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Philip Ridley is a British
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 artist
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 working with various media. His work is characterised by an intriguing mix of both the menacing and the magical. The term 'barbaric beauty' has often been used to describe his signature style. You can hear a recording of his voice on TheatreVoice
TheatreVoice

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ip Ridley was born in the East End of London
East End of London

The East End of London, known locally as the East End, is the area of London, England, east of the medieval walled City of London and north of the River Thames, although it is not defined by universally accepted formal boundaries....
, England
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, where he still lives and works. He studied painting at St. Martin’s School of Art
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design

Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London and is widely regarded to be one of the world's leading art and design institutions....
 and his work has been exhibited throughout Europe
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 and Japan
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Philip Ridley is a British
British people

The British are citizenship of the United Kingdom, of the Isle of Man, one of the Channel Islands, or of one of the British overseas territories, and their descendants....
 artist
Artist

The definition of an artist is wide-ranging and covers a broad spectrum of activities to do with creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art....
 working with various media. His work is characterised by an intriguing mix of both the menacing and the magical. The term 'barbaric beauty' has often been used to describe his signature style. You can hear a recording of his voice on TheatreVoice
TheatreVoice

TheatreVoice is a free World Wide Web theatre forum launched by Dominic Cavendish and others in September 2003. It offers over 480 audio recordings of discussions about United Kingdom theatre featuring a wide range of critics, journalists, academics and theatre professionals....
.

Biography

Philip Ridley was born in the East End of London
East End of London

The East End of London, known locally as the East End, is the area of London, England, east of the medieval walled City of London and north of the River Thames, although it is not defined by universally accepted formal boundaries....
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
, where he still lives and works. He studied painting at St. Martin’s School of Art
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design

Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London and is widely regarded to be one of the world's leading art and design institutions....
 and his work has been exhibited throughout Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
 and Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
. He started as both a performance artist and the creator of a long sequence of dark and disturbing charcoal drawings called The Epic of Oracle Foster. One drawing from this sequence, "Corvus Cum", portraying a man ejaculating
Orgasm

An orgasm is the conclusion of the Human sexual response cycle#Plateau phase of Human sexual response cycle, and may be experienced by both males and females....
 a black bird, was exhibited at the ICA
Institute of Contemporary Arts

The Institute of Contemporary Arts is an modernism and cultural centre on The Mall in London, just off Trafalgar Square. It is located within Nash House, part of Carlton House Terrace, near the Duke of York Steps and Admiralty Arch....
 in London while Ridley was still a student and - with calls for it to be displayed behind a curtain - became quite a cause célèbre. Ridley also started his own theatre group as a student, acting in many of the productions, and made several short 'art' films, including Visiting Mr Beak which starred the veteran actor Guy Rolfe
Guy Rolfe

Guy Rolfe was an England actor born in London, England.He made his screen debut in 1937 with an uncredited appearance in Knight Without Armour....
. His short film for Channel 4, The Universe of Dermot Finn, was officially selected for the Cannes Film Festival, where it was a critical success, and went on to receive theatrical distribution. Despite the vast range of his talents - he was once referred to as 'a one man cultural revolution' - Ridley has always described himself as a storyteller.

Ridley has written three books for adults, Crocodilia, In the Eyes of Mr. Fury, and Flamingoes in Orbit; the highly acclaimed screenplay for The Krays
The Krays (film)

The Krays is a 1990 in film film based on the lives and crimes of the United Kingdom gangsters Ronald Kray and Reginald Kray, twins who are often referred to as Kray twins....
 feature film; five adult stage plays: The Pitchfork Disney
The Pitchfork Disney

The Pitchfork Disney is the first stage play by the multi-talented artist Philip Ridley. It was premiered at the Bush Theatre in London, England in 1991....
, the multi-award-winning The Fastest Clock in the Universe, Ghost from a Perfect Place
Ghost From A Perfect Place

Ghost from a Perfect Place is the third stage Play by Philip Ridley. It premiered at the Hampstead Theatre in London in 1994. The part of Travis Flood was played to much acclaim by the veteran, classical actor John Wood ....
, Vincent River
Vincent River

Vincent River was the fourth stage play by Philip Ridley. It premiered at the Hampstead Theatre in London in 2000.It enjoyed a revival in October 2007 at Trafalgar Studios in London....
, the controversial trilogy Mercury Fur
Mercury Fur

