Philip Wilson
Director
Film, TV & Theatre
“Wilson has a Midas touch with emotionally sophisticated drama” - Variety
Philip is a freelance director and the former Artistic Director of Salisbury Playhouse (2007-2011).
Recent projects include The Voice Of The Turtle and The Oyster Problem (Jermyn Street Theatre), A Single Man (Park Theatre), Starcrossed (Wilton’s Music Hall), The Boy With The Bee Jar (Hope Theatre), This Island’s Mine (King’s Head), Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense and After The Dance (Theatre By The Lake), the British Premiere of A Fox on the Fairway (Hornchurch) and his own adaptations of Philip Pullman’s Grimm Tales (Shoreditch Town Hall and Oxo Bargehouse).
In 2015, he was awarded the inaugural David Fraser/Andrea Wonfor Directing for Television Bursary, and back in 1995 he won the Regional Theatre Young Director Scheme Bursary.
Philip’s book, Dramatic Adventures in Rhetoric, co-written with Giles Taylor, is published by Methuen Drama, and Grimm Tales is available from Nick Hern Books.
Theatre
Production | Company | Notes |
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THE VOICE OF THE TURTLE 2024 | Jermyn Street Theatre | By John Van Druten |
THE DROWSY CHAPERONE 2024 | Arts Ed | By Bob Martin and Don McKellar |
THE ROVER 2024 | LIPA | By Aphra Behn |
THE OYSTER PROBLEM 2023 | Jermyn Street Theatre | By Orlando Figes |
A SINGLE MAN 2022 | Park Theatre | Based on the book by Christopher Isherwood |
STARCROSSED 2022 | Wilton's Music Hall | Written by Rachel Garnet |
THE BOY WITH THE BEE JAR 2021 | The Hope Theatre | By John Straiton |
COCKPIT 2021 | LAMDA | By Bridget Boland |
THE LIGHTS 2019 | LAMDA | By Howard Korder |
THIS ISLAND'S MINE 2019 | Ardent Theatre Company / King's Head Theatre | By Philip Osment |
PHILIP PULLMAN'S GRIMM TALES 2018 | Unicorn Theatre | Adapted for the stage by Philip Wilson |
STRANGE ORCHESTRA 2018 | LAMDA | By Rodney Ackland |
PERFECT NONSENSE 2018 | Theatre By The Lake | From the works of P.G. Wodehouse, adapted by The Goodale Brothers |
A FOX ON THE FAIRWAY 2017 | Queen's Theatre, Hornchuch | Written by Ken Ludwig |
AFTER THE DANCE 2017 | Theatre by the Lake | Written by Terrence Rattigan |
THE STAR 2016 | Liverpool Playhouse | Written by Michael Wynne |
AS YOU LIKE IT 2016 | Storyhouse Chester | Written by William Shakespeare |
BEACONS 2016 | Park Theatre | Written by Tabitha Martiboy |
THE THREE LIONS 2015 | St James Theatre | Adapted by Philip from William Gaminara's collection. |
GRIMM TALES 2014 | Bargehouse Oxo Tower | Philip’s own adaptations of Philip Pullman’s versions |
HOW MANY MILES TO BABYLON 2014 | Lyric Belfast | Written by Jennifer Johnson, adapted by Alan Sandford |
GRIMM TALES 2014 | Shoreditch Town Hall | Adapted by Philip from Philip Pullman's collection. |
TORO! TORO! 2013 | National Tour | Written by Michael Morpurgo, adapted by Simon Reade (also design) |
THE THREE LIONS 2013 | Pleasance London & Edinburgh | Written by William Gaminara |
THE DANCING YEARS 2013 | WMC Cardiff | Written by Ivor Novello (workshop of a new version, co-adapted by Philip) |
THE NORMAN CONQUESTS 2012 | Liverpool Playhouse | Written by Alan Ayckbourn |
TWIST OF GOLD 2012 | Polka Theatre | Written by Michael Morpurgo, adapted by Simon Reade |
66 BOOKS: RUTH & 2 SAMUEL 2011 | Bush / Westminster Abbey | Written by Stella Duffy & Wole Soyinka |
EARNEST / TRAVESTIES 2011 | Birmingham Rep at the Old Rep | Written by Oscar Wilde & Tom Stoppard |
THE GAME OF LOVE AND CHANCE 2011 | Salisbury Theatre | Written by Marivaux, translated by Neil Bartlett |
THE CONSTANT WIFE 2011 | Salisbury Playhouse | Written by Somerset Maugham |
THE PICTURE 2010 | Salisbury Playhouse | Written by Philip Massinger (in Philip's own edition) |
TORO! TORO! 2010 | Salisbury Playhouse | Written by Michael Morpurgo, adapted by Simon Reade |
PRIVATE LIVES 2010 | Salisbury Playhouse | Written by Noel Coward |
ARSENIC AND OLD LACE 2009 | Salisbury Playhouse | Written by Joseph Kesselring |
BLACKBIRD 2009 | Salisbury Playhouse | Written by David Harrower |
FAITH HEALER 2009 | Salisbury Playhouse | Written by Brian Friel (also design) |
THE WINSLOW BOY 2009 | Salisbury Playhouse | Written by Terrence Rattigan |
A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY 2008 | Salisbury Playhouse | Written by J L Carr, in Philip's own adaption |
WHAT THE BUTLER SAW 2008 | Salisbury Playhouse | Written by Joe Orton |
PEOPLE AT SEA 2008 | Salisbury Playhouse | Written by J B Priestly |
ALPHABETICAL ORDER 2007 | Salisbury Playhouse | Written by Michael Frayn |
NOISES OFF 2007 | Liverpool Playhouse | Written by Michael Frayn |
CORPSE! 2006 | Salisbury Playhouse | Written by Gerald Moon |
IN PRAISE OF LOVE 2006 | Minerva Theatre, Chichester | Written by Terence Rattigan |
THE FOUND MAN 2005 | Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh | Written by Riccardo Galgani (also design) |
UN UOMO TROVATO 2005 | Teatro della Limonaia, Florence | Written by Riccardo Galgani |
DR FAUSTUS 2005 | Liverpool Playhouse | Written by Christopher Marlowe |
AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’ 2004 | Sheffield Crucible | Written by Horwitz & Maltby Jr |
ASTONISHED HEART/STILL LIFE 2004 | Liverpool Playhouse | Written by Noël Coward |
BREAKING THE CODE 2003 | Royal Theatre, Northampton | Written by Hugh Whitemore |
THE MAKING OF MISS PEGGY LEE 1999 | BAC | Written by Lucy Powell (also design) |
THE HUMOROUS LIEUTENANT 1999 | BAC | Written by Beaumont & Fletcher (in Philip’s own edition) |
Other
Production | Company | Notes |
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PHILIP PULLMAN’s GRIMM TALES 2017 | Nick Hern Books | Publication of Philip’s adaptations of Philip Pullman’s versions |
DRAMATIC ADVENTURES IN RHETORIC 2015 | Oberon Books | Publication. With Giles Taylor |
Television
Production | Company | Notes |
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THAT GAY SHOW 2001 - 2002 | BBC Three | Producer, Series I & II |
Film
Production | Company | Notes |
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SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE 1998 | Miramax | Performance Consultant. Dir. John Madden |
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