Philip Ridley

Ridley was born in Bethnal Green in the East End of London. He has lived and worked for the majority of his life until moving to Ilford, also in East London.{{cite web |url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/features/interviews/2015/philip-ridley-good-gets-might-well-slit-wrists/ |title=Philip Ridley: 'If this is as good as it gets, I might as well slit my wrists' |date=16 March 2015 |website=The Stage |access-date=10 September 2017}} Ridley studied painting at Saint Martin's School of Art, and his work has been exhibited throughout Europe and Japan.

He started as both a performance artist and the creator of a long sequence of charcoal drawings called The Epic of Oracle Foster.{{cite web |url=http://www.jnosek.de/sparkleshark/ridley.htm |title=Philip Ridley - Sparkleshark |website=J.Nosek.de |access-date=10 September 2017}} One drawing from this sequence, "Corvus Cum", portraying a man ejaculating a black bird, was exhibited at the ICA in London while Ridley was still a student. With calls by some viewers for it to be displayed behind a curtain, it became a cause célèbre.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.timeout.com/london/connect/theatre/blog/146/philip-ridley-our-theatres-polymath-genius |title=Philip Ridley – the best British playwright of the past 20 years |first=Aleks |last=Sierz |magazine=Time Out London |access-date=10 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091021124928/http://www.timeout.com/london/connect/theatre/blog/146/philip-ridley-our-theatres-polymath-genius |archive-date=21 October 2009 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }} Ridley also started his own theatre group as a student, acting in many of the productions, and made several short art films.{{cite web |url=http://www.penguin.co.uk/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,0_1000026653,00.html |title=Philip Ridley – Penguin Books Authors |website=Penguin Books |access-date=10 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927173646/http://www.penguin.co.uk/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,0_1000026653,00.html |archive-date=27 September 2012}}

Ridley has written three books for adults: Crocodilia (1988), In the Eyes of Mr. Fury (1989), and Flamingoes in Orbit (1990).

His children's novels include Mercedes Ice (1989), Dakota of the White Flats (1989), Krindlekrax (1991) (winner of the Smarties Prize and the WH Smith Mind-Boggling Book Award), Meteorite Spoon (1994), Kasper in the Glitter (1994) (nominated for the Whitbread Prize), Scribbleboy (1997) (shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal), Zinderzunder (1998), Vinegar Street (2000), Mighty Fizz Chilla (2002) (shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book of the Year Award), and Zip's Apollo (2005).{{cite news |url=http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/childrenandteens/story/0,,1471235,00.html |title=Author of the month: Philip Ridley |first=Dina |last=Rabinovitch |date=27 April 2005 |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=19 September 2007}} He also has written two short stories for younger children, Dreamboat Zing (1996) and The Hooligan's Shampoo (1996).

After graduating from St Martin's, Ridley created the short film, Visiting Mr Beak (1987), which starred the veteran actor Guy Rolfe. The next year he created a short film for Channel 4 called The Universe of Dermot Finn (1988), which featured renowned actress Sheila Hancock and was officially selected for the Cannes Film Festival. A critical success there, it received theatrical distribution.

While still a student at St Martin's, Ridley wrote a screenplay for The Krays (1990), which was directed by Peter Medak and starred real-life brothers Gary Kemp and Martin Kemp. They had previously been recognised for their band, Spandau Ballet.

Ridley has also directed three feature films from his own screenplays: The Reflecting Skin (1990) (winner of 11 international awards), The Passion of Darkly Noon (1995) (winner of the Best Director Prize at the Porto Film Festival), and Heartless (2009).{{cite web |url=http://www.fangoria.com/features/21-fearful-features/4224-sitges-09-my-sitges-story-part-5.html |title=Sitges '09: My Sitges Story – Part 5 |website=Fangoria |access-date=10 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091015031016/http://www.fangoria.com/features/21-fearful-features/4224-sitges-09-my-sitges-story-part-5.html |archive-date=15 October 2009}}{{cite web |url=http://www.puffin.co.uk/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,1000026653,00.html |title=Philip Ridley |website=Puffin Books |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512220558/http://www.puffin.co.uk/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,1000026653,00.html |archive-date=12 May 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}

Ridley's third film as writer-director, Heartless, premiered at the Frightfest horror film festival in London in August 2009.{{cite web |url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/35415/go-behind-scenes-heartless |title=San Diego Comic-Con 2012: Solomon Kane Finally Gets A Release Date! |first=Matt |last=Serafini |date=14 July 2012 |website=Dread Central |access-date=10 September 2017}} The film stars Jim Sturgess, Clémence Poésy, Noel Clarke, Eddie Marsan, Luke Treadaway, Ruth Sheen, and Timothy Spall, and was released in the UK in May 2010.{{cite web |url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/35682/a-heartless-trailer-debut |title=Exclusive Interview Part One: Legendary Filmmaker William Friedkin Discusses His Killer Instincts and More for Killer Joe |date=23 July 2012 |website=Dread Central |access-date=10 September 2017}} It was the first mainstream British film to be released across all platforms (theatrical, DVD, Blu-ray, download) at the same time.{{cite web |url=http://www.screendaily.com/news/distribution/uk-ireland/lionsgate-plots-digital-release-strategy-for-heartless/5010191.article |title=Lionsgate plots digital release strategy for Heartless |first=Sarah |last=Cooper |date=29 January 2010 |website=Screen Daily |access-date=10 September 2017}}

In 1996 Hungary's Titanic Film Festival had a retrospective of Ridley's work.

