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	'''Ian MacNeil''' (born 1960) is a British scenic designer. He won the 1994 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design for ''An Inspector Calls'' and the 2009 Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Musical for ''Billy Elliot The Musical''.		[[File:Ian MacNeil.jpg\|thumb\|Ian MacNeil]]'''Ian MacNeil''' (born 1960) is a British scenic designer. He won the 1994 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design for ''An Inspector Calls'' and the 2009 Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Musical for ''Billy Elliot The Musical''.

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	MacNeil has designed for many London venues, including the National Theatre, the English National Opera, theAlmeida Theatre, the Young Vic, the Lyric Hammersmith, the Barbican Theatre, and the Royal Court. He has won the [[Laurence Olivier]] Award for Best Set Design twice, for ''An Inspector Calls'' and ''Ariodante''.<ref>http://www.billyelliotthemusical.com/explore/creative/ian_macneil.php Ian MacNeil bio at ''Billy Elliot'' website</ref>		MacNeil has designed for many London venues, including the National Theatre, the English National Opera, theAlmeida Theatre, the Young Vic, the Lyric Hammersmith, the Barbican Theatre, and the Royal Court. He has won the [[Laurence Olivier]] Award for Best Set Design twice, for ''An Inspector Calls'' and ''Ariodante''.<ref>http://www.billyelliotthemusical.com/explore/creative/ian_macneil.php Ian MacNeil bio at ''Billy Elliot'' website</ref>

	In 1999, MacNeil staged the international tour of the [[Pet Shop Boys]] promoting the release of their album ''Nightlife''.<ref name=PBS />		In 1999, MacNeil staged the international tour of the Pet Shop Boys promoting the release of their album ''Nightlife''.<ref name=PBS />

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	MacNeil and director [[Stephen Daldry]] were involved in a relationship for 13 years.<ref name=Guardian2009>~~{{cite news\|title=~~Stephen Daldry, the award-winning musical's director, to talk about this theatrical renaissance, juggling stage and film projects - and his complex love life ~~\|last=Wood \|first=Gaby \|date=~~14 June 2009 ~~\|newspaper=The Observer \|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2009/jun/14/stephen-daldry-billy-elliot-tonys}}~~</ref> They met at an outdoor production of ''Alice in Wonderland'' in [[~~Lancaster, Lancashire\|~~Lancaster]] in 1988 and, after seeing each other sporadically, Daldry decided he wanted to make a commitment. MacNeil was more reticent, but eventually the two settled in a [[bedsit]] in [[Camberwell]] and began collaborating on theatrical productions.<ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/how-we-met-stephen-daldry-and-ian-macneil-1306112.html ''The Independent'' interview, April 21, 1996</ref><ref>http://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=24963 Ian MacNeil at the Internet Broadway Database</ref>		MacNeil and director [[Stephen Daldry]] were involved in a relationship for 13 years.<ref name=Guardian2009>http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2009/jun/14/stephen-daldry-billy-elliot-tonys Gaby Wood, "Stephen Daldry, the award-winning musical's director, to talk about this theatrical renaissance, juggling stage and film projects - and his complex love life" ''The Observer'' 14 June 2009</ref> They met at an outdoor production of ''Alice in Wonderland'' in [[Lancaster]] in 1988 and, after seeing each other sporadically, Daldry decided he wanted to make a commitment. MacNeil was more reticent, but eventually the two settled in a bedsit in [[Camberwell]] and began collaborating on theatrical productions.<ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/how-we-met-stephen-daldry-and-ian-macneil-1306112.html ''The Independent'' interview, April 21, 1996</ref><ref>http://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=24963 Ian MacNeil at the Internet Broadway Database</ref>

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'''Ian MacNeil''' (born 1960) is a British scenic designer. He won the 1994 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design for ''An Inspector Calls'' and the 2009 Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Musical for ''Billy Elliot The Musical''.

==Early life and career==
The son of news anchor and journalist Robert MacNeil, he became interested in design at an early age, playing with toy theatres and creating puppet shows with his sister in their yard. "I still remember the pleasure I took in creating those little worlds - complete environments with characters I could manipulate," he recalled in a 1995 interview.<ref>http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4310541.html ''Chicago Sun-Times'', November 23, 1995</ref>

MacNeil studied at the [[Croydon]] School of Art <ref name=PBS>http://www.pbs.org/viadolorosa/stage.html PBS.org interview]</ref> and later with Ming Cho Lee in New York City.<ref name=NYTimes>http://www.nytimes.com/1994/05/05/garden/at-home-with-robert-and-ian-macneil-a-father-and-a-son-growing-up-again.html?pagewanted=all ''New York Times'' interview, 5 May 1994</ref> He spent a decade designing productions in [[Birmingham]], [[Worcester]], [[York]], and [[Manchester]] before moving to [[London]], where he made his [[West End]] debut with ''Death and the Maiden'' in 1991.<ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/arts--show-people-ian-macneil-the-joy-of-sets-1467058.html ''The Independent'' interview, December 12, 1993</ref>

MacNeil has designed for many London venues, including the National Theatre, the English National Opera, theAlmeida Theatre, the Young Vic, the Lyric Hammersmith, the Barbican Theatre, and the Royal Court. He has won the [[Laurence Olivier]] Award for Best Set Design twice, for ''An Inspector Calls'' and ''Ariodante''.<ref>http://www.billyelliotthemusical.com/explore/creative/ian_macneil.php Ian MacNeil bio at ''Billy Elliot'' website</ref>

In 1999, MacNeil staged the international tour of the [[Pet Shop Boys]] promoting the release of their album ''Nightlife''.<ref name=PBS />

==Personal life==
MacNeil is openly gay. He claims he was aware of his sexual identity by the age of five, but never discussed his feelings with his parents, who were divorced, or the stepmother who raised him. He was twenty when he sent his father a letter revealing his secret. The elder MacNeil was not especially surprised and eventually very supportive. In 1993, he spoke publicly about his son's homosexuality at the (American) National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association convention, and in a 1994 episode of ''The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour'', the two discussed their relationship. Ian MacNeil has said
:"It's terribly important that a public figure say I love my gay son. ... It needs to be within the sphere of what's everyday and ordinary, and not be gothic." <ref name=NYTimes />

MacNeil and director [[Stephen Daldry]] were involved in a relationship for 13 years.<ref name=Guardian2009>{{cite news|title=Stephen Daldry, the award-winning musical's director, to talk about this theatrical renaissance, juggling stage and film projects - and his complex love life |last=Wood |first=Gaby |date=14 June 2009 |newspaper=The Observer |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2009/jun/14/stephen-daldry-billy-elliot-tonys}}</ref> They met at an outdoor production of ''Alice in Wonderland'' in [[Lancaster, Lancashire|Lancaster]] in 1988 and, after seeing each other sporadically, Daldry decided he wanted to make a commitment. MacNeil was more reticent, but eventually the two settled in a [[bedsit]] in [[Camberwell]] and began collaborating on theatrical productions.<ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/how-we-met-stephen-daldry-and-ian-macneil-1306112.html ''The Independent'' interview, April 21, 1996</ref><ref>http://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=24963 Ian MacNeil at the Internet Broadway Database</ref>

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