Curriculum Vitae

Address: Ysgubor, Penypentre, Llanfihangel Talyllyn, Brecon, Powys, LD3 7TG

Telephone: 01874 658652 or 07968 874262

E-mail: phil.philclark@gmail.com

Website: www.phil-clark.org

Born: Brecon, South Wales

Equity: F00079576 and Member of Directors Guild of Great Britain

Training:

Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama
Diploma in Theatre Arts, teaching qualification
Durham University
Advanced Diploma in Drama and Language Development
University of Glamorgan
Phd. in Creating and Developing a Policy for Young People and Emerging Artists in a Regional Theatre , Sherman Theatre Cardiff 1990 to 2000

Agent: Bill McLean 020 8789 8191

At a glance:

2007 Freelance please refer to my website for work in the last 6 years
1990 – 2006 Sherman Theatre, Cardiff
Artistic Director/Chief Executive
1985 – 1989 Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
Artistic Director, Theatre in Education Company
1982 – 1985 Tyne and Wear Theatre Company
Director of Youth Tyne Wear Youth Theatre Festival
1975 – 1982 Bruvvers Theatre Company, Newcastle upon Tyne
Artistic Director and Founder
1972 Theatr Powys, Wales
Designer and Company member
1968 – 1972 National Youth Theatre of Great Britain

Freelance Directing:

Newcastle Upon Tyne Playhouse, Grand Theatre Swansea, Brewhouse Theatre Taunton, Hampstead Theatre, London, Off The Kerb Productions, Theatre Centre London, Palace Theatre Reddich, Theatr Powys, Llwyfan Gogledd Cymru, Colin MacIntre Productions. Mappa Mundi Theatre Co.Watershed Productions, The Pomegranate Theatre Chesterfield, Swan Theatre Worcester, The Leadmill Sheffield, Birmingham Stage Company, Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham. Grass Roots Theatre Company.Theatre Royal Nottingham.

Plays directed at The Crucible Theatre, Sheffield

SERFDOM RIGHT by Bruvvers Theatre
A history of the Peasants Revolt
Studio and Tour

WHO SAYS SO devised by the company
A full day participatory show for infants and their parents examining democracy.
Tour

OUT FOR THE COUNT devised by the company
A New play for secondary school pupils
Studio and Tour

LIVES WORTH LIVING by Lawrence Evans
Studio and Tour

GETTING ON by Coventry TIE Team
A participatory programme examining old age
Tour

NOAHS’ DAUGHTER by Lisa Evans
A new play about the Sheffield Flood
Studio and Tour

HOME MOVIES
A new play for young male adults
Studio and Tour
Televised by Granada TV
Script published

DIEGO GARCIA by David Pamenter
A new play for Junior Schools
Studio and Tour

BEST OF FRIENDS by Noel Greig
A new play for young adults
Studio and Tour

KISS OF THE SPIDERWOMAN by Manuel Puig
Studio Theatre

IT’S A BIT LIVELY OUTSIDE by Joyce Halliday
A verbatim show of the Sheffield Blitz
Main Stage

GREGORYS GIRL by Bill Forsyth
Main Stage with Songs and Music by Lee Hall

PLAGUE OF INNOCENCE by Noel Greig
A new play concerning Aids
Studio and National Tour
Winner of the British Theatre Drama Magazine Awards
Filmed for Video
Script published

THE LOST CHILD by Mike Kenny
A new play for the very young
Studio and Tour

A CHRISTMAS CAROL by Charles Dickens
Studio Theatre

CANT PAY WONT PAY by Dario Fo
Studio and Tour

PEACE TOGETHER
A devised full day participatory play.
For children with special needs and their carers, teachers and parents
Studio and National Tour

Plays directed for The Sherman Theatre Company:

Main Stage:

