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Phelim McDermott - Actor / Writer / Director

Phelim McDermott has been directing and performing since 1984. He co-founded dereck dereck Productions with Julia Bardsley, and productions include Cupboard Man, as solo performer (Fringe First), Gaudete, as co-director and performer (Time Out Director's Award), and The Vinegar Works, The Glass Hill and The Sweet Shop Owner, all as director. Other directing includes Alex (The Arts Theatre and tour), The Ghost Downstairs (Leicester Haymarket); Dr Faustus and Improbable Tales (an entirely improvised two-hour play at Nottingham Playhouse); The Servant of Two Masters, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and The Government Inspector (West Yorkshire Playhouse); and A Midsummer Night’s Dream ( English Shakespeare Company in 1996/97, TMA Award for Best Touring Production). He co-wrote with Lee Simpson and appeared in Get Off My Foot. He directed Shockheaded Peter (London and Little Schubert Theatre Off Broadway), with Julian Crouch; a junk opera collaboration with The Tiger Lilies for Cultural Industry (Olivier Award for Best Entertainment, TMA Best Director Award and Critics Circle Best Designer Award). He developed a musical version of The Addams Family for Broadway with Julian Crouch and Elephant Eye Productions and directed The Metropolitan Opera's 125th Anniversary Gala.

Productions with Improbable include the multi award-winning 70 Hill Lane, Lifegame, Animo, Coma, Spirit, Sticky, Cinderella, The Hanging Man and Theatre of Blood (a collaboration with The National Theatre). He is recently directed Philip Glass’ Satyagraha, in collaboration with the English National Opera and The Metropolitan Opera.

In 2003 he was awarded a NESTA fellowship to research new ways of rehearsing and creating theatre using Improvisation and Process Oriented Conflict Facilitation Techniques. As part of this work he has facilitated many Open Space Technology events.

He was made an Honorary Doctor of Middlesex University in 2007.

Phelim McDermott - full CV (pdf)

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