Supporting Wall Explained

Supporting Wall was an award-winning London-based theatre and general arts production, promotion and management company, founded in 2008 by producers Ben Monks and Will Young and operated for nine years until 2017.[1] The company's own productions primarily focused on new writing and contemporary theatre, while management and publicity work has included projects across theatre, comedy, film, festivals, live music and dance - including work at the BFI Southbank, Royal National Theatre and many others.[2] During most of this time, Ben Monks and Will Young were also based at the Actors Centre as creative producers for the Tristan Bates Theatre.[3] [4] In November 2023 Will Young was appointed executive director of London's Royal Court Theatre.[5]

Productions

Supporting Wall's original productions include:

Production Writer Director Venue Year
Blue Heaven Abigail Graham Finborough Theatre, London[6] 2009
Big Breath In Oscar Wood & Company Matthew Evans Tour, London & South East 2009
Three Shit Hot Shorts Dean Stalham Sam Miller, Emily Lim, Pam Brighton 2009
Moonfleece David Mercatali London & UK Tour 2010
Election Drama Various Various New Players Theatre 2010
The Jewish Wife (JMK Award Winner[7]) Matthew Evans 2010
Tender Napalm Philip Ridley David Mercatali Southwark Playhouse[8] 2011
Yellow Daniel Saleeb Daniel Saleeb Tete a Tete Festival / Riverside Studios 2011
Shallow Slumber Chris Lee Soho Theatre[9] 2012
Tender Napalm Philip Ridley David Mercatali UK Tour[10] 2012
Dark Vanilla Jungle (Fringe First Award winner[11]) Philip Ridley David Mercatali Soho Theatre, London; Royal Exchange, Manchester and Pleasance, Edinburgh Festival 2013
Our Ajax Timberlake Wertenbaker David Mercatali Southwark Playhouse[12] 2013
Jonny & the Baptists: The Stop UKIP Tour Jonny Donahoe & Paddy Gervers The company UK Tour / Soho Theatre [13] 2014
Dark Vanilla Jungle Philip Ridley David Mercatali UK Tour & Soho Theatre [14] 2014
Jonny & the Baptists: The Satiric Verses Jonny Donahoe & Paddy Gervers The company The Pleasance, Edinburgh Festival [15] 2014
Bull (Olivier Award Winner[16])Young Vic Theatre [17] 2015
Radiant Vermin Philip Ridley David Mercatali Tobacco Factory Theatre, Bristol / Soho Theatre, London [18] 2015
Jonny & the Baptists Rock The Vote Jonny Donahoe & Paddy Gervers The company UK Tour & Soho Theatre [19] 2015
You Look Tasty (A Play By A Tiger) Stewart Pringle David Mercatali The Pleasance, Edinburgh Festival [20] 2015
Tonight with Donny Stixx Philip Ridley David Mercatali Pleasance, Edinburgh Festival [21] 2015
Jonny & the Baptists: The End Is Nigh Jonny Donahoe & Paddy Gervers The company Paines Plough Roundabout Theatre (Southbank Centre / Summerhall, Edinburgh Festival) & UK Tour [22] 2015-16
Octagon Kristiana Colon Nadia Latif Arcola Theatre, London [23] 2015
Jonny & the Baptists: Eat the Poor Jonny Donahoe & Paddy Gervers The company Paines Plough Roundabout Theatre (Summerhall, Edinburgh Festival) & UK Tour [24] 2016-17
Radiant Vermin Philip Ridley David Mercatali 59E59 Theaters, New York[25] 2016
Thirty Christmases Jonny Donahoe, with Paddy Gervers Alice Hamilton Old Fire Station, Oxford & New Diorama Theatre, London [26] 2017-18

