PHILIPPA
HAMBLY
Collaborations
Ever wondered what’s in the box? The one on the top shelf? Why is it there? Why were you told not to look it in? Could it really be so bad?
With a plethora of costume changes, a pantheon of Gods and a prohibited peek into a pithos, The Last Baguette retell the preposterous and problematic story of Pandora.
A gallop through Greek mythology featuring goofy gods, hilarious heroines & daft deities. Join the Baguettes as they lift the lid on this classic myth with physical comedy, visual storytelling, live music, un-Apollo-getically bad puns and lo-fi special effects.
A show for anyone aged 6 to 126 who’s ever asked why.
Written by Tiff Woodsmith
Directed by Susanah Alcuntrad
Designed by Laura McEwan with original composition by Aisha Ali
Choreography by Lucy Thynne
Photography by Robert Auckland
Stage management by Chaz Webb
With: Lucy Harrington, Tristan Green, Philippa Hambly and Sidney Robb
A new play drawing on true stories and using RedCape Theatre's trademark blend of comedy and visual, physical theatre, On Track follows Kit's journey of discovery through the history of women's cycling.
Exploring the effects of isolation on mental health and showing how a simple bicycle can become a vehicle to freedom once again, On Track will inspire you to pump up your tyres and ride out on a new adventure too.
Tour performed by Pip Hambly
Original idea and performance by Cassie Friend
Written by Catherine Dyson
Directed by Cassie Friend, Rebecca Loukes and Sabina Netherclift
Produced by Lucy Bird
Production Manager: Adrian Croton
Set Design: Martin West
Sound Design: Dan Bryan
Currently in development
Since the summer of 2022, Chimera has been brewing a new performance about, with and for medical students. It's about an important rite of passage into medical professionalism: students' first encounter with the body of a deceased donor as part of their learning of Anatomy. This can be an emotional experience: existential and ethical anxiety mix with awe, wonder and morbid fascination.
Drawn from observations and interviews with first year medical students about their time in the King's iconic Dissecting Rooms.
In March 2023 we shared our interim findings and experiments at an event at Science Gallery London.
Concept and Direction Alex Mermikides
Puppetry: Alicia Britt
Lighting Design & Magic: Jon M Armstrong
Sound Design: Matt Urmenyi
Movement: Phil Hambly
Dramaturgy: Bex Law
The project is also supported by colleagues at King's College London, including Dr Tanya Shaw, Dr Mandeep Gill Sagoo, Kirsty Massetti and Dr Bernadette O'Neill.
a fun and farcical family adventure
Somewhere in Britain, a long time ago, a very, very, very long time ago. So long ago that nobody quite knows whether it happened or not. Or where it happened or not.
A boy pulled a sword from a stone and became King. A story of the old world, with knights, wizards, mist and magic.
This fun and farcical adventure is a deliberately anarchic and anachronistic re-telling of the Arthurian Legend with live music, physical comedy and lo-fi acrobatics.
Written by Tiff Woodsmith
Directed by John Nicholson
Designed by Bronia Housman with original composition by Aisha Ali
Choreography by Lucy Thynne
Photography by Robert Auckland
Stage management by Chaz Webb
With: Megan Brooks, Tristan Green, Philippa Hambly and Sidney Robb
Stories from a simpler time.
In the night, a thick tangled root had grown from the boys navel,
and a tough fleshy root had grown from the girls navel, and these roots were connected to their mothers navel, rooting the three of them together.
They tried to cut the roots. But they could not….
Created by 1927
Directed & Written by Suzanne Andrade
Film, Animation & Design by Paul Barritt
Co-Direction: Esme Appleton
Music by Lillian Henley
Associate Direction & Design Esme Appleton
Costume by Sarah Munro
Assistant Director: Dominic Biddle
Animation Assistant: Anne Rotzek
Composers Assistant: Max Gallagher
Production Manager: Nathan Johnson
Producer: Jo Crowley
Performed by David Insua-Cao, Francesca Simmons, Genevieve Dunne & Philippa Hambly
Storytellers: Carmel McNeil-O’Connor, Daksha Scaramagli, David Appleton, Joan Brooks, Karl Mengs, Kazuko Hohki, Lesley Ewen, MJ James, Nigel Hunt, Pete Brooks, Phil Shaw, Rocky Shahan & Wendy Barritt
Photography Credit: Leigh Webber
1927’s Golem is not a re-telling or adaptation of the Golem myth but an original story that examines the relationship between an extraordinarily ordinary man, and his Golem...