Mercury Fur is the fifth adult stage play by Philip Ridley and his most controversial to date. It was premiered at the Plymouth Theatre Royal, transferring to the Menier Chocolate Factory in London, in 2005....
, Leaves of Glass
Leaves of Glass

Leaves of Glass is the sixth adult stage Play by Philip Ridley. It premi?red at the Soho Theatre in London, England, on 3 May 2007. It starred Ben Whishaw, who was seen in Ridley's last stage play, Mercury Fur....
 and Piranha Heights
Piranha Heights

Piranha Heights is the seventh adult stage play by Philip Ridley....
: plus a further five plays for young people: Karamazoo, Fairytaleheart, Moonfleece, Sparkleshark
Sparkleshark

Sparkleshark by Philip Ridley was originally a play commissioned for BT National Connections, the National Theatre's youth theatre scheme which ran from 1993-1999....
 and Brokenville.

He has also directed two feature films from his own screenplays: The Reflecting Skin – winner of 11 international awards – and The Passion of Darkly Noon
The Passion of Darkly Noon

The Passion of Darkly Noon is a 1995 in film film written and directed by Philip Ridley, starring Brendan Fraser in the title role, and co-starring Ashley Judd and Viggo Mortensen....
 (winner of the Best Director Prize at the Porto Film Festival) and one short film, The Universe of Dermot Finn. Release of these films are extremely difficult to find. He has also written many books for children including Scribbleboy (shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal
Carnegie Medal

The Carnegie Medal in Literature was established in the United Kingdom in 1936 in honour of Scotland philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. It is awarded to an outstanding children's literature and young adult readers....
), Kasper in the Glitter (nominated for the Whitbread Prize), Mighty Fizz Chilla (shortlisted for the Blue Peter
Blue Peter

Blue Peter is a long-running BBC television programme for children. It is shown on CBBC, both in its BBC One programming block and on the CBBC Channel....
 Book of the Year Award), ZinderZunder, Vinegar Street, and Krindlekrax (winner of both the Smarties Prize and WH Smith’s Mind-Boggling Books Award), the stage play of which – adapted by Ridley himself – was premièred at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre
Birmingham Repertory Theatre

Birmingham Repertory Theatre is a theatre and theatre company based on Centenary Square in Birmingham, England. It is one of the most influential companies in the history of the English Stage....
 in the summer of 2002. His most recent children's novel is Zip's Apollo, published in 2005.

He is also a photographer
Photographer

A photographer is a person who takes a photograph using a camera. A professional photographer uses photography to make a living whilst an amateur photographer does not earn a living and typically takes photographs for pleasure and to record an event, place or person for future enjoyment....
 — he did the cover images for 'RIDLEY: PLAYS ONE' and RIDLEY: PLAYS 2, (published by Methuen) and regalarly exhibits portraits of friends and images of East London, the two main themes of his photographic output - and a poet
Poet

A poet is a person who writes poetry....
 (his work has appeared in several collections). He co-wrote, with Nick Bicat, two songs that appeared in his film The Passion of Darkly Noon, ('Who Will Love Me Now?', sung by P.J. Harvey - later covered by Sunscream - and "Look What You've Done" sung by Gavin Friday
Gavin Friday

Gavin Friday is an Ireland singer and songwriter, composer and Painting....
). Ridley has won both the Evening Standard
Evening Standard

The Evening Standard is an United Kingdom tabloid regional local newspaper published and sold in London and surrounding areas of southeast England....
s Most Promising Newcomer to British Film
Cinema of the United Kingdom

The United Kingdom has had a profound impact on modern cinema and has one the most respected film industries in the world. Despite a history of successful productions, the industry is characterised by an ongoing debate about its identity and the influences of Cinema of the United States and European cinema, although it is fair to say a brief 'gol...
 and Most Promising Playwright
Playwright

A playwright, also known as a dramatist, is a person who writes dramatic literature or drama. These works may be written specifically to be performed by actors or they may be closet dramas or literary works written using dramatic forms but not meant for performance....
 Awards. He is the only person ever to receive both prizes.

