About
ABOUT
POLLY BENNETT is a sought-after and lauded director, writer, movement director and choreographer based in London. Her film, TV and theatre experience spans creating nuanced, full-bodied characters to orchestrating elaborate, large-scale sequences and international events.
Polly's insights into human behaviour and physical psychology have earned the respect of a coterie of award-winning creatives, including Rami Malek, Sam Mendes, Baz Lurhmann, Emerald Fennell, Naomi Ackie and Austin Butler. Her work has spanned Oscar- and Emmy-winning projects such as Bohemian Rhapsody, Elvis, Netflix's The Crown, Hulu's The Great, and BBC's Killing Eve.
Her event work includes the Queen's Platinum Jubilee Celebrations at Windsor Castle (ITV), Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Opening and Closing Ceremony and London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony.
She has worked extensively across UK, West End and Broadway theatre and is the co-founder of The Mono Box, a training up and creative network for emerging theatre talent.
Her upcoming work includes Feud on FX, Kaos on Netflix, Saltburn on Amazon, and the final project in her quartet of music icons, Bob Marley: One Love.
The production is a triumphant mix of pithy, authentic dialogue, Polly Bennett’s extraordinary movement.
Manchester Evening News
Yen, Royal Court / Royal Exchange
The orgasmic reactions of girls in the crowd are as elegantly choreographed as Elvis’s gyrations by movement maestro Polly Bennett.
***** Mark Kermode, The Guardian
Elvis (Warner Bros)
A striking use of movement by Polly Bennett...
Financial Times
The Village, Stratford East
The Night Always Comes
dir. Benjamin Caron
Moss and Freud
dir. James Lucas
Giant
dir. Rowan Thale
Eden
dir. Ron Howard
What It Feels Like For A Girl
BBC
dir. Brian Welch
Too Much
Netflix
dir. Lena Dunham
Black Doves
BBC
dir. Alex Gabassi
The Listeners
Element Pictures
dir. Janicza Bravo
Kaos
Netflix
dir. Georgi Banks-Davies
A Gentleman in Moscow
Paramount / Showtime
dir. Sam Miller
Bob Marley: One Love
Paramount
dir. Reinaldo Green
Saltburn
Amazon
dir. Emerald Fennell
The Great, Series 3
Hulu
Various directors
Elvis
Warner Bros
dir. Baz Luhrmann
People, Places and Things
Trafalgar Theatre
dir. Jeremy Herrin
The Lehman Trilogy
Australian and US Tour
dir. Rory McGregor after Sam Mendes
Patriots
Almeida Theatre, West End and Broadway
dir. Rupert Goold
Opening Night
Gielgud Theatre
dir. Ivo Van Hove
A Long Day's Journey Into Night
West End
dir. Jeremy Herrin