PHIL KING is Co-founder of Inform Theatre. He has been awarded a First in International Theatre from Royal Holloway University and gained his MPhil(B) in Playwriting studies from the University of Birmingham. Phil would like to acknowledge his involvement in the course was aided by the kind assistance of a Birmingham University scholarship.
He has toured Australia twice with Theatre Kegs in an acting capacity. Toured work comprised Gordon Scammell's White Socks and Stilettos (1998), Timberlake Wertenbaker's Our Country's Good (2000) and Dario Fo's Accidental Death of an Anarchist (2000). He has also performed in Edinburgh with Blonde Shop's Production of Martin Crimp's Dealing With Clair (Smirnoff Underbelly 2002). Varied acting work at the University includes Peter Handke's The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other (The Boilerhouse International Centre for Theatre Research 2003) and David Greig's San Diego (The Studio Theatre 2005).
He has choreographed and acted in dB Productions The Pack (2003), assisted Jon Halpin (Associate Director of Queensland Theatre Company) in directing David Auburn's Proof for the Queensland Theatre Company in Australia in 2004 and jointly created Dear Gutherie, an experimental short for the Midnight at the Boilerhouse project (The Boilerhouse International Centre for Theatre Research 2005).
Phil wrote and directed InForm Theatre's The Big Half, the small ha'f (Pleasance Theatre Islington, 2004), Hospitals and Other Buildings That Catch Fire (Smirnoff Underbelly, Edinburgh 2005, and National Student Drama Festival, Scarborough, 2006) and After the Garden (Theatro Technis, Camden, 2005). He took on an acting role for the final half of Hospitals… and acted for the runs of After the Garden in both Essex and London.
In 2006 he helped organise two ‘Bite-sized’ performances at Theatre 503 in London; ten-minute pieces written by those on the Birmingham Playwriting course and directed by those on the Birkbeck Directing course. For those two evenings Phil wrote ‘What’s Their Life Got’ and ‘Listening Out’, both directed by Lyndsey Turner (2006).
who we are
London-based InForm Theatre was established by Phil King and Simon Pittman in 2003 to provide practical workshops for schools, colleges and universities. From there it has grown into a theatre company committed to developing new writing and physically aware performance. We are a not for profit organisation.
InForm Theatre Ltd
Company Number: 5603643
Inform Theatre is currently run by volunteers who work for free around their full time jobs and we need your support to continue our artistic and education work. Click on Support Us to find out what it means to be an Inform Friend.
who we are