Shelley Maxwell

For the National:

Theatre

For the National Theatre: movement direction and intimacy for Alterations and Antony & Cleopatra; movement direction for After Life, Hansard, Nine Night (also in the West End) and Twelfth Night; and choreography for ‘Master Harold’ …and the boys

In London’s West End: movement direction and intimacy for Barcelona at the Duke of York’s; movement direction for J’Ouvert at Harold Pinter; and choreography for Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical at the Lyric

Other theatre includes: movement direction and intimacy for Macbeth at the Donmar and in the West End; and Shifters at the Bush and in the West End; movement direction for Love’s Labour’s Lost and Tartuffe (also Birmingham Rep) at the RSC; Mlima’s Tale at Kiln; Beneatha’s Place, untitled f*ck m*ss s**gon play (also Royal Exchange, Manchester), Best of Enemies (also West End), Winter, Why It’s Kicking Off Everywhere and Cuttin’ It at the Young Vic; August in England at the Bush; Macbeth at Shakespeare’s Globe; King Hedley II at Stratford East; Cougar and Dealing with Clair at the Orange Tree; A Streetcar Named Desire at Nuffield, Southampton; and Rules for Living at Royal & Derngate and the Rose, Kingston; and choreography for Starter for Ten at Bristol Old Vic; The Time Traveller’s Wife: The Musical at Chester Storyhouse and in the West End (also intimacy); The Secret Life of Bees at the Almeida; Cinderella at the Lyric Hammersmith; and Equus at Stratford East and in the West End

Anansi Boys (choreography and intimacy) and Joan (movement and intimacy)

Film

The Marvels (choreography), Sky Arts’ Romeo and Juliet (movement and intimacy) and ear for eye (choreography)

Awards

Equus – Black British Theatre Award for Best Choreographer

(Published February 2025)