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Tom Phillips


Tom Phillips

Tom has lived in Bristol for 25 years. After ten years working in radio, became a freelance journalist, and is now chief sub-editor for Venue magazine. He’s published two collections of poetry (Reversing into the Cold War and Burning Omaha) and eight of his plays have been staged in Bristol and Bath, including Hotel Illyria and Arbeit Macht Frei. Having spent three summers idling around eastern Europe by train, he’s now studying for a PhD in travel writing at Reading University.


Articles by Tom Phillips


A Kind of Alaska / Krapp’s Last Tape
12 April 2012
Reviews • Bristol

A Kind of Alaska / Krapp’s Last Tape

Bristol Old Vic Studio ⋄ 5th April - 12th May 2012
By Tom Phillips

A double bill of Pinter and Beckett.


In a Garden
12 April 2012
Reviews • Bath

In a Garden

Ustinov Studio ⋄ 4th April - 5th May 2012
By Tom Phillips

Grand designs.


The Cherry Orchard
9 April 2012
Reviews • Bristol

The Cherry Orchard

Tobacco Factory ⋄ 29th March -5th May 2012
By Tom Phillips

Chekhov’s myriad ambiguities.


Folie à Deux
15 March 2012
Reviews • Bristol

Folie à Deux

Brewery Theatre at the Tobacco Factory ⋄ 13th - 24th March 2012
By Tom Phillips

Touch-screen circus.


Red Light Winter
9 March 2012
Reviews • Bath

Red Light Winter

Ustinov Studio ⋄ 1st - 31st March 2012
By Tom Phillips

A shallow portrayal of shallowness.


Death’s Cabaret
23 February 2012
Reviews • Bristol

Death’s Cabaret

Bristol Old Vic Studio ⋄ 21st - 22nd February 2012 & touring
By Tom Phillips

A music-and-spoken-word ‘concerto’.


King Lear
18 February 2012
Reviews • Bristol

King Lear

Tobacco Factory ⋄ 9th February- 24th March 2012
By Tom Phillips

Shakespeare’s metaphysical tragedy.


Mayday Mayday
29 January 2012
Reviews • Bristol

Mayday Mayday

Bristol Old Vic Studio ⋄ 26th January - 4th February 2012
By Tom Phillips

Tristan Sturrock’s big break.


Belleville Rendezvous
28 January 2012
Reviews • Bristol

Belleville Rendezvous

Brewery Theatre at the Tobacco Factory ⋄ 24th January - 4th February, then touring until 17th March 2012
By Tom Phillips

A stage version of Sylvain Chomet’s animated film.


The Marvellous and Unlikely Fete of Little Upper Downing
20 January 2012
Reviews • Bristol

The Marvellous and Unlikely Fete of Little Upper Downing

Tobacco Factory ⋄ 18th - 21st January and touring until 25th March 2012
By Tom Phillips

Little Bulb go rural.


Coram Boy
23 December 2011
Reviews • Bristol

Coram Boy

Colston Hall ⋄ Coram Boy at Co21st - 31st December 2011
By Tom Phillips

A truly epic experience.


The Surprise of Love
25 November 2011
Reviews • Bath

The Surprise of Love

Ustinov Studio ⋄ In rep to 22nd December 2011
By Tom Phillips

Marivaux’s elegant comedy.


Going Dark
17 November 2011
Reviews • Bristol

Going Dark

Bristol Old Vic Studio ⋄ 15th - 19th November 2011
By Tom Phillips

Gloriously illuminating.


Iphigenia
13 October 2011
Reviews • Bath

Iphigenia

Ustinov Studio ⋄ in rep to 20 December 2011
By Tom Phillips

Good Goethe.


The Phoenix of Madrid
13 October 2011
Reviews • Bath

The Phoenix of Madrid

Ustinov Studio ⋄ in rep to 23 December 2011
By Tom Phillips

Calderon’s comic romp.


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