Ridley has written 15 adult stage plays: the seminal The Pitchfork Disney (1990), the multi-award-winning The Fastest Clock in the Universe (1992), Ghost from a Perfect Place (1994), Vincent River (2000), the controversial Mercury Fur (2005), Leaves of Glass (2007), Piranha Heights (2008), Tender Napalm (2011), Shivered (2012), Dark Vanilla Jungle (2013), Radiant Vermin (2015), Tonight with Donny Stixx (2015), Karagula (2016), and The Poltergeist (2020).

Ridley has also written various monologues, many of which have been selectively performed together onstage. This includes Killer (consisting of the monologues Killer, Sledgehammers, and Vesper) performed in 2017, Angry (consisting of the monologues Angry, Okay, Bloodshot, Dancing, Now, and Air) performed in 2018, and The Beast Will Rise (consisting of the monologues Performance, Gators, Star, Rosewater, and Cactus) performed in 2020.

Ridley is additionally known for his series of plays for young people (known collectively as The Storyteller Sequence), consisting of Karamazoo (2004), Fairytaleheart (1998), Moonfleece (2004), Sparkleshark, and Brokenville (2003).

He has also written two plays for young children, Daffodil Scissors (2004) and Krindlekrax (2002) - a stage adaptation of his successful children's novel of the same name - as well as a play for the whole family, Feathers in the Snow (2012).{{cite web |url=http://www.vampire-world.com/filmpages/einzelnefime/schreiinderstille.htm |title=Filmreviews: "Schrei in der Stille", Philip Ridley, 1989 |website=Vampire-World.com |access-date=10 September 2017}}

Ridley was one of 25 contemporary British writers asked to contribute a scene to NT25 Chain Play, celebrating 25 years of the Royal National Theatre in London.

Ridley has written a wide range of songs, some of which have featured in his plays, films, and novels. As a student Ridley participated in music by creating work with a band called Haunted Staircase (who released their double-sided record Flutters in the early 1980s). He also worked as a DJ at a nightclub.

As a songwriter he has regularly collaborated with composer, Nick Bicât. For Ridley's film, The Passion of Darkly Noon, they created two songs: "Look What You've Done" (sung by Gavin Friday) and "Who Will Love Me Now?" (sung by PJ Harvey), the latter of which was voted as BBC Radio 1's Best Film Song of 1998. It was later covered by the techno/house band Sunscreem as Please Save Me, whose cover entered the UK top 40 chart, became a cult hit in clubs,{{cn|date=October 2024}} and featured in the film South West 9. For his film Heartless, Ridley and Bicât created ten songs (performed by Mary Leay, Joe Echo, and lead actor Jim Sturgess).

In 2010 Ridley and Bicât formed the music group, 'Dreamskin Cradle' (with singer Mary Leay). The group's first album, Songs from Grimm (2014), consisted of twelve songs inspired by female characters in Brothers Grimm fairy tales; it was released on all major download sites.{{cite web |url=http://us5.campaign-archive1.com/?u=6f84bab592a657a3b330b39b2&id=8feb078426 |title='Songs From Grimm' - now released on all music platforms |website=Nick Bicat |access-date=10 September 2017}} Some songs from the album were performed as part of a live performance called Grimm Tales, which was developed by the St Paul's Institute and featured readings by actress Jeany Spark, reflections from Canon Edmund Newell, and extracts from Brothers Grimm fairy tales adapted by poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy. Dreamskin Cradle have also released two singles: Fade and Float (written for Ridley's stage play, Tender Napalm) and Ladybird First (written for Ridley's stage play, Dark Vanilla Jungle).

Ridley also has written the libretto of an opera for teenagers titled Tarantula in Petrol Blue. With music composed by Anna Meredith, it had its premiere in 2009.

Ridley is a photographer, and his images have appeared on the covers of some of his published plays. He also has had photography exhibitions, mainly consisting of portraits of his friends and images of East London.

Ridley is also a poet. Some poetry has been published in anthologies, and he has earned a following for his ongoing series of performance poetry, Lovesongs for Extinct Creatures.{{cn|date=October 2024}}

Ridley has won the Evening Standard awards for Most Promising Newcomer to British Film and Most Promising Playwright. He is the only person ever to receive both prizes.{{cite web |url=http://ratatoulha.chez-alice.fr/anglais/ridley.html |first=Sébastien |last=Cagnoli |title=Philip Ridley Chronologie |website=ratatoulha.chez-alice.fr |language=fr |access-date=10 September 2017}}

He was featured on BBC2's arts programme, The Culture Show, on 2 March 2012.{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006t6c5 |title=The Culture Show |website=BBC Two |access-date=10 September 2017}}

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Works for Adults

• 1986 – Embracing Verdi (short story){{cite book|editor-first1=David|editor-last1=Rees|editor-link1=David Rees (author) |editor-first2=Peter|editor-last2=Robbins|editor-link2=Peter Robbins (British author) |date=June 1987|title=Oranges and Lemons: Stories by Gay Men|publisher=Third House|isbn= 1870188004}}
• 1987 – Leviathan (short story)
• 1988 – Crocodilia (novel)
• 1989 – In the Eyes of Mr. Fury (novel, expanded and rewritten version published in 2016)
• 1990 – Flamingoes in Orbit (short story collection, rewritten new version published in 2018)
• 1995 – Alien Heart (short story){{cite book|last=Ridley |first=Philip |editor-first1=John |editor-last1=Boorman |editor-link= John Boorman |editor-first2=Walter |editor-last2=Donohue |date=1995 |title=Projections 4½ |location=London, Great Britain |publisher=Faber and Faber Limited |pages=252–260|chapter=Philip Ridley: Alien Heart |isbn=0-571-17609-7}}
• 1997 – Introduction to Philip Ridley Plays: 1 (semi-autobiographical prose, extended and updated versions published in 2002{{cite book |last1=Ridley |first1=Philip |title=Philip Ridley: Plays One 'The Pitchfork Disney', 'The Fastest Clock in the Universe', 'Ghost from a Perfect Place' |date=2002 |publisher=Faber and Faber Limited |isbn=0-571-21056-2}} and 2012{{cite book |last=Ridley |first=Philip |title=Philip Ridley Plays 1: The Pitchfork Disney; The Fastest Clock in the Universe; Ghost from a Perfect Place |date=2012 |publisher=Bloomsbury Methuen Drama |location=London, England |isbn=978-1-40814-231-8}})
• 1998 – Wonderful Insect (short story){{citation needed|date=September 2015}}
• 2009 – Introduction to Philip Ridley Plays: 2 (semi-autobiographical prose)
• 2021 – Sunday (short story){{cite book|editor-first1=Justin|editor-last1=David|editor-first2=Nathan|editor-last2=Evans|date=2021|title=Mainstream: An Anthology of Stories from the Edges|publisher=Inkandescent|isbn= 978-1-912620-08-1}}

