BIOGRAPHY
Pip grew up in Plymouth, studying at Ridgeway School Comprehensive, before reading Drama & Theatre Arts at University of Birmingham. He began his career in new writing, developing and directing for the fringe, and becoming an Assistant Director at Birmingham Rep and a Support Worker to the Royal Court Young Writers Project.
Pip's freelance work on classic plays includes open air theatre, touring, and a number of Georgian plays for the Restore the Repertoire programme at Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds.
Pip was an Associate Director of Perfect Pitch Musicals, developing and directing new musical theatre in workshops, showcases and premieres. He has worked as Resident Director on a number of large scale productions in the West End, and as an Associate Director in the UK and overseas, in English and in translation.
Pip is an experienced script reader and has assessed new plays for a dozen theatres and producers. He has also worked as a visiting director and workshop facilitator for a number of drama schools and training colleges.
CREDITS
EDUCATION
& TRAINING
EDUCATION & TRAINING
Ridgeway School Sixth Form College - A Levels:
Theatre Studies - A, English - B, Maths - B
University of Birmingham - BA Hons Drama & Theatre Arts: 2.1
Royal Court/Channel 4 - Drama Directors Programme
Shared Experience /Living Pictures - Directors Acting
National Youth Theatre - Leaders Training Course
SCRIPT DEVELOPMENT
SCRIPT DEVELOPMENT
Script assessment for Hampstead, Birmingham Rep, Soho, ACT, Stagecoach, Kings Cross New Writing Award & Sonia Friedman Productions
Director for Transmissions Young Writers Festival, Birmingham Rep
Support Worker to Simon Stephens at Royal Court Young Writers Project
Associate Director Perfect Pitch Musicals overseeing submissions for Perfect Pitch Award
NEW MUSICAL THEATRE
NEW MUSICAL THEATRE
Wishlist by Charli Eglinton, Global at Soho Place
Extraordinary by Laurence Mark Wythe, UCLAN
Departure Lounge by Dougal Irvine, George Square (MTM Award) & Waterloo East
From Up Here by Aaron Lee Lambert, Perfect Pitch at Trafalgar Studios
Musical Theatre Associate, Chris Grady Org at George Square Theatre, Edinburgh Fringe
Lift by Craig Adams and Ian Watson, Perfect Pitch at Trafalgar Studios
ASSOCIATE DIRECTING
ASSOCIATE DIRECTING
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
directed by Michael Fentiman, UK Tour
Harry Potter & the Cursed Child by Jack Thorne
directed by John Tiffany
Palace Theatre, London
Großmarkt, Hamburg
Ed Mirvish Theatre, Toronto
Mamma Mia, dir. Phyllida Lloyd, Tour of China
Black Eyed Susan, dir Colin Blumenau
Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds
CLASSICS
CLASSICS
The Mutiny at the Nore by Douglas Jerrold, Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds & Theatre Royal Richmond
The Times (reading) Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds
Box & Cox, Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds
As You Like It, British Shakespeare Company international open air tour
Romeo & Juliet, BSC open air tour (Co-Director)
Othello, Good Company UK Tour (Assistant Director)
NEW PLAYS
NEW PLAYS
The Diva Drag by Lesley Ross, C Venues
Unlocking the Door by Rod Dungate (workshop) Birmingham Rep
Swaffham Pedlar by Carl Miller (reading) Junction
Getting Away /Carol (readings) Royal Court YWP
Descent by Carl Miller, Door at Birmingham Rep
The Wind Farm, University of Birmingham
Snow by Charlotte Thompson, MAC Theatre
MUSICAL THEATRE
MUSICAL THEATRE
Jack & the Beanstalk, Imagine, Lyric Carmarthen
Aladdin, Evolution at Crawley Hawth Theatre
Heathers & Carrie (workshop) West End Demand
Cinderella, First Family, Manchester Opera House
Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs, Alban Arena
World Goes Round, Wyndham's Theatre
Two's a Crowd by Matt Board (new), Rhoda McGraw Theatre Woking
TOURING
TOURING
Dracula by James Gaddas, JGJC Productions
A Bold Stroke For a Husband, Little Bear
A Night at the Theatre, Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds
Showstopper! by Dan Rebellato, Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds
The Sneeze by Michael Frayn/Anton Chekov, Good Company (Co-Director)
FRINGE THEATRE
FRINGE THEATRE
Stitching by Anthony Neilsen, House of Wolf at White Bear Theatre
Showstopper! by Dan Rebellato, Jermyn Street Theatre
Henna Night by Amy Rosenthal, Etcetera Theatre
Box & Cox, Union Theatre
Attempts on her Life by Martin Crimp, Crescent Theatre
DRAMA SCHOOLS
DRAMA SCHOOLS
Venus Factor (new musical) MTA ,Bridewell
Celebs Anon (new musical) MTA, Drill Hall
Rizen (workshop) Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Into the Woods, BSA, Crescent Theatre
Mrs Warren's Profession (workshop) East 15
We Happy Few, Birmingham School of Acting
Fen, Birmingham Theatre School
The God of Carnage & A Lie of the Mind, Mountview
RESIDENT DIRECTING
RESIDENT DIRECTING
Harry Potter & the Cursed Child, dir. John Tiffany, Sonia Friedman, Palace Theatre
Wicked dir. Joe Mantello, UK Tour
Michael McCabe / Playful Productions
Viva Forever, dir Paul Garrington
Judy Craymer, Piccadilly Theatre
Mamma Mia, dir Phyllida Lloyd, Littlestar
Prince of Wales & Novello Theatres
The Far Pavilions, dir. Gale Edwards, Shaftesbury Theatre
ASSISTANT DIRECTING
ASSISTANT DIRECTING
Spamalot, dir. Chris Luscombe, UK Tour, ATG
Wallop Mrs Cox, dir. John Adams, B'ham Rep
Getting to the Foot of the Mountain, dir. Laurie Sansom
The Door at Birmingham Rep
The Wind in the Willows, dir. Rupert Goold, B'ham Rep
Of Mice & Men, dir Jonathan Church, B'ham Rep
Tender dir Anthony Clark, Hampstead/B'ham Rep