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Polly Bennett is a movement director and choreographer based in London.

Bennett trained at National Youth Theatre and studied History of Art at the University of Edinburgh. She gained a movement MA from Royal Central School of Speech and Drama 2010–2011 before becoming resident movement practitioner at the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2012.

Most recently she was responsible for the realisation of Rami Malek's Oscar-nominated portrayal of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody for Fox. ^[1][2] She has said of her role to Dance Magazine, "You're creating a dialogue between the actor and their character, so it's a lot of research about the world in which the story is told.... That includes everything from the temperature of the place to the rhythm of life there to what it's like to walk on that landscape. "You have to be able to offer information to the actors so that their imagination goes wild". She goes on: The film ends with Queen's 21-minute set at Live Aid in 1985, which might be one of the most famous rock performances of all time. The producers wanted to create an exact replica, a task that Bennett says was "mental". They rehearsed in front of Queen members Brian May and Roger Taylor.^[3]

Rami talks about his work with Bennett on a Film 4 interview special.^[4] In November 2018 Rami Malek went on The Ellen Show and demonstrated some of the work he did with Polly.^[5]

She has also choreographed for The Little Stranger ^[6] and Killing Eve (BBC America). She is currently working on The Crown Series 3 (Netflix) coaching the principle cast's transformations, including Olivia Colman, Tobias Menzies, Helena Bonham Carter, Jason Watkins and Josh O'Connor.

Her work in theatre includes The Lehman Trilogy directed by Sam Mendes with actors Simon Russell Beale, Ben Miles and Adam Godley, The Great Wave, My Country; a work in progress, The Deep Blue Sea starring Helen McCrory, People, Places and Things (also West End and St Ann’s Warehouse, New York). Her work was described as "arresting"^[7][8] Three Days in the Country directed by Patrick Marber, Pomona (also Royal Exchange and Orange Tree) and nut at the National; Sweat (Donmar); Night School (Pinter Theatre); White Teeth (Kiln); ^[9] The Village (Theatre Royal Stratford East) ^[10]; ^{[11] [12]} As You Like It (Regents Park Open Air); Maydays (RSC); The Inheritance at the Young Vic (movement support) and Tell Me the Truth about Love' at Sage Gateshead; Circle Mirror Transformation at HOME; Touch at Soho Theatre; Tribes at Sheffield Crucible; Woyzeck starring John Boyega at the Old Vic; How My Light is Spent and A Streetcar Named Desire starring Maxine Peake at the Royal Exchange; Don Juan in Soho at Wyndham’s; Junkyard for Headlong, Bristol Old Vic, Rose Kingston and Clwyd Theatr Cymru; Travesties at the Menier Chocolate Factory, in the West End and at Roundabout Theatre on Broadway starring Tom Hollander; Henry V at Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre; A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Salomé, The Famous Victories of Henry V (also on tour) and A Mad World My Masters (also on tour) for the RSC; Blush at the Underbelly; Doctor Faustus at the Duke of York’s; The Maids starring Uzo Aduba, Laura Carmichael and Zawe Ashton at Trafalgar Studios both directed by Jamie Lloyd; Yen, Plaques and Tangles and hang at the Royal Court; The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and The Rise and Fall of Little Voice (also at West Yorkshire Playhouse) at Birmingham Rep; The Angry Brigade (also at the Bush) and Hopelessly Devoted for Paines Plough; Dunsinane for National Theatre Scotland and on US, Asia and UK tours; Helver’s Night at York Theatre Royal; The King’s Speech at Chichester, Birmingham Repertory and on UK tour; Come Fly With Me at Salisbury Playhouse; To Kill a Mockingbird at Regent’s Park; Hysteria at Hampstead; and Mudlarks at the Bush.

Other work includes assistant movement director for the London 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony, Mass Cast Choreographer for the London 2012 Paralympic Opening Ceremony and Mass Cast Choreographer for the Sochi Winter Olympics Opening and Paralympic Ceremonies 2014. Polly Bennett is co-founder of The Mono Box which she runs with actor Joan Iyiola.

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