Simon Phillips (director)

{{Short description|New Zealand-Australian director of theatre, musicals and opera}}

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{{Use Australian English|date=August 2016}}

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Simon Phillips (born 1958) is a New Zealand-Australian director of theatre, musicals and opera.{{cite web|title=Simon Phillips – Director|url=https://opera.org.au/artists/simon-phillips|publisher=Opera Australia|accessdate=12 August 2016}}{{cite web|last1=Hatherley|first1=Frank|title=Simon Phillips: Our Travelling Director Goes Platinum|url=http://www.stagewhispers.com.au/news/simon-phillips-our-travelling-director-goes-platinum|website=Stage Whispers|accessdate=12 August 2016}} He is a former Artistic Director of Melbourne Theatre Company.{{Cite news|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/in-charms-way/story-e6frg8n6-1226049039729|title=In charm's way|last=Jones|first=Deborah|date=7 May 2011|work=The Australian|access-date=12 August 2016}}{{cite web|title=Simon Philips to leave MTC|url=http://www.theatrepeople.com.au/simon-phillips-to-leave-mtc/|website=Theatre People|accessdate=12 August 2016}}

Phillips graduated from Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School in 1980 with a Diploma in Acting.{{Cite web|title=Graduate|url=https://www.toiwhakaari.ac.nz/graduate|access-date=2021-08-09|website=www.toiwhakaari.ac.nz}} 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.[https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/ladies-in-black-musical-20160815-gqsopw.html "Ladies in Black musical hits the road with tour to Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Canberra"] by Louise Rugendyke, The Sydney Morning Herald, 15 August 2016