Ridley is currently in post-production on his third film as writer-director, Heartless. The film stars Jim Sturgess
Jim Sturgess

James Anthony "Jim" Sturgess is an England actor who found his break-out role as Jude in 2007's Across the Universe ....
, Clemence Poesy
Clémence Poésy

Cl?mence Po?sy is a French actress and Model perhaps best known to English-speaking audiences for playing Fleur Delacour in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and Chloë in In Bruges....
, Noel Clarke
Noel Clarke

Noel Anthony Clarke is a BAFTA award winning English actor, Film director and screenwriter from London. He is best known for playing Wyman Norris in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet and as Mickey Smith in Doctor Who....
, Eddie Marsan
Eddie Marsan

Edward "Eddie" Marsan is a United Kingdom actor, born and brought up in Bethnal Green, London....
, Luke Treadaway
Luke Treadaway

Luke Antony Treadaway is an England actor, best known for appearing in the film Brothers of the Head....
 and Timothy Spall
Timothy Spall

Timothy Leonard Spall Order of the British Empire is a BAFTA award-nominated English people actor....
, and is due for release in late-2009. In addition to this, a new collection of his adult plays is being published in February by Methuen (featuring Vincent River, Mercury Fur, Leaves Of Glass and Piranha Heights, with a new introduction by Ridley), and an opera for teenagers titled Tarantula In Petrol Blue (with libretto by Ridley and music by Anna Meredith) is due to be performed by Aldeburgh Music for a potential February premiere.

List of works (incomplete)

  • 1986 - Embracing Verdi (short story)
  • 1987 - Leviathan (short story)
  • 1988 - Crocodilia (novel)
  • 1988 - The Universe of Dermot Finn (short film)
  • 1989 - In the Eyes of Mr. Fury (novel)
  • 1989 - Mercedes Ice (children's novel)
  • 1990 - The Krays (screenplay)
  • 1990 - The Reflecting Skin (screenplay and director)
  • 1990 - Flamingoes in Orbit (short stories)
  • 1990 - Dakota of the White Flats (children's novel)
  • 1991 - The Pitchfork Disney
    The Pitchfork Disney

    The Pitchfork Disney is the first stage play by the multi-talented artist Philip Ridley. It was premiered at the Bush Theatre in London, England in 1991....
     (stage play)
  • 1991 - Krindlekrax (children's novel)
  • 1992 - The Fastest Clock in the Universe (stage play)
  • 1994 - Ghost from a Perfect Place
    Ghost From A Perfect Place

    Ghost from a Perfect Place is the third stage Play by Philip Ridley. It premiered at the Hampstead Theatre in London in 1994. The part of Travis Flood was played to much acclaim by the veteran, classical actor John Wood ....
     (stage play)
  • 1994 - Meteorite Spoon (children's novel)
  • 1995 - The Hooligan's Shampoo (short story for children)
  • 1995 - Kasper in the Glitter (children's novel)
  • 1995 - The Passion of Darkly Noon
    The Passion of Darkly Noon

    The Passion of Darkly Noon is a 1995 in film film written and directed by Philip Ridley, starring Brendan Fraser in the title role, and co-starring Ashley Judd and Viggo Mortensen....
     (screenplay and director)
  • 1996 - Fairytaleheart (stage play for young people)
  • 1996 - Sparkleshark (stage play for young people)
  • 1996 - Alien Heart (short story)
  • 1997 - Scribbleboy (children's novel)
  • 1998 - Wonderful Insect (short story)
  • 2000 - Vinegar Street (children's novel)
  • 2000 - Vincent River stage play)
  • 2002 - Krindlekrax (stage play)
  • 2002 - Mighty Fizz Chilla (children's novel)
  • 2003 - Brokenville (play for young people)
  • 2004 - Daffodil Scissors (short children's play)
  • 2004 - Moonfleece (play for young people)
  • 2004 - Karamazoo (play for young people)
  • 2005 - Mercury Fur
    Mercury Fur

    Mercury Fur is the fifth adult stage play by Philip Ridley and his most controversial to date. It was premiered at the Plymouth Theatre Royal, transferring to the Menier Chocolate Factory in London, in 2005....
     (stage play)
  • 2005 - Zip's Apollo (children's novel)
  • 2007 - Leaves of Glass
    Leaves of Glass