Awards and nominations

Supporting Wall's productions won or were nominated for various awards, including for Bull the 2015 Olivier Award for Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre;[27] for Dark Vanilla Jungle a Fringe First Award[11] and a nomination for lead actress Gemma Whelan for the Stage Award for Best Solo Performance;[28] for Tender Napalm, winning the OffWestEnd.Com Award for Best Actress for Vinette Robinson[29] and a nomination for the Evening Standard Outstanding Newcomer Award for director David Mercatali;[30] for Shallow Slumber, nominations for the OffWestEnd.Com Best Actress Award for both Amy Cudden and Alexandra Gilbreath, as well as for Best New Play at the same awards;[31] and for The Jewish Wife, winning the JMK director's award for Matthew Evans.[7]

For Supporting Wall Ben Monks and Will Young were jointly nominated for the OffWestEnd.Com Best Producer Award twice consecutively in 2011[32] & 2012.[33]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: supporting wall . supporting wall . 2012-10-27.
  2. Web site: Producer Profile: Ben Qasim Monks . Stage One . 2020-09-16.
  3. Web site: Year of the Producer . WhatsonStage. 17 January 2012. 2020-09-16.
  4. Web site: New TBT Producer . The Actors Centre . 2020-09-16.
  5. Web site: New Diorama's Will Young to join artistic director David Byrne at Royal Court .
  6. Web site: Blue Heaven – Finborough Theatre.
  7. Web site: Winner 2010.
  8. Web site: Tender Napalm. 19 April 2011.
  9. Web site: Shallow Slumber - Soho Theatre . www.sohotheatre.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111010053814/http://www.sohotheatre.com/whats-on/shallow-slumber/ . 2011-10-10.
  10. Web site: Tender Napalm . www.tendernapalm.co.uk . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120329191230/http://www.tendernapalm.co.uk/ . 2012-03-29.
  11. Web site: Latest Fringe Firsts include Waller-Bridge's Fleabag and Ridley's Dark Vanilla Jungle | WhatsOnStage. 16 August 2013 .
  12. Web site: Our Ajax. 6 November 2013.
  13. Web site: This week's new live comedy. TheGuardian.com. 28 March 2014.
  14. http://www.scotsman.com/what-s-on/theatre-comedy-dance/philip-ridley-on-the-return-of-dark-vanilla-jungle-1-3316034
  15. Web site: Jonny & the Baptists: The Satiric Verses.
  16. News: Olivier Awards success for Angela Lansbury and Sunny Afternoon . BBC News . 2015-04-13.
  17. Web site: Bull. 11 December 2015 .
  18. Web site: Radiant Vermin - Soho Theatre . www.sohotheatre.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150202051747/http://sohotheatre.com/whats-on/radiant-vermin . 2015-02-02.
  19. Web site: Jonny and the Baptists review – jokes about the election, equality ... And willies. TheGuardian.com. 27 April 2015.
  20. https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/you-look-tasty-play-tiger#overview
  21. https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/tonight-donny-stixx#overview
  22. Web site: Jonny & The Baptists Southbank Centre. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150911221434/http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whatson/jonny-the-baptists-92495. 2015-09-11.
  23. Web site: Arcola Theatre . www.arcolatheatre.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150920135649/https://www.arcolatheatre.com/production/arcola/octagon . 2015-09-20.
  24. Web site: Jonny & the Baptists: Eat the Poor - Summerhall August Festival 2016Summerhall August Festival 2016.
  25. Web site: Philip Ridley's RADIANT VERMIN to Receive US Premiere as Part of Brits off Broadway at 59E59 Theaters.
  26. Web site: Thirty Christmases review, Old Fire Station, Oxford, 2016.
  27. News: Olivier Awards 2015: full list of winners . London . The Daily Telegraph . 2015-04-12.
  28. Web site: Awards.
  29. Web site: The 2012 off West End Awards. 6 February 2012.
  30. Web site: London Evening Standard Theatre Awards longlist revealed. 10 April 2012.
  31. Web site: Subscription . 1 September 2013 . 24 September 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924055216/http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/153 . dead .
  32. Web site: Subscription . 1 September 2013 . 8 May 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130508134843/http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/87 . dead .
  33. http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2012/01/finborough-and-landor-lead-offies-nominations/

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