Golem premiered at Salzburg State Theatre, Salzburg Festival, Austria on 22 August 2014.
In 2018, it was captured on film by The Space, which debuted on BBC4 in November 2018.
Created by 1927
Directed & Written by Suzanne Andrade
Film, Animation & Design by Paul Barritt
Music by Lillian Henley
Associate Direction & Design Esme Appleton
Sound Design by Laurence Owen
Costume by Sarah Munro
Dramaturgy: Ben Francombe
Animation Associate: Derek Andrade
Drums & Percussion: Will Close
Projection Screen Design: James Lewis
Set Built by Joe Marchant & West Yorkshire Playhouse
Costume Construction Sarah Munro, Assisted by Martha Copeland
Production Manager: Helen Mugridge & Andres Velasquez
Sound Technician: Chris Prosho
Producer: Jo Crowley
Performed by: Shamira Turner, Rose Robinson, Will Close, Esme Appleton, Lilian Henley, Genevieve Dunne, Philippa Hambly, Nathan Gregory, Rowena Lennon, Felicity Sparks
She Waits. The Sun Sets. Sailors Die.
A piece of mask theatre inspired by the Claddagh in the west of Ireland, Cleite tells the story of a Fisherwoman waiting for her husband to return from sea. Featuring live Sean Nós songs and based on superstitions of the old fishing communities of the West of Ireland, this piece was devised in Katie’s Cottage, Claddagh, a restored cottage and museum.
Created & Directed by James Riordan
Performed by Philippa Hambly
with singer Cáitlín Ní Chualaín
Produced by Jill Murray
Mask by Orla Clougher
Costume Cheri White
Filmed by Mia Mullarky
A dance/theatre performance about nurses. Well, it’s about what it means to care – especially at a time when multiple calls are being made on our compassion. The show puts its audience in the care of five over-stretched nurses, asking: what happens when our capacity to care reaches its limits?
Careful is supported using public funding by Arts Council England in collaboration with Kingston University Nursing dept.
Performers: Archana Ballal, Philippa Hambly, Thalia-Marie Papadopoulos, Helena Rice, Dominique Vannod
Direction: Alex Mermikides
Choreography: Adam Kirkham
Composer/ sound: Milton Mermikides
Lights: Andrew Nasrat
Bali Tiger.
Dusky Seaside Sparrow, Cinnamon-coloured Cryptic Treehunter, Psychedelic Rock Gecko, Fire Millipede From Hell.
One human. Twenty-six thousand animals. A wild exploration of life in an age of extinction.
Made with the support of UCL Performance Lab, Arts Council England, Bristol Old Vic Ferment, and Pound Arts.
Performer and Director – Tom Bailey
Dramaturgy and movement – Philippa Hambly
Associate Director – Guy Jones
Sound design – Andrew Cooke
Projection design – Limbic Cinema
Lighting Design – Will Leighton
An everyday story of epic courage, love and loss told through the hands of a piano player and the lens of a photographer.
Produced by: Turtle Key Arts
Directors: Cassie Friend & Rebecca Loukes
Writer: Catherine Dyson
Performers: Will Dickie & Philippa Hambly
Sound Design: Andrew Dawson
Design & Costumes: Tina Bicat
Lighting Design: Aideen Malone
Touring:
Northeast England Autumn 2015
UK National tour Autumn 2016
Plymouth Drum 2017
House touring 2018
Lydia Fraser Ward - Hey Siri
Conceived by Lydia Fraser- Ward
Digital art: Jamie Gledhill
Performer: Philippa Hambly
Collaborator: Gemma Bicknell
Supported by MetalCulture
Presented as part of Women of Mass Destruction III: Women vs Technology at Richmix, London.
Original conception and performers
Fiona Clift, Andrea Jiménez, Noemi Rodríguez, Blanca Solé
Co- collaborators and performers
Roisin O'Mahoney, Philippa Hambly, Ariana Cárdenas, Esther Ramos
Dramaturgical support: David Kantounas
Lighting and sound: Fergus Waldron
Awarded BEST EMERGING ENSEMBLE at London Mimetic Festival 2013
Performed in Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2013