    Leaves of Glass is the sixth adult stage Play by Philip Ridley. It premi?red at the Soho Theatre in London, England, on 3 May 2007. It starred Ben Whishaw, who was seen in Ridley's last stage play, Mercury Fur....
     (stage play)
  • 2007 - Love Songs for Extinct Creatures (poetry reading)
  • 2007 - Recent Portraits (photography exhibition)
  • 2007 - East End (photography exhibition)
  • 2007 - on such a day (libretto for short concert piece)
  • 2008 - Feathers in the Snow (stage play)
  • 2008 - Piranha Heights
    Piranha Heights

    Piranha Heights is the seventh adult stage play by Philip Ridley....
     (stage play)
  • 2008 - Recent Portraits 2 (photography exhibition)
  • 2009 - Tarantula in Petrol Blue (libretto for opera, composer Anna Meredith)
  • 2009 - Heartless (screenplay and director; in post-production)


Works in anthologies etc (incomplete)

  • Poem 'The Silver Hat' in collection 'Love' (edited by Fiona Waters)
  • Poem 'The Prince and the Snail' in collection 'The Works 4' (edited by Gaby Morgan)
  • Three poems in collection 'Poems For The Retired Nihilist' (edited by Graham Bendel
    Graham Bendel

    Graham Bendel is a writer and filmmaker.He has written for The Big Issue, New Statesman, Hotdog, and Prospect .In 2005, directed the documentary Billy Childish Is Dead....
    )


Miscellaneous

  • Ridley's image 'Rainbow Kiss' was used on the cover of the short story collection Oranges and Lemons (edited by Davis Rees and Peter Robins)
  • Ridley designed the poster image for the uk release of The Passion of Darkly Noon
  • Ridley designed the badges (of butterflies with heart-shaped wings) used to promote the world premiere of his play Fairytaleheart (Hampstead Theatre
    Hampstead Theatre

    Hampstead Theatre is a theatre in the vicinity of Swiss Cottage, in the London Borough of Camden. It specialises in commissioning and producing new writing....
    , London)
  • The song "Fury Eyes" (from The Creatures
    The Creatures

    The Creatures were an musical act formed in 1981 as a side-project for Siouxsie & the Banshees members Siouxsie Sioux and Budgie . They recorded music more based on percussion....
    ' second album, Boomerang) is dedicated to Ridley's novel In the Eyes of Mr. Fury.
  • Ridley's charcoal drawing The Conversation was used as the cover to cult band Blowzabella
    Blowzabella

    Blowzabella are an English band who play bagpipes, hurdy-gurdy and an array of acoustic instruments to produce an inimitable, driving, drone -based sound influenced by British and European traditional dance music....
    's 1988 album "Pingha Frenzy".
  • 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
    Royal National Theatre

    The Royal National Theatre, London, England, is generally known as the National Theatre and commonly as The National. It is located on the The South Bank in the London Borough of Lambeth, England, immediately east of the southern end of Waterloo Bridge....
     in London.
  • "Who Will Love me Now?" (as sung by P.J. Harvey) was selected as Favourite Film Song by Radio 1 in 1998. As covered by Sunscreem, the song entered the top 40 UK chart.
  • In 1996 Hungary's The Titanic Film Festival had a major retrospective of Ridley's work.
  • The Canadian musician Phil Western
    Phil Western

    Phil Western is a Vancouver-based musician who is a founding member of the bands Download , Plateau , Frozen Rabbit, and Off And Gone. Having started his career as a drummer and eventually as a programmer, he became a sought after remix engineer starting in the mid 90's....
     used dialogue samples from The Reflecting Skin on his 1998 album The Escapist.


Awards won (incomplete)

  • Silver Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival for The Reflecting Skin.
  • Fipresci Prize at the Locarno Flim Festival for The Reflecting Skin.
  • CICAE at the Locarno Film Festival for The Reflecting Skin.
  • Prix de la Jeunesse at the Locarno Film Festival for The Reflecting Skin.
  • Barclay Prize at The Locarno Film Festival for he Reflecting Skin.
  • Grand Prize at the Stockholm Film Festival for The Reflecting Skin.
  • Best British Film at the Birmingham Film Festival for The Reflecting Skin.
  • Best Original Screenplay Award from the Guild of Screenwriters for The Reflecting Skin.
  • George Sadoul Prize for Best First Film for The Reflecting Skin.
  • Evening Standard
    Evening Standard

