Bunny Christie

Bunny Christie
OBE
Christie at the 75th Tony Awards in 2022
Born
St Andrews
EducationMadras College
OccupationTheatre Designer
Known forThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Awards4 Olivier Awards
2 Tony Awards
Websitehttp://www.bunnychristie.co.uk

Bunny Christie OBE (born 1962) is a Scottish theatre set designer.[1][2]

Career

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She was born in St Andrews, educated at Madras College[3] and at the 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, which was initially produced at the 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] She designed the set for People, Places and Things which ran at the Royal National Theatre in 2015 and 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. The musical opened in the 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

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Year Award Category Work Result
1999 Olivier Award Best Costume Design As You Like It Nominated
2000 Evening Standard Theatre Award[11] Best Set Design Baby Doll Won
2001 Olivier Award Best Set Design Nominated
2003 Olivier Award[12] Best Set Design A Streetcar Named Desire Won
2011 Olivier Award[13] Best Set Design The White Guard Won
2013 Olivier Award[14] Best Set Design The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (with Finn Ross) Won
2015 Tony Award[15] Best Scenic Design in a Play Won
Olivier Award[16] Best Set Design Made in Dagenham Nominated
2017 Evening Standard Theatre Award Best Set Design Ink Nominated
2018 Olivier Award Best Set Design Nominated
Drama Desk Award[17] Outstanding Scenic Design of a Play People, Places and Things Nominated
Critics’ Circle Theatre Award[18] Best Designer Company Won
2019 Olivier Award[19] Best Set Design Won
2022 Tony Award[20] Best Scenic Design in a Musical Won

References

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  1. ^ Profile, The Guardian, 17 March 2009. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Meet Bunny Christie: London's most astonishing set designer". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Former Pupil Biographies, Bunny Christie LLD (1962 - current)", The Madras College Archive
  4. ^ "Bunny Christie Credits" nationaltheatre.org.uk, accessed 5 March 2019
  5. ^ "Broadway Production" playbill (vault), accessed 5 March 2019
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ Gordon, David. "Review. 'People, Places & Things'" theatermania.com, October 25, 2017
  8. ^ Peikert, Mark. "Read Reviews of Marianne Elliott's Reimagined Revival of Sondheim's 'Company' in the West End" playbill, October 17, 2018
  9. ^ Masso, Giverny. "Sophie Okonedo, Bunny Christie and Richard Alston recognised in New Year honours list" thestage.co.uk, December 28, 2018
  10. ^ Jays, David. "Dangerous dreams: the mind-blowing world of designer Bunny Christie – in pictures" The Guardian, 4 September 2017
  11. ^ "Evening Standard Theatre Awards 1980-2003" Evening Standard, 29 October 2003
  12. ^ 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
  13. ^ "Olivier Awards 2011", accessed 5 March 2019
  14. ^ "Olivier Awards 2013" officiallondontheatre.com, accessed 5 March 2019
  15. ^ "BWW TV Exclusive: Curious Incident's Bunny Christie and Finn Ross on Their Tony Win! Video". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  16. ^ "Olivier Awards 2015" officiallondontheatre.com, accessed 5 March 2019
  17. ^ "Awards" ibdb.com, accessed 5 March 2019
  18. ^ "2018 Results | Critics' Circle Theatre Awards". Critics' Circle Theatre Awards - Founded in 1989. 29 January 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  19. ^ "Winners list for the Olivier Awards 2019 with Mastercard | Official Website". Olivier Awards. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  20. ^ "Tony Awards 2022". Tony Awards. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
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