Liam Steel Director & Choreographer
As Director
The Merry Widow (Director)
Royal College of Music
L'Enfant et Les Sortileges
Royal College of Music
Bella Dormiente nel Bosco
Royal College of Music
Josquin (Film)
English Touring Opera
Peter Pan (Director and Co-Adapter)
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
The Wizard of Oz
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
Nominated Best Choreographer Whatsonstage Awards
Midsummer Nights Dream
Royal College of Music
Gianni Scchicci - Revival
English Touring Opera
Peter Pan Revival (Co-Director)
Open Air Theatre
To Me, To You… (Consultant)
Wired Aerial Theatre
Winnie and Wilbur
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
Patience
English Touring Opera
Hänsel und Gretel
Royal College of Music
Merlin
Nuffield Theatre
Albert Herring
Royal College of Music
Lord of the Flies (Co-director)
National Tour
Peter Pan (Co-director)
Open Air Theatre, Regent’s Park
Nominated Olivier Award for Best Entertainment & Family
Merlin
Northampton Theatre Royal
Paul Bunyan
English Touring Opera – National Tour
Winner Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Opera (ETO Season)
The Jungle Book
West Yorkshire Playhouse
Barnum (Co-director)
Chichester Festival Theatre
Into The Woods (Co-director)
Shakespeare in The Park, Public Theatre, New York
Gianni Schicchi
English Touring Opera - National Tour
Nominated Best Opera Manchester Evening New Awards
Le Nozze Di Figaro
Opera Holland Park
Into The Woods (Co-director)
Open Air Theatre, Regent’s Park
Winner Olivier Award – Best Musical Revival
Lord of The Flies (Co-director)
Open Air Theatre, Regent’s Park
Babel
Stan Won’t Dance - National Tour
Orpheus in The Underworld
Royal College of Music
The Tempest
Open Air Theatre, Regent’s Park
The Magic Flute
English Touring Opera - National Tour
The Singing Circle
Royal Opera House
Tom’s Midnight Garden
Library Theatre, Manchester
Off The Wall
Stan Won't Dance / Royal Festival Hall
Skylon Spirits
Stan Won't Dance / Royal Festival Hall
L’Infedelta Delusa – Country Matters
English Touring Opera
Absolute Beginners
Lyric Hammersmith
Revelations
Stan Won’t Dance
Hooked (also designer/writer)
Blue Eyed Soul Dance Company
Knots
CoisCeim Dance Theatre - Irish, European & American Tours
Best Production Dublin International Festival
Fringe First
Best Production Total Theatre Awards
Sinner
Stan Won’t Dance
GLAAD Media Award – Most Outstanding New York Theatre off Broadway
Crazy Gary
Bare Bones Dance Company
Oliver Twist
Library Theatre, Manchester
Hymns (also designer)
Lyric Hammersmith / Frantic Assembly
National & International Tours
National & International Tours
Saltimbanco (as guest director)
Cirque Du Soleil
The Shooky
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
15 Degrees and Rising
Circus Space
Heavenly (co-director/devisor))
Frantic Assembly / Soho Theatre
National Tour & Off-Broadway
National Tour & Off-Broadway
Frankenstein
Blue Eyed Soul Dance Company
Devotion
Theatre Centre
Beauty & The Beast
Library Theatre
Vurt
Contact Theatre, Manchester
Nominated for 5 Manchester Evening News Awards
The Fall of The House of Usher
Graeae Theatre Company
Look At Me
Theatre Centre - National Tour
The Flight (also designer/writer)
Restless Dance Company
Fucking Martin
Gay Sweatshop
It’s a Girl
Nottingham Playhouse / Roundabout Theatre Co.
Indoor Fireworks
Nottingham Playhouse / Roundabout Theatre Co.
Choreography: Film
Giri/Haji
Sister Pictures / BBC / Netflix
Julian Farino
Winner Barcelona Dance Film Festival Award for Best Dance Sequence Award
Les Misérables
Working Title Films
Tom Hooper
Responsible for all the musical staging and choreography of the film.