    The Evening Standard is an United Kingdom tabloid regional local newspaper published and sold in London and surrounding areas of southeast England....
     Best British Film Award for The Krays
    The Krays (film)

    The Krays is a 1990 in film film based on the lives and crimes of the United Kingdom gangsters Ronald Kray and Reginald Kray, twins who are often referred to as Kray twins....
    .
  • The Evening Standard Most Promising Newcomer to Film for The Krays.
  • The Evening Standard Most Promising Newcomer to Stage for The Fastest Clock In The Universe.
  • The Meyer Whitworth Prize for The Fastest Clock In The Universe.
  • The Critics' Circle Theatre Awards-Most Promising New Playwright Award for The Fastest Clock In The Universe.
  • Time Out Award for The Fastest Clock In The Universe.
  • The Smarties Prize for Krindlekrax
  • The W.H. Smith Mind Boggling Books for Krindlekrax
  • International Fantasy Film Best Director Award forThe Passion of Darkly Noon
    The Passion of Darkly Noon

    The Passion of Darkly Noon is a 1995 in film film written and directed by Philip Ridley, starring Brendan Fraser in the title role, and co-starring Ashley Judd and Viggo Mortensen....
  • Commendation from the NASEN Special Educational Needs Children's Book Award for Scribbleboy
  • Malta's Showtime Theatre Award for Best Theatre Production for Mercury Fur
    Mercury Fur

    Mercury Fur is the fifth adult stage play by Philip Ridley and his most controversial to date. It was premiered at the Plymouth Theatre Royal, transferring to the Menier Chocolate Factory in London, in 2005....
    .


Award nominations (incomplete)

  • Cannes Film Festival
    Cannes Film Festival

    The Cannes Film Festival , founded in 1946, is one of the world's oldest, most influential and prestigious film festivals alongside Venice Film Festival and Berlin Film Festival....
     Critic's Week Best Film Award for The Reflecting Skin
  • The Carnegie Medal for Scribbleboy
  • The Whitbread Prize for Kasper In The Glitter
  • The Evening Standard Best Screenplay for The Krays
    The Krays (film)

    The Krays is a 1990 in film film based on the lives and crimes of the United Kingdom gangsters Ronald Kray and Reginald Kray, twins who are often referred to as Kray twins....
  • The Evening Standard Best New Play for Ghost From A Perfect Place
    Ghost From A Perfect Place

    Ghost from a Perfect Place is the third stage Play by Philip Ridley. It premiered at the Hampstead Theatre in London in 1994. The part of Travis Flood was played to much acclaim by the veteran, classical actor John Wood ....
  • Blue Peter
    Blue Peter

    Blue Peter is a long-running BBC television programme for children. It is shown on CBBC, both in its BBC One programming block and on the CBBC Channel....
     Best Book Of The Year for Mighty Fizz Chilla
  • Best Film at the International Fantasy Film Festival for The Passion of Darkly Noon.
  • Bronze Horse at the Stockholm Film Festival for The Passion of Darkly Noon
    The Passion of Darkly Noon

    The Passion of Darkly Noon is a 1995 in film film written and directed by Philip Ridley, starring Brendan Fraser in the title role, and co-starring Ashley Judd and Viggo Mortensen....
  • Fringe First at The Edinburgh Festival for Brokenville
  • Best Short Film at Cannes Film Festival
    Cannes Film Festival

    The Cannes Film Festival , founded in 1946, is one of the world's oldest, most influential and prestigious film festivals alongside Venice Film Festival and Berlin Film Festival....
     for The Universe of Dermot Finn
  • West Sussex Book Award for Zip's Apollo


Awards won - Associated (incomplete)

  • George Delerue Best Music Award for The Krays
    The Krays (film)

    The Krays is a 1990 in film film based on the lives and crimes of the United Kingdom gangsters Ronald Kray and Reginald Kray, twins who are often referred to as Kray twins....
  • International Fantasy Film Best Supporting Actress Award for Billie Whitelaw in The Krays
    The Krays (film)

    The Krays is a 1990 in film film based on the lives and crimes of the United Kingdom gangsters Ronald Kray and Reginald Kray, twins who are often referred to as Kray twins....
  • Nick Bicat for Best Original Musis Score at the Porto Film Festival for The Reflecting Skin
  • Bass Charrington Best Actor Award for Rupert Graves
    Rupert Graves