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Works for Children

• 1989 – Mercedes Ice (novel)
• 1989 – Dakota of the White Flats (novel)
• 1991 – Krindlekrax (novel)
• 1994 – Meteorite Spoon (novel)
• 1995 – Kasper in the Glitter (novel)
• 1997 – Scribbleboy (novel)
• 1998 – Zinderzunder (novel)
• 2000 – Vinegar Street (novel)
• 2002 – Mighty Fizz Chilla (novel)
• 2005 – Zip's Apollo (novel)

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Works for Younger Children

• 1996 – The Hooligan's Shampoo (short story)
• 1996 – Dreamboat Zing (short story)

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Ongoing performance sequence - Lovesongs for Extinct Creatures:{{cite book |last=Ridley |first=Philip |title=Tender Napalm |date=2011 |publisher=Bloomsbury Methuen Drama |location=London, England |isbn=978-1-4081-5287-4 |pages=65–71}}

• Your Love
• Dark Sky Craving
• The Silver Hat
• I'm Waiting to be Killed
• The Seams

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Performance sequence - Heartbeat on the Horizon:{{cite book |last=Ridley |first=Philip |title=Mercury Fur |date=2012 |publisher=Bloomsbury Methuen Drama |location=London, England |isbn=978-0-41377-514-6 |pages=133–71}}

• Press Conference
• After
• Flash Boom
• Shrapnel
• I Will

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Miscellaneous poetry:

• The Dying Lizard Man{{cite book |last=Ridley |first=Philip |title=Philip Ridley Plays 1: The Pitchfork Disney; The Fastest Clock in the Universe; Ghost from a Perfect Place |date=2012 |publisher=Bloomsbury Methuen Drama |location=London, England |isbn=978-1-40814-231-8 |pages=lx-lxi |chapter=Introduction chapter LV}}
• Someone Wants to Kill Me Again{{cite book |last=Ridley |first=Philip |editor=Mike Bradwell |title=The Bush Theatre Book |date=1997 |publisher=Methuen |location=London, England |isbn=0413713202 |pages=75 |chapter=Looking Back}}
• Getting Through The Day{{cite book |last=Ridley |first=Philip |editor=Mike Bradwell |title=The Bush Theatre Book |date=1997 |publisher=Methuen |location=London, England |isbn=0413713202 |pages=77 |chapter=Looking Back}}
• The Prince and the Snail{{cite book |last=Ridley |first=Philip |editor1=Pie Corbett |editor-link=Pie Corbett |editor2=Gaby Morgan |title=The Works 4 |date=2005 |publisher=Macmillan Children's Books |location=London, England |isbn=978-0-33043-644-1 |pages=220–222}}
• Waiting For Faces To Fall{{cite book |last1=Ridley |first1=Philip |editor=Graham Bendel |title=Poems For The Retired Nihilist – Volume 2 |date=2007 |publisher=Fortune Teller Press |isbn=9780954773724 |pages=36–37}}
• I Am The Boy{{cite book |last1=Ridley |first1=Philip |editor=Graham Bendel |title=Poems For The Retired Nihilist – Volume 2 |date=2007 |publisher=Fortune Teller Press |isbn=9780954773724 |pages=52–54}}
• Sparkling Cannibals{{cite web |title=Review: Refugees Welcome, Southwark Playhouse |date=22 May 2016 |url=http://oughttobeclowns.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/review-refugees-welcome-southwark.html |website=Ought to be Clowns blogspot |access-date=5 June 2016}}

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Adult Stage Plays

• 1991 – The Pitchfork Disney
• 1992 – The Fastest Clock in the Universe
• 1994 – Ghost from a Perfect Place
• 2000 – Vincent River
• 2005 – Mercury Fur
• 2007 – Leaves of Glass
• 2008 – Piranha Heights
• 2011 – Tender Napalm
• 2012 – Shivered
• 2013 – Dark Vanilla Jungle
• 2015 – Radiant Vermin
• 2015 – Tonight with Donny Stixx
• 2016 – Karagula
• 2020 – The Poltergeist
• 2021 – Tarantula

Libretto

• 2007 – On Such A Day (short operatic piece){{cite web |url=http://www.tete-a-tete.org.uk/archive/blind-date/ |title=Blind Date |website=Tête à Tête |access-date=10 September 2017}}
• 2009 – Tarantula in Petrol Blue (opera for teenagers){{cite web |url=http://www.overgrownpath.com/2009/02/bring-on-iterations.html |title=Bring on the iterations |date=22 February 2009 |website=On An Overgrown Path |access-date=10 September 2017}}

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Plays for Young People (The Storyteller Sequence)

• 1997 – Sparkleshark (professional premiere in 1999)
• 1998 – Fairytaleheart (also worked as the director of the original stage production)
• 2000 – Brokenville (performed earlier as a work-in-progress under the title Apocalyptica in 1998)
• 2004 – Moonfleece (professional premiere in 2010)
• 2004 – Karamazoo (monologue)

