Simon Phillips (director)

Simon Phillips (born 1958) is a New Zealand-Australian director of theatre, musicals and opera.^[1][2] He is a former Artistic Director of Melbourne Theatre Company.^[3][4]

Simon Phillips, 2013

Phillips graduated from Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School in 1980 with a Diploma in Acting.^[5] Phillips directed the original 2015 production of Tim Finn's musical Ladies in Black for the Queensland Theatre in Brisbane which then travelled to Melbourne and toured Australia in 2017.^[6]

References

1. "Simon Phillips – Director". Opera Australia. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
2. Hatherley, Frank. "Simon Phillips: Our Travelling Director Goes Platinum". Stage Whispers. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
3. Jones, Deborah (7 May 2011). "In charm's way". The Australian. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
4. "Simon Philips to leave MTC". Theatre People. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
5. "Graduate". www.toiwhakaari.ac.nz. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
6. "Ladies in Black musical hits the road with tour to Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Canberra" by Louise Rugendyke, The Sydney Morning Herald, 15 August 2016

External links

• Simon Phillips Broadway and theatre credits, broadwayworld.com
• Simon Phillips at the Internet Broadway Database
• Simon Phillips at IMDb
• Profile, HLA Management