Phillip Breen - Director
Forthcoming: The 2016 York Mysteries at York Minster with a community cast of
hundreds.
Selected Credits include
Jigoku No Orpheus / Orpheus Descending by Tennessee Williams (Theatre
Cocoon, Tokyo); The Memory Of Water by Shelagh Stephenson (LAMDA); The
Shoemaker’s Holiday by Thomas Dekker (Royal Shakespeare Company); True
West by Sam Shepard (transfer to Tricycle Theatre); Holes by Tom Basden
(Arcola Tent); Fast Labour by Steve Waters (LAMDA); As You Like It
(Birmingham School of Acting); True West by Sam Shepard (Glasgow Citizens
Theatre); Threeway by DC Jackson and Holes by Tom Basden (2013 Edinburgh
Festival Fringe); The Merry Wives of Windsor by Shakespeare (RSC); Sex
With A Stranger by Stefan Golaszewski (Trafalgar Studios); A Day In The
Death Of Joe Egg by Peter Nichols (Glasgow Citizens); Humphrey Ker Is
Dymock Watson: Nazi Smasher! (Winner 2011 Foster's Edinburgh Comedy
Award for Best Newcomer), Lady Garden: A Sketch Show, (Edinburgh and
tour), The Hard Man by Tom McGrath and Jimmy Boyle, Festival Theatre
Edinburgh / Scottish Touring Consortium (2011 CATS AWARD Nomination for
Alex Ferns (Best Performance)), I’m Hans Christian Andersen by Rachel Rose
Reid (Edinburgh, Canberra Festival, Australia and Tour), The Glory of Living by
Rebecca Gilman (LAMDA), Party (Sydney Festival, Australia and Arts Theatre,
West End), The Stefan Golaszewski Plays (The Bush Theatre, London),
Stefan Golaszewski Is A Widower by Stefan Golaszewski for the Traverse
Theatre, Edinburgh and Richard Jordan Productions, Party by Tom Basden, at
the Assembly Rooms (Winner 2009 Fringe First), Dumb Show by Joe Penhall
(New Vic Theatre, Newcastle under Lyme and Richard Jordan Productions),
Thoroughly Modern Millie by Scanlan, Tesori et al (Sherman Theatre, Cardiff,
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama), All's Well That End's Well, As You
Like It, The Merchant of Venice and Twelfth Night by Shakespeare
(Birmingham School of Acting), Vivienne Westwood's Alternative Christmas
Lecture given by Vivienne Westwood (Royal Shakespeare Company, Wilton's
Music Hall), The Caretaker by Harold Pinter (Glasgow Citizens), Stefan
Golaszewski Speaks About A Girl He Once Loved by Stefan Golaszewski
Edinburgh Festival 2008, Barrow St. Theatre, New York 2009 (Winner 2008
Fringe First, Nominated for The Stage Newspaper's Best Solo Performance
Award. Design and Lighting by Phillip Breen), Measure for Measure by
Shakespeare, Cariad by Sophie Stanton, The World Premiere of Two Princes
by Meredydd Barker, Suddenly Last Summer by Tennessee Williams and The
Birthday Party by Harold Pinter (All Clwyd Theatr Cymru, whilst Director of New
Writing 2006-08), his own adaptation of Brecht's The Resistible Rise of Arturo
Ui and The Shadow of a Gunman by O'Casey (both for Glasgow Citizens), The
Zam Zam Room: An Evening With His Royal Hipness Lord Buckley by Jake
Broder and Lord Buckley (Ronnie Scott's Club, Off-Broadway as
director/designer, 2005 Time Out New York Critics' Choice, 2005 Stony Award
Nomination), Vote Dizzy! by Jake Broder and Lord Buckley (Soho Theatre,
London), and The Promise by Arbuzov (Union Theatre, London).
Comedy work also includes Lady Garden: Top Secret Gig (Edinburgh Fringe,
London and Tour), Far Too Happy (Edinburgh Fringe, National Tour and West
End, Nominated for the 2001 Perrier Comedy Award - Best Newcomer), the
2005 and 2006 Cowards stage shows by Tim Key, Tom Basden, Lloyd Woolf
and Stefan Golaszewski (Edinburgh Festival and Canal Cafe London), A Few
Idiots Who Spoil It For Everyone Else by Mark Watson and Tim Key (Canal
Cafe Theatre, London), Stefan Golaszewski Speaks About A Girl He Once
Loved by Stefan Golaszewski (Latitude Festival and Edinburgh Fringe). He
curated the RSC's 2005 Laugh-In comedy festival, which included original work
from Armando Iannucci and Ken Dodd, among other leading contemporary
comics.
Writing credits include, a stage adaptation of Dostoevsky’s Crime and
Punishment, script editor of the screeenplay of Stefan Golaszewski Speaks
About A Girl He Once Loved, Past Imperfect (Shortlisted for Write2002 the
Manchester Royal Exchange's New Writing Award), co-author of a stage
adaptation of Black Snow by Bulgakov, and co-author of Directors'
Shakespeare and Actor’s Shakespeare published by Routledge. His first sitcom, Mr. Sweet co-written with Jonny Sweet is in development with BBC
comedy.
Assistant director credits include The Royal Opera House, RSC (Stratford, West
End and Tokyo), Chichester Festival Theatre, Clwyd Theatr Cymru.
Trained at Clwyd Theatr Cymru as a recipient of a Channel 4 Director's award,
and at Cambridge University.