Play for the Whole Family

• 2012 – Feathers in the Snow

Plays for Children

• 2000 – Scribbleboy (adapted by Ridley from his children's novel of the same name.{{cite news|last1=Gardner|first1=Lyn|title=Tingles among the tower blocks|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2000/feb/05/booksforchildrenandteenagers|access-date=20 December 2017|work=The Guardian|date=5 February 2000}} Play unproduced and script unpublished)
• 2002 – Krindlekrax (adapted by Ridley from his children's novel of the same name)
• 2004 – Daffodil Scissors

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Monologues (sometimes performed as Live Art)

• 1986 – Vesper (first performed as a live art piece by Ridley in the Ten Painters Exhibition at St Martins School of Art){{cite book |last=Ridley |first=Philip |editor-last=Sierz |editor-first=Aleks |date= 24 May 2012 |title=Modern British Playwriting: The 1990s: Voices, Documents, New Interpretations |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gfHeBAAAQBAJ&q=Vesper+-+a+Monologue |location=Great Britain |publisher=Methuen Drama |pages=189–198 |chapter=Chapter 3: Documents: Philip Ridley: Vesper – a Monologue |isbn=978-1-40818-133-1}}
• ???? – Bloodshot{{cite book |last=Ridley |first=Philip |date=2012 |title=Philip Ridley Plays 1: Pitchfork Disney; The Fastest Clock in the Universe; Ghost from a Perfect Place |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bQ18AAAAQBAJ&q=Appendix%3A+Three+Monologues+from+Vault+Zero&pg=PR4 |location=Great Britain |publisher=Bloomsbury Methuen Drama |pages=283–315 |chapter=Appendix: Three Monologues from Vault Zero |isbn=978-1-4081-4231-8}}
• ???? – Angry
• ???? – Vooosh!
• ???? – Now{{cite book |last=Ridley |first=Philip |date=2014 |title=Dark Vanilla Jungle and other monologues |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VgAQAwAAQBAJ&q=Monologues+Now+Okay+Wound+It+Killer |location=Great Britain |publisher=Bloomsbury Methuen Drama |pages=41–63 |isbn=978-1-4725-2350-1}}
• ???? – Okay
• ???? – Wound
• ???? – It
• 2013 – Dark Vanilla Jungle
• 2015 – Tonight with Donny Stixx
• 2017 – Killer
• 2017 – Sledgehammers{{cite web|last1=Sierz|first1=Aleks|title=KILLER, SHOREDITCH TOWN HALL|url=http://www.sierz.co.uk/reviews/killer-shoreditch-town-hall/|website=Aleks Sierz|access-date=3 December 2017}}
• 2018 – Dancing

Monologues presented as theatre pieces:

• 2017 – Killer (a theatrical presentation of three monologues: Killer, Sledgehammers, and Vesper){{cite web|title=Shoreditch Town Hall presents the world première of KILLER Written by Philip Ridley Directed by Jamie Lloyd|url=https://shoreditchtownhall.com/whats-on/killer|website=Shoreditch Town Hall}}
• 2018 – Angry (a theatrical presentation of six monologues: Angry, Okay, Bloodshot, Dancing, Now, and Air){{cite web|last1=Sierz|first1=Aleks|title=Wondrously Roarding Ridleyland - review|url=http://www.theartsdesk.com/theatre/angry-southwark-playhouse-review-%E2%80%93-wondrously-roaring-ridleyland|website=The Arts Desk|date=17 February 2018|access-date=14 March 2018}}{{Rating|4|5}}
• 2020 – The Beast Will Rise (a theatrical presentation of five monologues: Performance, Gators, Star, Rosewater, and Cactus)
• 2020 – The Poltergeist
• 2021 – Tarantula

Online monologues:

• 2014 - Mercury Fur - New Monologues (Four monologues written by Ridley to promote The Greenhouse Theatre Company's production of Mercury Fur transferring to the West End: Elliot, Naz, Lola, Darren. Presented on [https://www.youtube.com/user/greenhousetheatre The Greenhouse Theatre Company's YouTube channel].{{cite web |author= |title=Brief Encounter with ... Mercury Fur director Ned Bennett |url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/off-west-end-theatre/news/brief-encounter-with-mercury-fur-director-ned-benn_3968.html |website=WhatsOnStage |access-date=15 June 2018 |date=6 June 2012}})
• 2020 - The Beast Will Rise (a series of monologues in response to Coronavirus performed by the cast of Ridley's postponed play The Beast of Blue Yonder: Gators, Zarabooshka, Chihuahua, Origami, Wound, Telescope, River, Eclipse, Performance, Star, Night, Puzzle, Snow, Rosewater, Cactus. Presented online at [http://www.wearetramp.com The Beast Will Rise (Tramp)]{{cite web|title= Gators, Tramp - review – Gloriously surreal monologue about everyday anxieties in extraordinary circumstances|url= https://theartsdesk.com/theatre/gators-tramp-productions-online-review-glittering-dark|website=The Arts Desk|date= 9 April 2020}})

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• 1989 – October Scars the Skin (script unpublished)
• 1989 – The Aquarium of Coincidences (script unpublished)
• 1991 – Shambolic Rainbow (script unpublished)

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Feature Films

• 1990 – The Krays (screenwriter){{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9C0CE0D61739F93AA35752C1A966958260 |title=The Krays (1990) Review/Film; Twin Thugs With a Mother Complex |author-link=Janet Maslin |first=Janet |last=Maslin |date=9 November 1990 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=10 September 2017}}
• 1990 – The Reflecting Skin (director and screenwriter)
• 1995 – The Passion of Darkly Noon (director and screenwriter)
• 2010 – Heartless (director and screenwriter)

