Phelim is co-artistic director of Improbable Theatre Company. Phelim’s work with Improbable includes devising and starring in the multi award winning 70 HILL LANE; THE HANGING MAN and devising, directing and starring in their shows PANIC, COMA, Keith Johnstone’s LIFEGAME and SPIRIT for the Royal Court.
Awards include
Winner Time Out Off West End Best Production for 70 Hill Lane
Winner Manchester Evening News Best Fringe Show for 70 Hill Lane
Winner Obie for best show off Broadway for 70 Hill Lane
Winner Best Show Cairo International Festival of Experimental Theatre for 70 Hill Lane
Theatre includes
The Tao of Glass
MIF / International Tour
Phelim McDermott / Kirsty Housley
Panic
International Tour
Crouch/Simpson
Lifegame
International Tour
McDermott/Simpson
Coma
National Tour
McDermott/Crouch/Simpson
70 Hill Lane
International Tour
Lee Simpson
Animo
BAC, and on tour
McDermott/Crouch/Simpson
Cupboard Man
Man in the Moon
Alasdair Middleton
Gaudete
Almeida Theatre
Julia Bardsley/Phelim McDermott
Too Clever by Half
Old Vic Theatre
Richard Jones
A Flea in her Ear
Old Vic Theatre
Richard Jones
The Illusion
Old Vic Theatre
Richard Jones
The Pocket Dream
Nottingham Playhouse/Albery Theatre
Pip Broughton
Improbable Tales
Nottingham Playhouse
Improvised
Get Off My Foot
Nottingham Playhouse
McDermott/Simpson
The Nose
Nottingham Playhouse
Martin Duncan
Television / Radio
Tomorrow La Scala!
BBC 2/Low budget feature
Chris Collins
No Future In Eternity
Radio 4
Steve Doherty
Woodcock
BBC 2
Michael Leggo
Skip Day In Splot
BBC 2
Pip Broughton
The Fish Finger
BBC 2
Phillipa Lowthorpe
Carson Jallop
B.S.B
David Hillier
The Masterson Inheritance
Radio 4
Improvised historical saga
The Virus
Radio 4
Phil Clarke
The Stone Walkers
Radio 3
Captain Crimson
BBC 1
Ellie Brewer
A Big Bunch of Hippies
Talkback for BBC 1
Film
Tomorrow La Scala!
Chris Collins
Home Road Movies
Robert Bradbrook
The Baby of Macon
Peter Greenaway