British set designer
Bunny Christie OBE set designer .[ 1] [ 2]
Career
She was born in St Andrews , educated at Madras College [ 3] Central School of Art in London. She has won four Olivier Awards and also worked on Kenneth Branagh 's Oscar-nominated short film Swan Song [ 4]
Christie designed the sets and costumes for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Royal National Theatre in 2012, and also was performed on Broadway in 2014.[ 5]
In 2014, Christie designed the set for the new musical Made in Dagenham [ 6] People, Places and Things Off-Broadway at St. Ann's Warehouse in 2017.[ 7]
In 2018, she designed the set for Marianne Elliot ’s gender bending revival of the musical Company West End in 2018.[ 8]
She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2019 New Year Honours for her services to British theatre.[ 9]
David Jays, writing in The Guardian , described her style: "Bunny Christie doesn’t design stage sets. She creates worlds. Audaciously theatrical and frequently startling, her creations pull spectators headlong into the universe of a play – whether through the disorienting aperture of The Red Barn or the vintage newsroom pile-up in Ink . Christie often places us inside a protagonist’s head – she designs psychology as well as space, most notably for the singular hero of The Curious Incident , which won her one of her three Olivier awards."[ 10]
Awards and nominations
References
^ Profile , The Guardian , 17 March 2009. Retrieved 26 April 2017.^ "Meet Bunny Christie: London's most astonishing set designer" . London Evening Standard . Retrieved 27 August 2018 .^ "Former Pupil Biographies, Bunny Christie LLD (1962 - current)" , The Madras College Archive ^ "Bunny Christie Credits" nationaltheatre.org.uk, accessed 5 March 2019^ "Broadway Production" playbill (vault), accessed 5 March 2019^ "Gemma Arterton stars in Rupert Goold's Made in Dagenham musical at Adelphi from October" . whatsonstage.com . Whats On Stage. 2 March 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2014 .^ Gordon, David. "Review. 'People, Places & Things'" theatermania.com, October 25, 2017
^ Peikert, Mark. "Read Reviews of Marianne Elliott's Reimagined Revival of Sondheim's 'Company' in the West End" playbill, October 17, 2018
^ Masso, Giverny. "Sophie Okonedo, Bunny Christie and Richard Alston recognised in New Year honours list" thestage.co.uk, December 28, 2018
^ Jays, David. "Dangerous dreams: the mind-blowing world of designer Bunny Christie – in pictures" The Guardian , 4 September 2017
^ "Evening Standard Theatre Awards 1980-2003" Evening Standard , 29 October 2003^ http://www.playbill.com/article/west-ends-olivier-award-winners-announced-feb-14-com-111514# "West End's Olivier Award Winners Announced Feb. 14"] playbill, February 14, 2003^ "Olivier Awards 2011" , accessed 5 March 2019^ "Olivier Awards 2013" officiallondontheatre.com, accessed 5 March 2019^ "BWW TV Exclusive: Curious Incident's Bunny Christie and Finn Ross on Their Tony Win! Video" . BroadwayWorld.com . Retrieved 27 August 2018 .^ "Olivier Awards 2015"
officiallondontheatre.com, accessed 5 March 2019^ "Awards" ibdb.com, accessed 5 March 2019^ "2018 Results | Critics' Circle Theatre Awards" . Critics' Circle Theatre Awards - Founded in 1989 . 29 January 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2020 .^ "Winners list for the Olivier Awards 2019 with Mastercard | Official Website" . Olivier Awards . Retrieved 7 April 2019 .^ "Tony Awards 2022" . Tony Awards . Retrieved 9 May 2022 .
Awards for Bunny Christie
1976–1990
1991–2000
2001–present
1976–1990 costume, lighting and set design were in the same category