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Short Films

• 1987 – Visiting Mr Beak (director and screenwriter)
• 1988 – The Universe of Dermot Finn (director and screenwriter)

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As part of Dreamskin Cradle (with Nick Bicât)

2011 – From the stage play Tender Napalm

• Fade and Float (sung by Mary Leay)

2013 – From the stage play Dark Vanilla Jungle

• Ladybird First (sung by Mary Leay)

2014 – From the Album Songs from Grimm

• The Path You Know (sung by Mary Leay)
• Fearless (sung by Mary Leay)
• Waiting For You (sung by Mary Leay)
• Don't Call Me Magic (sung by Mary Leay)
• Not Here (sung by Mary Leay)
• Did That Just Happen (sung by Mary Leay)
• Things Will Change (sung by Mary Leay)
• Somewhere Something's Spinning (sung by Mary Leay)
• I Found You (Sung by Mary Leay)
• A Million Magic Things (sung by Mary Leay)
• Bring You Back (sung by Mary Leay)
• Tenderly Tender Me (sung by Mary Leay)

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Songs in Cinematic Works

1995 – From the film The Passion of Darkly Noon (music Nick Bicât)

• Who Will Love Me Now? (sung by PJ Harvey)
• Look What You've Done (To My Skin) (sung by Gavin Friday)

2010 – From the film Heartless (music Nick Bicât)

• Heartless (sung by Jim Sturgess)
• This Is The World We Live In (sung by Joe Echo)
• What Skin Is All About (sung by Joe Echo)
• The Other Me (sung by Joe Echo)
• Lie to Me (sung by Joe Echo)
• It Must Be Somewhere (sung by Mary Leay)
• The Darker It Gets (sung by Joe Echo)
• In You Are All The Stories (sung by Joe Echo)
• Beautiful (sung by Joe Echoe)
• Phoenix in Dynamite Sky (sung by Joe Echo)

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Other musical works

198?{{citation needed|date=September 2016}} – From the record single Flutters (double sided record featuring Philip Ridley as part of the band Haunted Staircase)

• Side A: Flutters (A New Kind of Lovesong)
• Side B: Something for the Children (A New Kind of Lullaby)

2009 – Fin Like a Flower (music by Anna Meredith, sung by Michael Chance. On the album The NMC Songbook)

2009 – Songless (music by Anna Meredith. Premiered at the Twickenham Choral Society. Unreleased)

2010 – Heal You (music by Anna Meredith, sung by Juice Vocal Ensemble. Performed as part of Laid Bare: 10 love songs. Released as a single in 2014)

2016 – Love and Defection{{cite web |url=http://voixdecassandre.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/secret-files-n-364-philip-ridley.html?q=philip+ridley |title=Secret Files N° 364 : Philip Ridley |date=27 January 2016 |website=Voix de Cassandre blogspot |access-date=10 September 2017}} (Mix-tape made for The Voice of Cassandre, a French Radio show which invites international artists to create their own mix-tapes.)

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Group Shows

• 1981 – New Contemporaries, ICA, London.
• 1982 – New Contemporaries, ICA, London.
• 1983 – Christie's Student Show, Christie's, London.
• 1984 – The Leicester Exhibition, Leicester.
• 1985 – Open Drawing Exhibition, Tettenhall Gallery, Wolverhampton.
• 1985 – Open Exhibition, Lamont Gallery, London.
• 1986 – Ten Painters, 7th Floor Gallery, St. Martin's School of Art, London.
• 1986 – Summer Exhibition, Bernard Baron Gallery, London.
• 1987 – Group Show, Tom Allen Centre, London.
• 1987 – Selected Show, Lamont Gallery, London.
• 1987 – Young Contemporaries, Birch & Conran, London.
• 1988 – Decency, Discreetly Bizarre Gallery, London.
• 1988 – Selected Show, Lamont Gallery, London.
• 1988 – Mendacity, Discreetly Bizarre Gallery, London.
• 1988 – Magical Cats, Lamont Gallery, London.
• 1988 – Art Jonction International, Nice, France.
• 1988 – Bergamo Art Fair, Bergamo, Italy.
• 1996 – Freezeframe, Lamont Gallery, London.{{cite web |url=http://www.filmfestival.gr/tributes/greenaway/exhibitions.htm |title=Peter Greenaway: Exhibitions |website=Thessaloniki Film Festival |access-date=10 September 2017}}{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EltPXo7RdigC&q=freezeframe+philip+ridley&pg=PT149 |title=PJ Harvey: Siren Rising |first=James R. |last=Blandford |date=17 December 2009 |publisher=Omnibus Press |isbn=9780857121103 |access-date=10 September 2017 |via=Google Books}}
• 2011 – Behind The Eyes, The Sassoon Gallery, London. (Photographic portraits. Behind The Eyes was a community arts project inspired by Ridley's play Mercury Fur)[http://www.artlicks.com/events/1630/behind-the-eyes Behind The Eyes event on the Art Licks Website]