SECRET DIARY OF ADRIAN MOLE by Sue Townsend
THE SNOW SPIDER by Jenny Nimmo adapted by Mike Kenny (and tour)
ASH ON A YOUNG MANS SLEEVE by Dannie Abse adapted by Charles Way
UNDER MILK WOOD by Dylan Thomas (UK & American Tours)
A KISS ON THE BOTTOM by Frank Vickery (Tour)
DRACULA adapted by Sion Eirian
MATILDA by Roald Dahl adapted by Mike Kenny
FERN HILL by Mike Kenny (Tour)
EROGENOUS ZONES by Frank Vickery (Tour)
THE SNOW QUEEN by Hans Christian Anderson adapted by Mike Kenny
THE DARK IS RISING by Susan Cooper adapted by Mike Kenny
LOOSE ENDS by Frank Vickery (Tour)
A TASTE OF HONEY by Shelagh Delaney (Tour)
ROOTS AND WINGS by Frank Vickery (Tour)
THE HUNDRED AND ONE DALMATIANS by Dodie Smith adapted by Glyn Robbins (UK Tour)
BITING THE BULLET by Frank Vickery (Tour)
TABLE MANNERS by Alan Ayckbourn (UK Tour)
KES by Barrie Hines (UK Tour)
JULIUS CAESAR by William Shakespeare (UK Tour)
CHARLOTTE’S WEB adapted by Joseph Robinette (E B White’s book) (UK Tour)
PULLIN’ THE WOOL by Frank Vickery (Tour)
SECRET SEVEN SAVE THE WORLD adapted by Charles Way, based on the book by Enid Blyton
EVERYTHING MUST GO by Patrick Jones (UK Tour)
HORRIBLE HISTORIES -THE MAD MILLENNIUM by Terry Deary (UK Tour)
FLESH AND BLOOD by Helen Griffin (UK Tour)
ALL’S FAIR by Frank Vickery (Cardiff & Swansea)
Horrible Histories – CRACKERS CHRISTMAS BY Terry Deary
Roald Dahl’s JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH adapted by David Wood
AESOP’S FABLES adapted by Mike Kenny (UK Tour)
BABE THE SHEEP-PIG by Dick King-Smith adapted by David Wood
THE BORROWERS by Mary Norton adapted by Charles Way
DANNY THE CHAMPION OF THE WORLD by Roald Dahl adapted for the stage by David Wood
WAVES IN THE CHATROOM by D J Britton
MERLIN AND THE CAVE OF DREAMS by Charles Way
EDUCATING RITA by Willy Russell
THE STORIES OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON by Mike Kenny

Studio Theatre:

SLEEPING WITH MICKEY MOUSE by Frank Vickery (Tour)
GREEN FAVOURS by Frank Vickery
THE SOUND OF STILLNESS by T. C. Thomas
COWS AND CALCULUS by Julia Jones
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
THE DRAG FACTOR by Frank Vickery
THE ARK by Helen Griffin
THE OGPU MEN by Ian Rowlands
A GENERATION ARISES
THE LOST CHILD by Mike Kenny (Tour)
IN THE BLINKING OF AN EYE by Jeremy Hylton Davies
BOY BY Roald Dahl adapted by Mike Kenny (uk Tour)
SKIN DEEP by Helen Griffin
BEDSIDE MANNER by Frank Vickery
THE BEACH INSPECTOR by Alan Osborne
MENTAL by Helen Griffin & Jo Brand (also directed this one for TV)
TALKING TO WORDSWORTH by Gillian Clarke
DOUGH BOYS by Ian Rowlands
DEATHWRITE by Labi Siffre
CARMARTHEN COWGIRLS by Roger Williams
UNPROTECTED SEX by Patrick Jones
CAITLIN by Mike Kenny
PINOCCHIO adapted by Mike Kenny (UK Tour)
ONE DARK NIGHT by Mike Kenny (UK Tour)
THE SELFISH GIANT by Oscar Wilde
THE HAPPY PRINCE by Oscar Wilde
* THE DEVOTED FRIEND by Oscar Wilde

Total of 46 commissions to writers.

Television/ Directing

HTV
MENTAL by Helen Griffin and Jo Brand – Director
DEATHWRITE by Labi Siffre – Director
Tyne Tees TV
LYNS LOOK IN – Presenter
SATURDAY SHAKE UP – Presenter
Yorkshire TV
HOME MOVIES – Writer & Director
BBC Wales TV
ABERGLASNEY, A GARDEN LOST IN TIME – Artistic Director
THE WRAP (Digital) – Presenter
BBC North East TV
PUNCHIN’ ‘ELL OUT OF ‘ER – Writer

Radio Directing

BBC Radio Wales
SKIN DEEP by Helen Griffin – Director
TALKING TO WORDSWORTH by Gillian Clarke – Director
DOUGH BOYS by Ian Rowlands – Director
CARMARTHEN COWGIRLS by Roger Williams – Director
WE ARE WHAT WE ARE by Arnold Evans – Director
PUSHY by Roger Williams – Director

Commercial Video:

STRIKING SPARKS – Director/Editor
Youth Theatre in the North East of England
PLAGUE OF INNOCENCE – Director
Marketed Nationally and concerned with the HIV?AIDS issues for schools

Awards:

Nominated Best Director in The Great British Pantomime Awards 2018
British Theatre Association Drama Review Award
Production of PLAGUE OF INNOCENCE by Noel Greig
Yorkshire Arts Silver Production Award
Production of PLAGUE OF INNOCENCE
Canadian Institute of Arts for Young Audiences Award
BBC Wales Arts Enabling Award
Nominated BBC Wales Artist of the Year
Western Mail Theatre Director of Note

Related Bodies:

Currently serving on:

