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Phelim McDermott

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Director b. 1963

Phelim McDermott (born 21 August 1963) is an English actor and stage director. He has directed plays and operas in Britain, Germany, Spain, the United States, and Australia. McDermott was a co-founder of the Improbable theatre in 1996.

Also credited on1 work

The Addams Family

These come off the person record, which names a work and not a production. So we can say this name is attached to the work and we cannot say which staging, or in what capacity. For a composer or a writer that is the whole career we hold; there is no cast list to find them in.

In the literature3 passages

  • Essman, and Julian Schlossberg present The Improbable Theatre Production of: LIFEGAME Created by Keith Johnstone; Artistic Direction/Design, Phelim McDermott, Lee Simpson, Julian Crouch; Lighting, Colin Grenfell; Stage Manager, Jason Scott Eagan; Guest Coordinator, MacKenzie Cadenhead; Press, Publicity Office/Bob Fennell, Candi Adams Cast…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 2000-01 Season, v. 57 (Willis).txt
  • 2009-2016 AWARDS Drama Desk Award and Outer Critics Circle Awards: Outstanding Set Design (Phelim McDermott, Julian Crouch, and Basil Twist) SETTING The Addams Family mansion in Central Park, New York City. New York premiere of a new musical presented in two acts. World premiere (out-of-towntheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 2009-2010 Season, v. 66 (Willis).txt
  • Outstanding Set Design: Phelim McDermott, Julian Crouch & Basil Twist, The Addams Familytheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 2009-2010 Season, v. 66 (Willis).txt

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What this page does not know

  • What this person played. No cast list we hold records a character against a performer.
  • Any staging. This name appears in no production cast list we hold — 1,877 of 7,139 people are in that position, most of them writers, composers and designers rather than performers.
  • Which of the credits above the roles on this record — director — apply to. The roles sit on the person and never on a credit, so a director who also acted looks the same here as one who did not.

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