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Solo Shows

• 1985 – The Roaring Dreams Show, Tom Allen Centre, London.
• 1985 – The Feeling Landscapes Show, Bernard Baron Gallery, London.
• 1985 – The Glittering Gargolyes Show, The Fallen Angel, London.
• 1986 – Mermaids, Monsters and Sleeping Moons, Mermaid Theatre, London.
• 1986 – Recent Images, The Fallen Angel, London.
• 1986 – The Epic of Oracle Foster, Lamont Gallery, London.
• 1987 – Shy Moon, The Garden Gallery, London.
• 1989 – The Vinegar Blossoms, Lamont Gallery, London.
• 2007 – Recent Portraits, The Soho Theatre, London (photography exhibition)[http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/plays/view/625 Archive page 'About: Leaves of Glass' on OffWestEnd.com][https://web.archive.org/web/20110111075108/http://sohotheatre.com/pl1322.html Archived web-page on 'Recent Portraits' exhibition on The Soho Theatre website]
• 2007 – East London, Trafalgar Studios, London (photography exhibition){{cite web |last1=Nathan |first1=John |title=Lynda Bellingham to Star in Ridley's Vincent River in London |url=http://www.playbill.com/article/lynda-bellingham-to-star-in-ridleys-vincent-river-in-london-com-143691 |website=Playbill |date=14 September 2007 |access-date=29 September 2018}}{{cite web |url=http://www.theambassadors.com:80/trafalgarstudios/sp_p4039.html |title=Webpage of the 2007 production of Vincent River on the Trafalgar Studios website |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070920152144/http://www.theambassadors.com/trafalgarstudios/sp_p4039.html |archive-date=20 September 2007 |access-date=30 September 2018 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}
• 2008 – Recent Portraits 2, The Soho Theatre, London (photography exhibition)[http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/plays/view/1667 Archive page 'About: Piranha Heights' on OffWestEnd.com]
• 2017 – Rebels and Rubble, Shoreditch Town Hall, London (mini photography exhibition){{cite web |title=Shoreditch Town Announces Additional Programme of Events to Complement Philip Ridley Double-Bill |url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/uk-regional/article/Shoreditch-Town-Announces-Additional-Programme-Of-Events-To-Complement-Philip-Ridley-Double-Bill-20170216 |date=16 February 2017 |website=Broadway World |publisher=Wisdom Digital Media |access-date=10 September 2017}}

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• 1987 – Short Story Embracing Verdi in the anthology Oranges and Lemons: Stories by Gay Men (edited by David Rees and Peter Robbins)
• 1988 – Short Story Leviathan in the anthology 20 Under 35: Original Stories by Britain's Best New Young Writers (edited by Peter Straus)
• 1995 – Short Story Alien Heart in Projections 4½ (edited by John Boorman and Walter Donohue)
• 1996 – Extract from The Fastest Clock in the Universe in the collection Live 3: Critical Mass (edited by David Tushingham){{cite book |editor-first=David |editor-last=Tushingham |date=1996|title=Live 3: Critical Mass |publisher=Methuen Drama |isbn=0-413-69780-0}}
• 1997 – Short Story Embracing Verdi in the anthology The Mammoth Book of Gay Short Stories (edited by Peter Burton)
• 1997 – Three poems: Someone Wants to Kill Me, The Seams and Getting Through the Day in The Bush Theatre Book (edited by Mike Bradwell){{cite book |last=Ridley |first=Philip |editor=Mike Bradwell |title=The Bush Theatre Book |date=1997 |publisher=Methuen |location=London, England |isbn=0413713202 |pages=75–78 |chapter=Looking Back}}
• 2000 – Extract from Krindlekrax in the collection Out of this world
• 2003 – Poem The Silver Hat in the anthology Love (edited by Fiona Waters)
• 2005 – Poem The Prince and the Snail in the anthology The Works 4 (edited by Gaby Morgan)
• 2007 – Three poems: Dark Sky Craving, Waiting For Faces To Fall and I Am The Boy in the anthology Poems for the Retired Nihilist: Volume 2 (edited by Graham Bendel){{cite book |last1=Ridley |first1=Philip |editor=Graham Bendel |title=Poems For The Retired Nihilist – Volume 2 |date=2007 |publisher=Fortune Teller Press |isbn=9780954773724}}
• 2009 – Monologue Vesper in Modern British Playwriting: The 1990s: Voices, Documents, New Interpretations (edited by Aleks Sierz)
• 2021 – Short story Sunday in Mainstream: An Anthology of Stories from the Edges (edited by Justin David and Nathan Evans)

