Meet WNO

Melly Still

Melly Still has worked as a director, choreographer, designer and adaptor throughout the UK, Europe, the Far East and the USA. Her National Theatre production of Coram Boy was nominated for Best Director and Best Design awards at both the Olivier and Tony Awards, meanwhile her 2019 production of Rusalka for Glyndebourne Festival Opera has been released to great acclaim on DVD. Melly’s production of My Brilliant Friend opened at the Rose Theatre, Kingston in 2017, and was later premiered at the National Theatre in 2019. Future work includes new productions for Opera Köln, Nevill Holt and Santa Fe Opera.

Recent engagements: Breaking the Waves (Theater St Gallen); The Wreckers (Glyndebourne); Cymbeline (RSC); From Morning to Midnight and The Revenger’s Tragedy (National Theatre); Captain Corelli’s Mandolin (West End); The Lovely Bones (UK and US Tour).