones, while in London her musical choreographic credits include Hans Andersen, The Card, Ambassador and, for the Royal Opera Persifal, the Flying Dutchman, The Trojans and A Midsummer Marriage.
On television she is a frequent Choreographer for The Muppets and has staged countless television shows for stars who include Perry Como, Cleo Laine and Harry Secombe. For the Australian Ballet Company she has created Fool on the Hill , and an ice-ballet for John Curry. Her many film credits include Half-A-Sixpence, Quip and Man of La Mancha.
Gillian is married to RSC actor Peter Land.
