James Phillips (playwright) explained

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
• 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]

External links

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

Notes and References

1. News: Pair collect Whiting Award for original stage writing. Smith. Alistair. 31 October 2006. The Stage. 24 June 2011.
2. Web site: James Phillips . 25 December 2014 . Drama Online .
3. Web site: The Stage / Reviews / The Little Fir Tree . 2014-12-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141225200520/http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/5627/the-little-fir-tree . 2014-12-25 .
4. Web site: BBC - In pictures: Latitude Festival 2010, Friday . BBC News . 2010-07-17 . 2017-05-31.
5. News: Nick Ahad . Review: Mapping the City ***** . Yorkshire Post . 2011-05-06 . 2017-05-31.
6. Web site: Cavendish . Dominic . Hidden in the Sand, Trafalgar Studios, review . Telegraph . 11 October 2013. 2017-05-31.
7. News: Review: Writing to God Is One Leap of Faith in 'City Stories'. Gates. Anita. 2016-05-17. The New York Times. 0362-4331. 2016-07-12.
8. Web site: Stjamestheatre.co.uk.
9. News: The White Whale review – a delightful dystopian twist on Moby-Dick. Gardner. Lyn. 8 September 2014. The Guardian. 25 December 2014.
10. Web site: Sheffield Theatres . Sheffield Theatres . 2017-05-31.
11. News: Alexander McQueen: The Play. Milligan. Lauren. 12 February 2015. Vogue. 14 February 2015.
12. Web site: FLOOD . Flood.hull2017.co.uk . 2017-05-31.
13. News: Woman overboard! Hull unveils its spectacular floating city show. The Guardian. 2017-03-01.
14. Web site: Coming up - Videos - Coming up: If We Dead Awaken - Channel 4 . 2014-12-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141225195625/http://www.channel4.com/programmes/coming-up/videos/all/coming-up-if-we-dead-awaken . 2014-12-25 .
15. Web site: Get Featured - James Phillips . Japan Camera Hunter . 25 May 2014. 2017-05-31.