Hoggett gained early experience at a workshop with Volcano Theatre Company, based in Swansea. 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==