Phil Porter

{{Short description|English writer (born 1977)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Phil Porter''' (born 1977) is a British playwright, librettist and television writer.<ref>Guardian: [https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2010/mar/13/theatre-picks-of-the-week Theatre Picks Of The Week]</ref> He is a graduate of the University of Birmingham.

==Plays and libretti== Plays and libretti include:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsP/porter-phil.html|title=Doollee: Phil Porter}}</ref> * ''The Boy With Two Hearts'' (Wales Millennium Centre 2021, National Theatre 2022) * ''Gods Of The Game'' (Grange Park Opera / Sky Arts, 2022) * ''The Lavender Hill Mob'' (National Tour, 2022, starring Miles Jupp) * ''God Of Chaos'' (Plymouth Theatre Royal, 2019) * ''Vice Versa'' (Royal Shakespeare Company, 2017) * ''The Miser'' (West End, 2017, nominated for an Olivier Award for Best New Comedy, adapted with Sean Foley)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/mar/06/olivier-awards-2018-complete-list-of-nominations|title=Olivier awards 2018: complete list of nominations|date=March 6, 2018|website=the Guardian}}</ref> * ''The Man With The Hammer'' (Plymouth Theatre Royal, 2016) * ''The Christmas Truce'' (Royal Shakespeare Company, 2014) * ''A Mad World My Masters'' (Royal Shakespeare Company, 2013, adapted with Sean Foley) * ''Blink'' (Traverse & Soho / Nabokov, 2012) * ''Beauty And The Beast'' (Unicorn Theatre, 2010) * ''Skitterbang Island'' (Polka Theatre, 2010) * ''Here Lies Mary Spindler'' (Royal Shakespeare Company / Latitude Festival, 2009) * ''Cinderella'' (Unicorn Theatre, 2009) * ''The Flying Machine'' (Unicorn Theatre, 2008) * ''The Cracks In My Skin'' (Manchester Royal Exchange, 2008, winner of a Bruntwood Award)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.royalexchange.co.uk/playwriting/3rdprize.asp|title=Bruntwood Playwriting Awards 2007}}</ref> * ''Starseeker'' (adaptation, Northampton Theatre Royal, 2007) * ''Pinocchio'' (Royal Opera House, 2005) * ''The Stonewatcher'' (translation, National Theatre, 2004) * ''Stealing Sweets And Punching People'' (Theatre 503, 2003) * ''Smashed Eggs'' (Pentabus Theatre, 2002, winner of The Children's Award)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.writewords.org.uk/news/63.asp|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724025307/http://www.writewords.org.uk/news/63.asp|url-status=dead|title=Writewords.org.uk: Winning Play|archivedate=July 24, 2011}}</ref>

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