• In the British radio and TV comedy Little Britain, the character of Vicky Pollard comes from Darkley Noone council estates. This is named after Ridley's film The Passion of Darkly Noon.
• The music track The Light at the End (Effect) by industrial/noise rock duo Uniform (from their 2017 LP Wake in Fright) uses a dialogue excerpt from The Reflecting Skin.{{cite web |last1=Howells |first1=Tom |title=Reviews Uniform WAKE IN FRIGHT |url=https://thequietus.com/articles/21766-uniform-wake-in-fright-album-review-sacred-bones |website=The Quietus |date=10 February 2017 |access-date=13 October 2019}}{{cite web |last1=LeSuer |first1=Mike |title=Uniform – Wake In Fright Review |url=https://www.earbuddy.net/65309/uniform-wake-in-fright.html/reviews |website=Earbuddy |date=18 January 2017 |access-date=13 October 2019}}
• In 2011 the Schema Arts Collective used Ridley's 2005 play Mercury Fur as the basis for a community arts project called Behind the Eyes, which took place at the Sassoon Gallery, London. The project featured an amateur production of Mercury Fur, displayed artwork inspired by the play, and Ridley collaborated by exhibiting a series of photographic portraits he had created of the production's cast. A behind the scenes documentary about the project called Mercury Fur Unveiled was also made and later broadcast on the Community Channel in 2013.[http://www.communitychannel.org/schedule/20131124/ Behind the Eyes listing on The Community Channel schedule]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} It is [https://vimeo.com/255368673 free to watch online].
• In 2007 performance pieces inspired by Ridley's semi-autobiographical Introduction to Philip Ridley Plays: 1 were presented by young directors under the title Gleaming Dark. This received a one-off performance at Trafalgar Studios in conjunction with the venue's revival of Ridley's play Vincent River.
• A quote from Ridley's children novel Dakota of the White Flats is used as the epigraph for chapter 6 of Cornelia Funke's young adult fantasy novel Inkspell.{{cite book |last1=Funke |first1=Cornelia |translator-last1=Bell |translator-first1=Anthea |title=Inkspell |date=2005 |orig-year=2003 |publisher=The Chicken House |location=Great Britain |isbn=9781908435095 |edition=2005 USA Paperback |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_QBHmumI__YC&pg=PT74 |access-date=18 October 2018}}
• The German band Troy Flamingo are named after a character from one of Ridley's short stories.
• The American band Reflecting Skin is named after Ridley's film of the same name.
• Reece Nagra's remix of Buju Banton's song Murderer opens with an excerpt of dialogue from The Krays. It develops as a drum and bass anthem.
• Phil Western's 1998 album The Escapist features excerpts of dialogue from The Reflecting Skin.
• The song Fury Eyes (from the Creatures' second album, Boomerang) is dedicated to Ridley's novel In the Eyes of Mr. Fury.
• The Song Troy Flamingo from Madonna Hip Hop Massaker's 1995 album Teenie Trap is based on the title story of Ridley's 1999 book Flamingoes in Orbit.
• Ridley's song Who Will Love Me Now? was covered by the techno/house band Sunscreem under the title Please Save Me. The song became a cult hit in clubs, entered the top 40 UK chart, top 30 US dance chart and featured in the film South West 9.
• The song Omlagus Garfungiloops (from Coil's 1992 album Stolen & Contaminated Songs) features excerpts of dialogue from The Reflecting Skin.
• The Scottish band River Head used a photography still from The Reflecting Skin on the cover of their 1992 single sided 7-inch EP Was Away / Haddit.[https://www.discogs.com/Riverhead-Was-Away-Haddit/release/1716455 Was Away / Haddit page on the Discogs website]
• Ridley's image Rainbow Kiss was used on the cover of the short story collection Oranges and Lemons: Stories by Gay Men, to which he also contributed as a writer.
• Ridley's charcoal drawing The Conversation was used as the cover to cult band Blowzabella's 1988 album Pingha Frenzy.

• The 2013 Scotsman Fringe First Award for Dark Vanilla Jungle.{{cite web |url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/edinburgh-theatre/news/08-2013/latest-fringe-firsts-include-waller-bridges-fleaba_31666.html |title=Latest Fringe Firsts include Waller-Bridge's Fleabag and Ridley's Dark Vanilla Jungle |date=16 August 2013 |website=What'sOnStage.com |access-date=10 September 2017}}{{cite web |url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/edinburgh-theatre/news/08-2013/edinburgh-fringe-2013-awards-round-up-who-won-what_31752.html |title=Edinburgh Fringe 2013 Awards round-up - who won what? |date=27 August 2013 |website=What'sOnStage.com |access-date=10 September 2017}}
• The 2010 Toronto After Dark Film Festival Vision Award for Best Independent Feature Film for Heartless.{{cite web |url=http://torontoafterdark.com/2015/archives/ |title=2015 archive |website=Toronto After Dark |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820170528/http://torontoafterdark.com/2015/archives/ |archive-date=20 August 2016 |df=dmy-all }}
• The 2010 Fantasporto Film Festival Best Film Award for Heartless.{{cite web |url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/16169/several-genre-films-garner-awards-at-fantasporto-film-festival/ |title=Several Genre Films Garner Awards at Fantasporto Film Festival |date=9 March 2010 |website=Dread Central |access-date=10 September 2017}}
• The 2010 Fantasporto Film Festival Best Director Award for Heartless.
• The 2009 Leeds International Film Festival Silver Melies Award for Heartless.{{cite web |url=http://screenanarchy.com/2009/11/liff-09-philip-ridleys-heartless-takes-the-silver-melies.html |first=Matthew |last=Lee |title=LIFF '09: Philip Ridley's "Heartless" takes the Silver Melies! |website=Screen Anarchy |date=12 November 2009 |access-date=10 September 2017}}
• The 1993 WH Smith Mind-Boggling Book Award for Krindlekrax.{{cite web |url=https://www.librarything.com/bookaward/W+H+Smith+Mind-Boggling+Books+Award |title=W H Smith Mind-Boggling Books Award |website=LibraryThing |access-date=10 September 2017}}
• The 1993 Meyer-Whitworth Award for Most Promising New Playwright for The Fastest Clock in the Universe.{{cite web |url=http://www.playwrightsstudio.co.uk/projects/awards/meyer-whitworth-award.aspx |title=Meyer Whitworth Award |website=Playwrights' Studio, Scotland |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170101022951/http://www.playwrightsstudio.co.uk/projects/awards/meyer-whitworth-award.aspx |archive-date=1 January 2017 |access-date=10 September 2017}}
• A 1992 Time Out Award for The Fastest Clock in the Universe.{{cite news |title=Time Out award-winners |work=The Stage |publisher=The Stage Media Company Limited |page=2 |date=1 October 1992}}
• The 1992 Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Most Promising Playwright for The Fastest Clock in the Universe.{{cite web |url=http://www.albemarle-london.com/awards/AwardWinners.php?Award_Type=Critics+Circle+Awards&Year=1992 |title=Awards |website=Albemarle London |access-date=10 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810210511/http://www.albemarle-london.com/awards/AwardWinners.php?Award_Type=Critics+Circle+Awards&Year=1992 |archive-date=10 August 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}
• The 1992 Evening Standard Theatre Award for Most Promising Playwright for The Fastest Clock in the Universe.{{cite news |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/theatre/evening-standard-theatre-awards-1980-2003-7299246.html |title=Theatre Awards 1980–2003 |date=29 October 2003 |newspaper=Evening Standard |access-date=10 September 2017}}
• The 1991 Nestle Smarties Book Prize (9–11 years category) for Krindlekrax.{{cite web |url=http://www.booktrust.org.uk/prizes/13/ |title=Nestlé Children's Book Prize 2007 |website=BookTrust |access-date=10 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326131127/http://www.booktrust.org.uk/prizes/13/ |archive-date=26 March 2017}}
• The 1990 Evening Standard British Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer for The Krays.{{cite news |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/film/evening-standard-british-film-awards-1990-2001-7222966.html |title=British Film Awards 1990–2001 |date=10 January 2003 |website=Evening Standard |access-date=10 September 2017}}
• The 1990 Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Film for The Krays
• Silver Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival for The Reflecting Skin.{{Citation needed |date=April 2010}}
• Grand Prize at the Stockholm Film Festival for The Reflecting Skin.{{Citation needed |date=April 2010}}

