Cyphers Theatre Podcast

Cyphers Theatre Company

The team at Cyphers Theatre Company, along with invited guests, provide some helpful insight, advice and inspiration to university students and recent graduates looking to pursue a career in theatre. For more information, blogs, videos and other resources, head over to: www.cyphers.org.uk/students You can also find us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/CyphersUK And on Instagram: www.instagram.com/CyphersUK

Episodes

  1. 1 - Bridging the gap between student and professional theatre (with James Phillips, Director of NSDF)

    09/02/2020

    1 - Bridging the gap between student and professional theatre (with James Phillips, Director of NSDF)

    We talk to James Phillips about the challenges that students wanting to pursue a career in professional theatre face, how he's trying to help through his work with the National Student Drama Festival and his own journey from university student to award winning playwright and theatre director. James Phillips is a playwright, director and photographer. After studying at St Catherine's College Oxford. His first play, The Rubenstein Kiss (which he also directed) won both the TMA Award for Best Play of the Year and the John Whiting Award. His play City Stories had a Residency at St James Theatre, London from 2014-17 and also transferred to 59East59 Theater in New York. His play McQueen: or Lee and Beauty, about Alexander McQueen, broke box office records at St James Theatre in London and then transferred to the West End. His recent play Camelot: The Shining City - which was produced with a cast of 150 - was named as one of the top 5 UK Theatre Shows of 2015 by The Guardian Newspaper. He is currently Director of NSDF, Associate Artist of the Oxford Playhouse and an Associate of Wilton’s Music Hall. For more information about the National Student Drama Festival visit: www.nsdf.org.uk You can also get involved in a couple their fantastic and free online events this week as part of The Bigger Room Project: www.nsdf.org.uk/get-involved/the-bigger-room-project WEDNESDAY 2 SEPTEMBER | 18:00-19:00 BST KWAME KWEI-ARMAH IN CONVERSATION WITH NIMA TALEGHANI https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7tp3I2ZSS_CVuP00y8Nq-Q FRIDAY 4 SEPTEMBER | 18:00-19:00 EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL PANEL DISCUSSION https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_QlZxvqlzTkStY1UcULhxUw

    38 min

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The team at Cyphers Theatre Company, along with invited guests, provide some helpful insight, advice and inspiration to university students and recent graduates looking to pursue a career in theatre. For more information, blogs, videos and other resources, head over to: www.cyphers.org.uk/students You can also find us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/CyphersUK And on Instagram: www.instagram.com/CyphersUK