Philip Wilson Director Philip is a freelance director who spent four very successful years as the Artistic Director of Salisbury Playhouse (2007-2011). He trained on the Regional Theatre Young Director Scheme (Greenwich Theatre, 1995-96), and in 2015 was awarded the inaugural David Fraser/Andrea Wonfor bursary, to train as a multi- camera television director. Recent projects include the British Premiere of Ken Ludwig’s A Fox on the Fairway at Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch and Terence Rattigan’s After The Dance at Theatre By The Lake in Keswick. His adaptations of Philip Pullman’s Grimm Tales (first produced in an immersive staging at Shoreditch Town Hall and then the Oxo Bargehouse, in 2014 and 2015) were performed at Chichester this summer. Philip’s book, Dramatic Adventures in Rhetoric, co-written with Giles Taylor, is published by Oberon Books, and Grimm Tales is available from Nick Hern Books. Agents Giles Smart Assistant Ellie Byrne [email protected] +44 (020 3214 0812 Credits Theatre Production Company Notes THE BOY WITH THE The Hope Theatre By John Straiton BEE JAR 2021 United Agents | 12-26 Lexington Street London W1F OLE | T +44 (0) 20 3214 0800 | F +44 (0) 20 3214 0801 | E [email protected] Production Company Notes COCKPIT LAMDA By Bridget Boland 2021 THE LIGHTS LAMDA By Howard Korder 2019 THIS ISLAND'S MINE Ardent Theatre By Philip Osment 2019 Company / King's Head Theatre PHILIP PULLMAN'S Unicorn Theatre Adapted for the stage by Philip Wilson GRIMM TALES Directed by Kirsty Housley 2018 STRANGE LAMDA By Rodney Ackland ORCHESTRA Performed in The Sainsbury Theatre 2018 PERFECT NONSENSE Theatre By The Lake From the works of P.G. Wodehouse, adapted by The 2018 Goodale Brothers A FOX ON THE Queen's Theatre, Written by Ken Ludwig FAIRWAY Hornchuch 2017 AFTER THE DANCE Theatre by the Lake Written by Terrence Rattigan 2017 **** "Philip Wilson’s production is full of nuance. The performances are superb” The Stage THE STAR Liverpool Playhouse Written by Michael Wynne 2016 **** "Philip Wilson’s direction adds the final sparkle that moves this from simple story to touching metaphor for the hopes and fears of all our lives” The Observer AS YOU LIKE IT Storyhouse Chester Written by William Shakespeare 2016 BEACONS Park Theatre Written by Tabitha Martiboy 2016 THE THREE LIONS St James Theatre Adapted by Philip from William Gaminara's collection. 2015 **** The Times **** The Independent **** The List **** "Keeping the pace of play up with footsure finesse, director Philip Wilson has bagged a Premier League cast” The Telegraph United Agents | 12-26 Lexington Street London W1F OLE | T +44 (0) 20 3214 0800 | F +44 (0) 20 3214 0801 | E [email protected] Production Company Notes GRIMM TALES Bargehouse Oxo Philip’s own adaptations of Philip Pullman’s versions 2014 Tower **** "This immersive adaptation of Philip Pullman’s retelling of the Grimms’ fairy tales is atmospheric to the point of inspiring awe. All beautifully done, and thrilling to stumble upon” The Telegraph **** "Bizarre and beautiful, Philip Wilson’s production is a magic box of glittering surprises… an irresistible invitation to explore the darker corners of the imagination” The Times **** "Grimm Tales is a great night and a great success, each of the stories relayed with love and invention by the casts dotted about the Bargehouse. A stripped-back evening of high-class, no-frills storytelling” Time Out **** The Stage HOW MANY MILES Lyric Belfast Written by Jennifer Johnson, adapted by Alan TO BABYLON Sandford 2014 GRIMM TALES Shoreditch Town Adapted by Philip from Philip Pullman's collection. 