James Phillips (playwright)

James Phillips (born 29 April 1977) is a British playwright, director and photographer.

Educated at St Catherine's College, Oxford, Phillips' first play, The Rubenstein Kiss, won both the John Whiting Award (2006)^[1] and the TMA Award for Best Play. As a director he has worked extensively and was a recipient of the National Arts Endowment Award for his first professional production, Frank McGuinness's Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme at the Pleasance, London.^[2]

Plays

• The Little Fir Tree (2004) premiered at Sheffield Theatres, directed by James Phillips^[3]
• The Rubenstein Kiss (2005) premiered at the Hampstead Theatre, directed by James Phillips^[1]
• Wind in the Willows (2010) adapted for Latitude Festival, directed by Alan Lane^[4]
• Time and the City (2011) premiered in Hull for Slung Low Theatre Company, directed by Alan Lane^[5]
• Hidden in the Sand (2013) premiered at Trafalgar Studios, directed by James Phillips^[6]
• City Stories (2013-ongoing) resident at St James Theatre, London, transferred to 59E59 Theaters, New York in May 2016,^[7] directed by James Phillips^[8]
• The White Whale (2014) premiered in Leeds for Slung Low Theatre Company, directed by Alan Lane^[9]
• Camelot: The Shining City (2015) premiering at Sheffield Theatres, directed by Alan Lane^[10]
• McQueen (2015) premiering at St James Theatre, London, transferred to Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London in August 2015, directed by John Caird^[11]
• Flood (2017) premiering as part of Hull UK City of Culture 2017, directed by Alan Lane^[12][13]

Other work

• If We Dead Awaken (2012), TV drama for Coming Up, Channel 4, directed by Luke McManus^[14]
• Nicosia: The Last Dividing Line (2013), book of documentary photography, published by En Tipis (Nicosia, Cyprus)^[15]

References

1. Smith, Alistair (31 October 2006). "Pair collect Whiting Award for original stage writing". The Stage. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
2. "James Phillips". Drama Online. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
3. . Archived from the original on 25 December 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
4. "BBC - In pictures: Latitude Festival 2010, Friday". BBC News. 17 July 2010. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
5. Nick Ahad (6 May 2011). "Review: Mapping the City *****". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
6. Cavendish, Dominic. "Hidden in the Sand, Trafalgar Studios, review". Telegraph. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
7. Gates, Anita (17 May 2016). "Review: Writing to God Is One Leap of Faith in 'City Stories'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
8. "Stjamestheatre.co.uk".
9. Gardner, Lyn (8 September 2014). "The White Whale review – a delightful dystopian twist on Moby-Dick". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
10. "Sheffield Theatres". Sheffield Theatres. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
11. Milligan, Lauren (12 February 2015). "Alexander McQueen: The Play". Vogue. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
12. "FLOOD". Flood.hull2017.co.uk. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
13. "Woman overboard! Hull unveils its spectacular floating city show". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
14. . Archived from the original on 25 December 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
15. "Get Featured - James Phillips". Japan Camera Hunter. 25 May 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2017.

External links

• The Stage article about James Phillips winning John Whiting Award
• City Stories website
• Photography
• Bloomsbury Publishing author page