Hon Patron, Courtyard Theatre. Hereford
DCMS Theatre Trust. Welsh Trustee
Judge for the MEYER WHITWORTH AWARD for new writing 2004 and 2005
Royal National Theatre and Arts Council of England

Previously:

BBC Broadcasting Council of Wales
Llanover Hall Arts Centre Cardiff – Management committee
GALW (General Arts Lobby for Wales) – Chair
Theatr Iolo – member of management committee
SCYPT (Standing Conference for Young People’s Theatre)
Founder and executive committee
NAYT (National Association of Youth Theatres)
Founder and executive committee
Yorkshire Arts Drama Panel – member
Northern Arts Drama Panel – member
Arts Council of Wales – Young People’s Theatre panel
Theatre Y Byd , Wales – chair
Brecon International Jazz Festival, Trustee

Publications:

HOME MOVIES published Sheffield Academic Press (1989)
A play and workpack for young people 14-16 years concerning maleness
ACT ONE WALES published Seren Books, Wales (1997)
Edited and introduction to a selection of short plays by Welsh Playwrights charting the growth of English Language playwriting in Wales 1950 – 1995.
FUSE published Parthian Books (2000)
Introduction to the Plays and Poems of Patrick Jones.
THREE PLAYS FOR CHILDREN By Phil Clark published by Oberon Books (2007)
Adaptatins of Oscar Wildes The Happy Prince, The Selfish Giant and The Devoted Friend
THE SELECTED PLAYS OF FRANK VICKERY published by Parthian Books Wales (2007)
Edited and introduction to Vickery plays
TRANSITIONS published by Parthian Books Wales (2008)
Edited and introduction to a collection of plays by welsh writers

Shows Directed since 2006

HORRIBLE HISTORIES – THE VILE VICTORIANS AND TERRIBLE TUDORS
Birmingham Stage Company
National Tour 2012/2013

HORRIBLE HISTORIES – THE AWFUL EGYPTIANS
Birmingham Stage Company
Hong Kong 2012

THE LARRAMIE PROJECT
Graduating Project ALRA 2012-09-25

WRITE ME A MURDER by Frederick Knott
The Jill Freud Company
Suffolk Summer Theatres
Southwold 2012

DICK WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT
A Traditional Pantomime by Phil Clark
Everyman Theatre Cheltenham 2012/2013

GEORGE’S MARVELLOUS MEDICINE
By Roald Dahl, adapted by David Wood
Birmingham Stage Company
Cambridge, Christmas 2012

NOYE’S FLUDDE
By Benjamin Britten
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama

DANNY THE CHAMPION OF THE WORLD
By Roald Dahl. Adpt by David Wood
Birmingham Stage Company National Tour

GOON BANDAGE An Evening with Harry Secombe
By Helen Griffin and Christian Patterson
Taliesin Arts Centre Swansea Tour of Wales

THE DEVOTED FRIEND
By Oscar Wilde adpt by Phil Clark
Sherman Cymru, Cardiff Tour of Wales

DICK WHITTINGTON
By Richard Gauntlett and Phil Clark
Everyman Theatre Cheltenham

TWELFTH NIGHT
By William Shakespeare
Academy of Live and Recorded Arts (ALRA) London

ELMER
By David McKee adpt by Phil Clark
Birmingham Stage Company National and International Tour

HORRIBLE HISTORIES OF NOTTINGHAM
By Terry Deary and Phil Clark
Birmingham Stage Company and Theatre Royal Nottingham

EROGENOUS ZONES
By Frank Vickery
Grass Roots Productions Tour of Wales

SKELLIG
By David Almond
Birmingham Stage Company, National Tour and Broadway NY

ALADDIN
By Richard Gauntlett and Phil Clark
Everyman Theatre Cheltenham

SLEEPING BEAUTY
Rhyl Pavilion Theare and UK Productions

HORRIBLE HISTORIES – FRIGHTFUL FIRST WORLD WAR
By Terry Deary and Mark Williams
Birmingham Stage Company National and International Tour

HORRIBLE HISTORIES – WOEFUL SECOND WORLD WAR
By Terry Deary and Phil Clark
Birmingham Stage Company National and International Tour

THE BFG
By Roald Dahl adpt by David Wood
Royal & Derngate Theatres Northampton
Fiery Light Ltd National Tour

GEORGE’S MARVELLOUS MEDICINE
By Roald Dahl adpt by David Wood
Birmingham Stage Company National and International tour

SLEEPING BEAUTY
By Richard Gauntlett and Phil Clark
Everyman Theatre Cheltenham

HORRIBLE SCIENCE
By Nick Arnold adpt by Mark Williams
Birmingham Stage Company National tour

UNDER MILK WOOD
By Dylan Thomas
Academy of Live and Recorded Arts (ALRA) London

DANGEROUS OBSESSION
By N J Crisp
The Jill Freud Company
Southwold and Aldeburgh Theatres