    Rupert Graves is an England actor....
     in The Pitchfork Disney
    The Pitchfork Disney

    The Pitchfork Disney is the first stage play by the multi-talented artist Philip Ridley. It was premiered at the Bush Theatre in London, England in 1991....
  • Helen Hayes
    Helen Hayes

    Helen Hayes was an United States actress, whose career spanned almost 70 years. She eventually garnered the nickname "First Lady of the American Theater", and was one of the nine people List of persons who have won Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards....
     Outstanding Resident Play Award for The Pitchfork Disney
    The Pitchfork Disney

    The Pitchfork Disney is the first stage play by the multi-talented artist Philip Ridley. It was premiered at the Bush Theatre in London, England in 1991....
  • Helen Hayes
    Helen Hayes

    Helen Hayes was an United States actress, whose career spanned almost 70 years. She eventually garnered the nickname "First Lady of the American Theater", and was one of the nine people List of persons who have won Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards....
     Outstanding Lead Actor Award for The Pitchfork Disney
    The Pitchfork Disney

    The Pitchfork Disney is the first stage play by the multi-talented artist Philip Ridley. It was premiered at the Bush Theatre in London, England in 1991....
  • Helen Hayes
    Helen Hayes

    Helen Hayes was an United States actress, whose career spanned almost 70 years. She eventually garnered the nickname "First Lady of the American Theater", and was one of the nine people List of persons who have won Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards....
     Outstanding Sound Design Award for The Pitchfork Disney
    The Pitchfork Disney

    The Pitchfork Disney is the first stage play by the multi-talented artist Philip Ridley. It was premiered at the Bush Theatre in London, England in 1991....
  • Dallas Observer
    Dallas Observer

    The Dallas Observer is a free alternative weekly newspaper distributed around the Dallas, Texas, Texas area with a circulation just over 100,000....
    's Best Actor Award for The Pitchfork Disney
    The Pitchfork Disney

    The Pitchfork Disney is the first stage play by the multi-talented artist Philip Ridley. It was premiered at the Bush Theatre in London, England in 1991....
  • Kinokuniya Theatre Best Design of the Year Award for Award The Pitchfork Disney
    The Pitchfork Disney

    The Pitchfork Disney is the first stage play by the multi-talented artist Philip Ridley. It was premiered at the Bush Theatre in London, England in 1991....
  • Yomiuri Theatre Best Design Award for The Pitchfork Disney
    The Pitchfork Disney

    The Pitchfork Disney is the first stage play by the multi-talented artist Philip Ridley. It was premiered at the Bush Theatre in London, England in 1991....
  • Yomiuri Theatre Best Direction Award for The Pitchfork Disney
    The Pitchfork Disney

    The Pitchfork Disney is the first stage play by the multi-talented artist Philip Ridley. It was premiered at the Bush Theatre in London, England in 1991....
  • Yuasa Yoshiko
    Yuasa Yoshiko

    was a Russian language scholar and translator of Russian literature in Showa period Japan....
     Best Translation Award for The Pitchfork Disney
    The Pitchfork Disney

    The Pitchfork Disney is the first stage play by the multi-talented artist Philip Ridley. It was premiered at the Bush Theatre in London, England in 1991....
  • Malta's Showtime Theatre Award for Best Actor to Chris Galea in Mercury Fur
    Mercury Fur

    Mercury Fur is the fifth adult stage play by Philip Ridley and his most controversial to date. It was premiered at the Plymouth Theatre Royal, transferring to the Menier Chocolate Factory in London, in 2005....
    .


Awards associated - nominations (incomplete)

  • International Fantasy Film Best Film Award for The Krays
    The Krays (film)

    The Krays is a 1990 in film film based on the lives and crimes of the United Kingdom gangsters Ronald Kray and Reginald Kray, twins who are often referred to as Kray twins....
  • British Academy
    British Academy

    The British Academy is the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and the social sciences. It was established by Royal Charter in 1902, and is a fellowship of more than 800 scholars....
     Best Supporting Actress Award for Billie Whitelaw in The Krays
    The Krays (film)

    The Krays is a 1990 in film film based on the lives and crimes of the United Kingdom gangsters Ronald Kray and Reginald Kray, twins who are often referred to as Kray twins....
  • Helen Hayes
    Helen Hayes

