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New Zealand-Australian director of theatre, musicals and opera
Simon Phillips
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New Zealand-Australian director of theatre, musicals and opera
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Male
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Birth:
1958(Malaya)
Education:
Diploma in Professional Drama (Acting)
Toi Whakaari
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Biography
Simon Phillips (born 1958) is a New Zealand-Australian director of theatre, musicals and opera. He is a former Artistic Director of Melbourne Theatre Company.
Phillips graduated from Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School in 1980 with a Diploma in Acting. Phillips directed the original 2015 production of Tim Finn's musical Ladies in Black for the Queensland Theatre in Brisbane which then travelled to Melbourne and toured Australia in 2017.