Simon Phillips (director)

Simon Phillips, 2013

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]

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]

  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