    Helen Hayes was an United States actress, whose career spanned almost 70 years. She eventually garnered the nickname "First Lady of the American Theater", and was one of the nine people List of persons who have won Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards....
     Outstanding Set Design Award for The Pitchfork Disney
    The Pitchfork Disney

    The Pitchfork Disney is the first stage play by the multi-talented artist Philip Ridley. It was premiered at the Bush Theatre in London, England in 1991....
  • Helen Hayes
    Helen Hayes

    Helen Hayes was an United States actress, whose career spanned almost 70 years. She eventually garnered the nickname "First Lady of the American Theater", and was one of the nine people List of persons who have won Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards....
     Best Director for The Pitchfork Disney
    The Pitchfork Disney

    The Pitchfork Disney is the first stage play by the multi-talented artist Philip Ridley. It was premiered at the Bush Theatre in London, England in 1991....


Selected quotes of Ridley

  • "I'm creating rituals to make sense of a world that scares the shit out of me."
  • "I open the window and demons fly in."


Selected quotations from Ridley's works

  • "Shall I tell you my dream?" (from The Krays)
  • "The glamour is fear." (from The Krays)
  • "Sometimes terrible things happen quite naturally." (from The Reflecting Skin)
  • "Innocence can be hell." (from The Reflecting Skin)
  • "It's a short leap from kissing to killing." (from The Reflecting Skin)
  • "No miracles. Nothing. Just freak accidents and freaks." (from The Pitchfork Disney
    The Pitchfork Disney

    The Pitchfork Disney is the first stage play by the multi-talented artist Philip Ridley. It was premiered at the Bush Theatre in London, England in 1991....
    ')
  • "I've seen photographs of what happens to people when they fall in love. Their skin falls off. Like they've been in a nuclear war
    Nuclear warfare

    Nuclear warfare, or atomic warfare refers to the strategy for fighting or deterring military conflicts and terrorism when nuclear weapons are present....
     or something. It's terrible, Mr Chocolate." (from     The Pitchfork Disney)
  • "Fitness has got fuck all to do with it. It's survival of the sickest." (from The Pitchfork Disney)
  • "Who gives a fuck about my insides? I can have a gut full of maggot
    Maggot

    Maggot is the common name of the larval phase of development in insects of the order Diptera . Sometimes the word is used to denote the larval stage of any insects....
    s for all I care, so long as I've got a suntan." (from     The Fastest Clock In The Universe)
  • "We're all as bad as each other. All hungry little cannibals at our own cannibal party. So fuck the milk of human kindness and welcome to the abbattoir." (from The Fastest Clock in The Universe)
  • "Sometimes I wonder if it's worth having a face at all." (from The Fastest Clock In The Universe)
  • "I bet you could put a bird through a mangle feet first and the look on its face wouldn't change one jot." (from The Fastest Clock In The Universe)
  • "The heydays are like a perfect place for me. A perfect place I visited once, but can never visit again." (from Ghost From A Perfect Place
    Ghost From A Perfect Place

    Ghost from a Perfect Place is the third stage Play by Philip Ridley. It premiered at the Hampstead Theatre in London in 1994. The part of Travis Flood was played to much acclaim by the veteran, classical actor John Wood ....
    )
  • "You strike me as a pina colada
    Piña Colada

    The pi?a colada is a sweet, rum-based cocktail made with light rum, coconut cream, and pineapple juice, usually served either blended or shaken with ice....
     sort of woman." (from     Ghost From A Perfect Place)
  • "It's what you do to skin that matters." (from Ghost From A Perfect Place)
  • "No faith without blood." (from The Passion of Darkly Noon)


Selected press quotes

  • "Ridley is a visionary." 'Rolling Stone
    Rolling Stone

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  • "Ridley is the master of modern myths." The Guardian
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  • "Ridley is fast becoming a cult figure." The Daily Telegraph
    The Daily Telegraph

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  • "Philip Ridley is a marvellous writer ... he solders humour and fear." The Observer
    The Observer

    The Observer is a United Kingdom newspaper published on Sundays. In about the same place on the political spectrum as its daily sister paper The Guardian, it takes a Liberalism/social democratic line on most issues....
  • "A major literary talent who pulls new poetry out of the literary jungle." The Independent
    The Independent