Winner Golden Globe Best Picture; Nominated Academy Award Best Picture
Edge of Tomorrow
Rocklock Films
Doug Liman
Choreography / Movement Direction: Theatre
Elf: The Musical
West End
Phil McKinley
Company
Broadway
Marianne Elliott
Nominated for Outer Critics Circle Award 'Outstanding Revival of a Musical'
Nominated for Outstanding Choreography and Outstanding Revival of a Musical in 2022 Drama Desk Awards
101 Dalmatians
Open Air Theatre
Timothy Sheader
Edmond de Bergerac
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
Roxana Silbert
Company
West End
Marianne Elliott
Nominated for best Choreographer in 2019 Olivier Awards. Winner Best Musical Critics Circle Theatre Award
Big Fish
ATG
Nigel Harman
The Graduate
West Yorkshire Playhouse
Lucy Bailey
A Tale of Two Cities
Open Air Theatre
Timothy Sheader
Comus
The Globe
Lucy Bailey
West Side Story
Salzburg Festival
Phil McKinley
The War of the Worlds
Dominion Theatre
Bob Thomson
Dara
National Theatre
Nadia Fall
The Infidel
Theatre Royal Stratford East
David Baddiel / Kerry Michael
Porgy and Bess
Open Air Theatre, Regent’s Park
Timothy Sheader
Barnum
Chichester Festival Theatre
Timothy Sheader / Liam Steel
The Magistrate
National Theatre
Timothy Sheader
The Taming of the Shrew
RSC
Lucy Bailey
Ghost The Musical
West End/Broadway/UK and International Tour
Matthew Warchus
Ben Hur Live
International Stadium Tour
Philip WM. McKinley
The Crucible
Open Air Theatre, Regent’s Park
Timothy Sheader
Il Tabarro
English Touring Opera
James Conway
Fantastic Mr Fox
English Touring Opera
Tim Yealland
Imagine This
New London Theatre
Timothy Sheader
Romeo and Juliet
Open Air Theatre, Regent’s Park
Timothy Sheader
Teseo
English Touring Opera
James Conway
Dirty Wonderland
Frantic Assembly/Brighton International Festival
Scott Graham / Steven Hoggett
Paradise Lost
Northampton Theatre Royal and Headlong – National Tour
Rupert Goold
Pericles
RSC/Cardboard Citizens Theatre
Adrian Jackson
The Ghosts of Scrooge
Library Theatre
Roger Haines
Strictly Dandia
Tamasha Theatre Co/Lyric Hammersmith
Kristine Landon-Smith
Awarded a Herald Angel for Outstanding Choreographic Achievement – Edinburgh International Festival 2005
Tom’s Midnight Garden
Library Theatre, Manchester
Liam Steel / Roger Haines
Sparkleshark
National Theatre
Terry Johnson
Beyond The Walls For Men (Devised)
Imlata Dance Co / West Yorkshire Playhouse
The Count of Monte Cristo
Royal Exchange, Manchester
Braham Murray
Secret Garden
Library Theatre
Roger Haines
Jack and The Giant Fib
Theatr Powys
David Nielson
Commercial
Choreographed TV advertisements for the Michael Bublé Fragrance; Lycra; Baileys Irish Cream; Orange Telecommunications; Boots Pharmacy; Lynx deodorant and Coca Cola’s worldwide Cinema and TV London 2012 Olympic campaign - “Move to the Beat”.
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF Stan Won’t Dance (2003 – 2013)
As a performer Liam was widely recognised as being one of this country’s most acclaimed Physical Theatre practitioners having worked with some of the country's leading companies including Complicité, Volcano Theatre Company, David Glass Ensemble, The Kosh, Frantic Assembly, Nigel Charnock and Company, and from 1992 - 2000 as a core member of DV8 Physical Theatre.
Giri/Haji (BBC)
Giri/Haji (BBC)
Company (West End)
The Wizard of Oz (Birmingham Rep)
The Wizard of Oz (Birmingham Rep)
Peter Pan (Open Air Theatre)
Les Miserables
Les Miserables
Paul Bunyan (English Touring Opera)
The Jungle Book (West Yorkshire Playhouse)
The Jungle Book (West Yorkshire Playhouse)
Into The Woods (New York Public Theatre)
Gianni Schicchi (English Touring Opera)
Merlin (Nuffield Theatre)
Patience (English Touring Opera)
Hänsel und Gretel (Royal College of Music)