• Longlisted for the 2016 Off-West End Best New Play Award for Karagula{{cite web |url=http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/pages/the_offies |title=Webpage of the Panel Nominations for the 2016 Off-West End Awards |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170126180453/http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/pages/the_offies |archive-date=26 January 2017 |website=OffWestEnd.com |access-date=5 October 2018 |url-status=dead }}
• Longlisted for the 2016 Off-West End Best Production Award for Karagula
• Shortlisted for the 2011 London Festival Fringe Best Play Award for the 2010 London revival of Vincent River.{{cite web |url=http://londonfestivalfringe.com:80/general/awards2011/bestplay |title=Webpage of the 2011 London Festival Fringe Award on the London Festival Fringe website |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805081817/http://londonfestivalfringe.com/general/awards2011/bestplay |archive-date=5 August 2011 |access-date=1 October 2018 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}
• Shortlisted for the 2013 Brian Way Best New Play Award for Feathers in the Snow{{cite web |url=http://www.theatre-centre.co.uk/about-us/news/2013/10/brian-way-award-2013-shortlist-announced/ |title=Brian Way Award 2013: Shortlist announced |date=3 October 2013 |website=Theatre Centre |access-date=10 September 2017}}
• Shortlisted for the 2012 Off-West End Best New Play Award for Shivered{{cite web |url=http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/153 |title=The 2012 Finalists Nominated For The Offie Awards |website=OffWestEnd.com |access-date=10 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924055216/http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/153 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |url-status=dead }}
• Shortlisted for the 2011 London Festival Fringe Best Play Award for the 2010 London revival of Vincent River.{{cite web |url=http://londonfestivalfringe.com:80/general/awards2011/bestplay |title=Webpage of the 2011 London Festival Fringe Award on the London Festival Fringe website |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805081817/http://londonfestivalfringe.com/general/awards2011/bestplay |archive-date=5 August 2011 |access-date=1 October 2018 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}
• Nominated for the 2011 London Festival Fringe Best Play Award for Tender Napalm{{cite web |url=https://hamiltonhodell.wordpress.com/2011/07/14/london-festival-fringe-nominations/ |title=The London Best Play Award 2011 |website=Hamilton Hodell |date=14 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011194606/https://hamiltonhodell.wordpress.com/2011/07/14/london-festival-fringe-nominations/ |archive-date=11 October 2016 |access-date=10 September 2017}}{{cite web |url=http://www.bloomsbury.com/author/philip-ridley |title=Philip Ridley |website=Bloomsbury Publications |access-date=10 September 2017}}
• Shortlisted for The MOBIUS Best Off-West End Production award for Piranha Heights at the 2009 WhatsOnStage.com Theatregoers Choice Awards[https://awards.whatsonstage.com/archive/2009-results/ Webpage of the 2009 WhatsOnStage Theatre Awards]
• Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Mighty Fizz Chilla{{cite web |url=http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/pressdesk/press.php?release=pres_car_02.html |title=The CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Awards |website=Carnegie Greenaway |access-date=10 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231204/http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/pressdesk/press.php?release=pres_car_02.html |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}
• Shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book Award: The Book I Couldn't Put Down for Mighty Fizz Chilla{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Philip-Ridley-Mighty-Fizz-Chilla/dp/B00I63KRY2/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1458512902&sr=8-1-fkmr0&keywords=Mighty+Fizz+Chilla |title=By Philip Ridley - Mighty Fizz Chilla |first=Philip |last=Ridley |date=15 March 2006 |publisher=Puffin |access-date=10 September 2017 |via=Amazon}}
• Shortlisted for The Carnegie Medal for Scribbleboy{{cite magazine |url=https://www.tes.com/news/tes-archive/tes-publication/its-way-they-tell-emchildrens-books-amp-artsawardscarnegie-and-kate |title=It's the way they tell 'em; Children's books |first=Geraldine |last=Brennan |date=6 September 2015 |magazine=TES |access-date=10 September 2017}}{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/puffin/books/31534/scribbleboy/ |title=Scribbleboy by Philip Ridley |website=Puffin Books |access-date=10 September 2017}}
• Shortlisted for the 1995 Whitbread Children's Book Award for Kasper in the Glitter{{cite web |url=http://www.costa.co.uk/media/300267/CBA-Past-Shortlists-2015-Version.pdf |title=Costa (formerly Whitbread) Book Awards Shortlists 1995-present |website=Costa.co.uk |access-date=10 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151124012436/http://www.costa.co.uk/media/300267/CBA-Past-Shortlists-2015-Version.pdf |archive-date=24 November 2015 |url-status=dead }}
• Shortlisted for the 1990 Evening Standard British Film Awards for Best Screenplay for The Krays{{cite news |author= |title=A challenge to go for the gold |work=Evening Standard |date=28 January 1991 |pages=24, 33}}
• Best Short Film at Cannes Film Festival for The Universe of Dermot Finn{{Citation needed |date=April 2010}}

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