2014 Hall **** "This thrilling staging… is a treat for adults’ rusty imaginations” The Telegraph **** "Vivid and unfussy – true to the stories’ visual clarity and taut plotting, while also evoking their dreamlike qualities” Evening Standard **** “A gorgeous production” Time Out TORO! TORO! National Tour Written by Michael Morpurgo, adapted by Simon 2013 Reade (also design) THE THREE LIONS Pleasance London & Written by William Gaminara 2013 Edinburgh THE DANCING WMC Cardiff Written by Ivor Novello (workshop of a new version, YEARS co-adapted by Philip) 2013 THE NORMAN Liverpool Playhouse Written by Alan Ayckbourn CONQUESTS 2012 TWIST OF GOLD Polka Theatre Written by Michael Morpurgo, adapted by Simon 2012 Reade 66 BOOKS: RUTH & Bush / Westminster Written by Stella Duffy & Wole Soyinka 2 SAMUEL Abbey 2011 EARNEST / Birmingham Rep at Written by Oscar Wilde & Tom Stoppard TRAVESTIES the Old Rep 2011 United Agents | 12-26 Lexington Street London W1F OLE | T +44 (0) 20 3214 0800 | F +44 (0) 20 3214 0801 | E [email protected] Production Company Notes THE GAME OF LOVE Salisbury Theatre Written by Marivaux, translated by Neil Bartlett AND CHANCE 2011 THE CONSTANT Salisbury Playhouse Written by Somerset Maugham WIFE 2011 THE PICTURE Salisbury Playhouse Written by Philip Massinger (in Philip's own edition) 2010 TORO! TORO! Salisbury Playhouse Written by Michael Morpurgo, adapted by Simon 2010 Reade PRIVATE LIVES Salisbury Playhouse Written by Noel Coward 2010 ARSENIC AND OLD Salisbury Playhouse Written by Joseph Kesselring LACE 2009 BLACKBIRD Salisbury Playhouse Written by David Harrower 2009 FAITH HEALER Salisbury Playhouse Written by Brian Friel (also design) 2009 “Wilson’s design is a masterstroke... This exquisite production proves Wilson has a Midas touch with emotionally sophisticated drama” Variety THE WINSLOW BOY Salisbury Playhouse Written by Terrence Rattigan 2009 A MONTH IN THE Salisbury Playhouse Written by J L Carr, in Philip's own adaption COUNTRY 2008 WHAT THE BUTLER Salisbury Playhouse Written by Joe Orton SAW 2008 PEOPLE AT SEA Salisbury Playhouse Written by J B Priestly 2008 ALPHABETICAL Salisbury Playhouse Written by Michael Frayn ORDER 2007 NOISES OFF Liverpool Playhouse Written by Michael Frayn 2007 CORPSE! Salisbury Playhouse Written by Gerald Moon 2006 IN PRAISE OF LOVE Minerva Theatre, Written by Terence Rattigan 2006 Chichester THE FOUND MAN Traverse Theatre, Written by Riccardo Galgani (also design) 2005 Edinburgh United Agents | 12-26 Lexington Street London W1F OLE | T +44 (0) 20 3214 0800 | F +44 (0) 20 3214 0801 | E [email protected] Production Company Notes UN UOMO TROVATO Teatro della Written by Riccardo Galgani 2005 Limonaia, Florence DR FAUSTUS Liverpool Playhouse Written by Christopher Marlowe 2005 AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’ Sheffield Crucible Written by Horwitz & Maltby Jr 2004 ASTONISHED Liverpool Playhouse Written by Noël Coward HEART/STILL LIFE 2004 BREAKING THE Royal Theatre, Written by Hugh Whitemore CODE Northampton 2003 THE MAKING OF BAC Written by Lucy Powell (also design) MISS PEGGY LEE 1999 THE HUMOROUS BAC Written by Beaumont & Fletcher (in Philip’s own LIEUTENANT edition) 1999 Other Production Company Notes PHILIP PULLMAN’s GRIMM Nick Hern Books Publication of Philip’s adaptations of Philip TALES Pullman’s versions 2017 DRAMATIC ADVENTURES IN Oberon Books Publication. With Giles Taylor RHETORIC 2015 Television Production Company Notes THAT GAY SHOW BBC Three Producer, Series I & II 2001 - 2002 Film Production Company Notes SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE Miramax Performance Consultant. Dir. John Madden 1998 United Agents | 12-26 Lexington Street London W1F OLE | T +44 (0) 20 3214 0800 | F +44 (0) 20 3214 0801 | E [email protected] Additional information THIS ISLAND'S MINE ★★★★★ 'A triumph' The Spy in The Stalls ★★★★★ 'Flawless direction' Theatre Weekly ★★★★★ '"an elegant assured...smart, skilful revival” London Box Office ★★★★ 'Misty eyed perfection' Queer Guru ★★★★ 'wonderful, powerful and poignant look at gay life' BOYZ ★★★★ 'A dizzyingly compact odyssey' Ham & High ★★★★ 'A thoroughly enjoyable production' QX Magazine ★★★★ 'Epic in scope and intimate in style' Sunday Express United Agents | 12-26 Lexington Street London W1F OLE | T +44 (0) 20 3214 0800 | F +44 (0) 20 3214 0801 | E [email protected].