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  • "There is often a jagged lyricism and a savage beauty about Ridley's plays. He is a writer who sees not only the worst but also the best in humanity; he has a genuine faith in the possibility of redemption
    Redemption

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    . When he puts the audience through the nightmare, it is to show us that stars still shine." (Lyn Gardner, The Guardian)
  • "Ridley has to be Dahl
    Roald Dahl

    Roald Dahl was a United Kingdom novelist, short story writer and screenwriter, born in Wales of Norwegian people parents. After service in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, In which he became a flying ace, he rose to prominence in the 1940s with works for both Children's literature and adults, and became one of the world's bes...
    's successor." Books For Keeps
  • "One of the most imaginative writers in British Theatre." (Aleks Sierz from In-Yer-Face Theatre
    In-yer-face theatre

    In-yer-face theatre describes drama that emerged in Great Britain in the 1990s. This Categorization coined by United Kingdom theatre critic Aleks Sierz is the title of his book, In-Yer-Face Theatre, first published by Faber and Faber in March 2001....
    )
  • "Ridley is a singular writer, a prolific polymath
    Polymath

    A polymath is a person whose knowledge is not restricted to one subject area. In less formal terms, a polymath may simply refer to someone who is very knowledgeable....
    , probably a genius
    Genius

    A genius is an individual who successfully applies a previously unknown technique in the production of a work of art, science or calculation, or who masters and personalizes a known technique....
    , and the creator of some of the most peculiar, grotesque and compelling British plays (and films) of the last several years." Time Out
    Time out

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  • "Ridley is delving into a sulphurous imagination for some of the most potent and indelible images you're likely to find this side of sleep." Scotland on Sunday
    Scotland on Sunday

    Scotland on Sunday is a Scotland Sunday newspaper, published in Edinburgh by The Scotsman publications and consequently assuming the role of Sunday sister to its daily stablemate The Scotsman....
  • "Philip Ridley's work is compelling, original and about as nasty as you can get...it should be burnt by the public executioner." Daily Telegraph
  • "Philip Ridley uses theatre as a vehicle for the imagination. His rooms are claustrophobic crucibles, in which the modern age disgorges its most hideous imagary." from The Full Room by Dominic Dromgoole
    Dominic Dromgoole

    Dominic Dromgoole is an English theatre director and writer about the theatre. He is married with three daughters, and lives in London....
  • "One of today's most exciting writers." The Bookseller
  • "Ridley is the Pied Piper of contemporary children's fiction." The Big Issue
    The Big Issue

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  • "A god amongst storytellers." Blackwell's Student Choice
  • "I rely on Philip Ridley to leave me shaken and shocked. His considerable imagination reaches places I prefer not to visit, unless escorted by a writer of his moral seriousness." Nicholas de Jongh, Evening Standard
    Evening Standard

    The Evening Standard is an United Kingdom tabloid regional local newspaper published and sold in London and surrounding areas of southeast England....
  • "Philip Ridley doesn't write plays so much as dark hallucinations in which the world is skewed through his penetrating vision, so we look at it through new eyes..." The Guardian
    The Guardian

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  • "Philip Ridley...his writing is among the very sharpest in British theatre.’ Time Out
    Time out

    The word time out, time-out, timeout may refer to:* Time-out , a break in a sport play that may be called by a side* Timeout , the costumed mascot of California State University, Fresno...
  • "Few writers have dug into the dark recesses of our unsettled times as Ridley. But, although he has achieved a certain notoriety for the incidental atrocities that can be found in his work...his real forte is the ability to find love and humanity in the unlikeliest places. Out of Ridley’s darkness comes a twinkle of light, like compressed carbon producing diamond. It’s a light born of a ferocious honesty and an instinctive understanding of the transformative power of the theatre." Aleks Siers (author of In-Yer-Face Theatre
    In-yer-face theatre

    In-yer-face theatre describes drama that emerged in Great Britain in the 1990s. This Categorization coined by United Kingdom theatre critic Aleks Sierz is the title of his book, In-Yer-Face Theatre, first published by Faber and Faber in March 2001....
    )
  • "Ridley reveals himself most welcomely as a genuinely innovative film maker, untrammeled by conventions and with an indivualistic imagination firing on all cylinders." The Evening Standard

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