Bio:
Phillippe (he/him) is a Zimbabwean born freelance director, dramaturg, singer songwriter, and composer. He is interested in creating and developing new work that explores socially relevant and representative stories, with a focus on global majority and queer voices.
As director: FINDING OLOKUN (Stanley Arts)
As assistant director: THE BIG LIFE (Theatre Royal Stratford East).
As dramaturg: ALWAYS MAYBE THE LAST TIME R&D (Royal Court Theatre); THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR R&D (Shakespeare’s Globe); HOT IN HERE (UK tour, Gate Theatre); THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST (ETT, Leeds Playhouse, Rose Kingston, UK tour); BOGEYMAN (Edinburgh Festival Fringe); AVALANCHE R&D (Bloom Theatre); and TIGER R&D (WoLab).
As a composer Phillippe explores jazz, classical and vocal ensemble compositions. The music he writes for his singer-songwriter project combines soul, jazz and indie sounds with thought provoking lyrics.
Phillippe studied Music at the University of York at was previously Senior Literary Associate at Royal Court Theatre, Associate Director at Theatre Peckham, New Work Associate at Paines Plough where he read for and coordinated the first two years of The Women’s Prize for Playwriting, and interned at Sadler’s Wells in the Producing & Touring team.
In January 2023, Phillippe co-founded Telluric., with producer Wayne Glover-Stuart, a company with the mission to tell representative LGBTQIA+ stories and narratives from global perspectives via theatre productions.
@phillippecato
Experience within the Industry:
3 - 6 years
Specialist:
- Assistant Director /
- Composer /
- Director (musicals) /
- Director (plays) /
- Dramaturg /
- Jazz /
- Lyricist /
- Musician /
- Piano /
- Singer-Songwriter /
- Songwriter