BARKIN
By Frank Vickery
Grass Roots Productions Tour of Wales

THE FIREWORK-MAKERS DAUGHTER
By Phillip Pullman
Birmingham Stage Company National Tour

CINDERELLA
By Richard Gauntlett and Phil Clark
Everyman Theatre Cheltenham

HORRIBLE HISTORIES – THE AWFUL EGYPTIANS
By Terry Deary adpt by John-Paul Cherrinton
Birmingham Stage Company National Tour

HORRIBLE HISTORIES – THE RUTHLESS ROMANS
By Terry Deary adpt by Ciaran McConville
Birmingham Stage Company National Tour

SKELLIG
By David Almond
Academy of Live and Recorded Arts (ALRA) London

AND A NIGHTINGALE SANG
By C P Taylor
The Jill Freud Company
Southwold and Aldeburgh Theatres

JACK AND THE BEANSTALK
By Phil Clark
Everyman Theatre Cheltenham

Educational and Participation Work:

Key note speaker at Belfast Conference on Youth Theatre participation 2012 “Managing and Empowering Young People in Theatre”.
Directed graduating production at ALRA 2011
SKELLIG by David Arnold
Directed graduating production at ALRA 2012
THE LARAMIE PROJECT
Founder member of the National Association of Youth Theatres NAYT
Initiated and ran 4th year B Ed. course for Sheffield City Polytechnic – Drama & Theatre in Education its relevance to the Junior School curriculum.
Set up and ran “Theatre Arts” community access course for Sheffield City Polytechnic.
Lecturer (part-time) Theatre Arts Course Sheffield University.
Advisory Panel member, Sheffield Education Authority , Tertiary Education
Sheffield Education Authroity Arts Exchange – panel member
Set up and ran Writer in Residence programme, Sheffield City Polytechnic and Crucible Theatre Sheffield
Set up and ran Writer in Residence programme, Sherman Theatre Cardiff and BBC Radio Wales
Directed a programme of training for School Governors, Sheffield Education Authority & Manchester Education Authority
Directed a series of ‘Baker Days’ training for Sheffield teachers on “Theatre for Young People”
Founded and directed Tyne Wear Youth Theatre Festival – Britain’s largest Annual Youth Theatre Festival.
Set up and directed “Eyes of Men Theatre Company”, theatre company for the unemployed, Newcastle upon Tyne
Set up and directed South Tyneside Youth Theatre
Set up and directed “P.I.T.S”, a community theatre for South Tyneside
National Festival of Youth Theatres – workshop leader
Actors Centre London – Visiting Lecturer.
Set up and directed “South Tyneside Youth Theatres” ( 8 years)
Various in-service training courses for Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, South Tyneside, Cleveland, North Tynsides, Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley and South Glamorgan Education Authority
Visiting Lecturer – Newcastle University, Newcastle Polytechnic, Sheffield University, Sheffield Polytechnic, University of Glamorgan, Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff University.
Set up and ran Drama and the Curriculum for teachers in Special Needs – 10 week course for Northumberland Education Authority
Devised an anti-Racist policy for Sheffield Theatres
Directed ‘Wijkfeest’ Gronigen, Holland – 3 week Community Arts Festival.
Directed Summer Festival Workshop seasons for:
- Swan Theatre, Worcester
- Palace Theatre, Redditch
- Young Vic Theatre, London
- Royal National Theatre
- Drama Association of Wales
- Ty Newydd, Wales New Writing Centre
Directed Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas, Tisch School of Performing Arts, New York
Regular teaching at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
Set up MA in Youth Theatre Studies, University of Glamorgan
Directed THE LARAMIE PROJECT at Royal Wels College of Music and Drama
Directed TWELFTH NIGHT at the Accademy of Live and Recorded Arts ALRA London
Directed NOYYES FLUDDE at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
Created and taught MUSIC IN THEATRE course for Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama06/07/08
Directed Drama Association of Wales Summer School 2008 on Verbatum Theatre
Deliverd training programme for Education Dept, Courtyard Theatre, Hereford 2008
Workshops for NAYT Summer Festival 08
Workshops for NAYT Workshop weekend. Management training 08
Workshops for New Writing Festival Pembrokeshire 2008

Theatre Management Consultancy

The Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama have invited me to advise and set up an Academy of Youth Theatre practice which will lead to the first ever recognised qualification in Youth Theatre Leadership.
National Association of Youth Theatres. INSPIRE project 2007 ongoing
M6 Youth Theatre, Rochdale. Policy Development 2007/8
ODD Theatre, Manchester. Policy development 2007
Chelmsford Council. Youth Theatre Strategy development 2007
NAYT Workshop Weekend. Management Training for Young People 2008
M6 Theatre, Rochdale. Developing a Marketting Strategy 2008/9