Steven Hoggett

Steven Hoggett (born 30 November 1971) is a British choreographer and movement director. He has won an Olivier Award as well as an Obie Award, has been nominated four times for a Drama Desk Award and three times for a Tony Award.

Early life Hoggett was brought up near Huddersfield, England. As a youth, he participated in the Huddersfield Choral Society Youth Choir and held jobs at Boots UK and a restaurant. He studied at Swansea University, He then founded a physical theatre company in Wales called Frantic Assembly, with his friend and fellow student Scott Graham.

The pair then went on to collaborate on what would be their biggest success to date, Gregory Burke's Black Watch, which was first produced by the National Theatre of Scotland at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2006

The piece was an instant success, and would garner Hoggett the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Theatre Choreographer at the 2009 Laurence Olivier Awards,

Once earned more Tony nominations (11) than any other production for the 2011–12 season. He also received a 2012 Obie Award special citation (along with Once colleagues Tiffany and Martin Lowe).

His other recent productions include choreography for the National Theatre production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time (with Scott Graham), which garnered the pair an Olivier nomination. With Tiffany, an adaptation of the Swedish vampire novel Let The Right One In for the National Theatre of Scotland, Tony Nominated Fight Choreography for Rocky The Musical and Sting's new musical, The Last Ship.

Hoggett provided choreography for an animated sequence in the DreamWorks feature film How To Train Your Dragon 2.

On 26 June 2015, it was announced that he would be working on the Harry Potter stage play The Cursed Child with long time collaborator John Tiffany. He went on to be nominated for the 2017 Laurence Olivier Award for best choreography for his work on the production. The production transferred to Broadway in April 2018.

Personal life Steven married Kyle Callicott in March 2016.

Major theatre credits Start year Production Role Company / venue Notes and awards 2006 Black Watch Choreographer National Theatre of Scotland 2010 Beautiful Burnout Director and choreographer, with Scott Graham Frantic Assembly / National Theatre of Scotland 2010 American Idiot Choreographer Broadway / US tour 2011 Peter and the Starcatcher Movement Broadway / US tour 2011 Once Movement NYTW / Broadway / West End 2012 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Choreography, with Scott Graham National Theatre / West End / Broadway 2013 The Glass Menagerie Movement American Repertory Theatre / Broadway 2013 The Light Princess Choreography National Theatre 2013 What's It All About? Bacharach Reimagined, later titled Close to You Director NYTW / Menier Chocolate Factory / West End 2013 Let the Right One In Associate director, with John Tiffany National Theatre of Scotland / West End / St. Ann's Warehouse 2014 Rocky the Musical Fight choreography Stage Entertainments Hamburg / Broadway 2014 The Last Ship Choreography Broadway 2015 Brooklynite Choreography Vineyard Theatre 2015 The Twits Associate director and movement Royal Court 2016 The Crucible Movement Broadway 2016 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Movement director West End / Broadway 2017 Joan of Arc: Into the Fire Choreographer Public Theatre 2017 Pinocchio Associate director National Theatre / Disney Theatrical 2019 The Ocean at the End of the Lane Movement director Royal National Theatre 2023 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Choreographer Broadway