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The production, directed by Marianne Elliott, was a revival of the Stephen Sondheim and George Furth musical which originally premiered in 1970. \n\r\n<i>Company</i> explores themes of love, marriage and relationships. At her 35th birthday party, Bobbie is surrounded by her friends (‘company’), five couples who pose the question of why Bobbie isn’t married yet. Through several vignettes featuring her boyfriends and married friends, Bobbie self-examines her relationships and what it means to commit to another person.\n\nIn a first for the musical, Elliott’s production changed the gender of a number of the characters. In the original book, Bobbie is Robert (Bobby), Bobby's three boyfriends are female, and her friends, same-sex couple Jamie and Paul, are Amy and Paul. Sondheim approved the changes and worked with Marianne Elliott on revisions of the lyrics to reflect her vision of a 21st century Bobby/Bobbie: A successful and independent woman facing pressure to settle down and have a family in her mid-30s. Rosalie Craig played Bobbie, with Patti LuPone as Joanne, Mel Giedroyc as Sarah and Jonathan Bailey as Jamie. The production was designed by Bunny Christie, choreographed by Liam Steel and conducted by Joel Fram.\n\r\nCompany received two Evening Standard Awards, two Critics' Circle Theatre Awards and four Olivier Awards. Rosalie Craig and Marianne Elliott won Evening Standard Awards for Best Musical Performance and Best Director. 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In the 2018 West End revival, director Marianne Elliott radically reinvented the production, changing the gender of the male lead ‘Bobby’ to the female ‘Bobbie’ (played by Rosalie Craig). The focus on a 35-year-old single woman in the 2010s, in contrast to a man in the 1970s, drew critical acclaim for its relevance to the contemporary societal and peer pressures on women to ‘settle down’.\n\nOriginal Broadway cast recording of Company\r\n1970\r\nDesigned by Russell/James Associates\r\nPrinting ink on card\r\nMuseum no. BMT/2/1/573\r\nGiven by Overtures: The Bunnett-Muir Musical Theatre Archive Trust\r\n\nCostume design for Bobbie in Company\r\n2018\r\nDesigned by Bunny Christie\r\nPencil and ink on paper\r\nMuseum no. 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