Phelim McDermott is a director and performer. He is a founder member of Improbable and the company’s co-artistic director.
Improbable theatre credits include: 70 Hill Lane, Lifegame, Animo, Coma, Spirit, Sticky, Cinderella, The Hanging Man, Theatre of Blood (in collaboration with the National Theatre); Panic, Beauty and the Beast (in co-production with ONEOFUS); The Tempest (a co-production with Northern Stage and Oxford Playhouse); Opening Skinner’s Box (a co-production with Northern Stage and West Yorkshire Playhouse); Lost Without Words (a co-production with the National Theatre); Tao of Glass (co-production with Manchester International Festival) and My Neighbour Totoro (RSC, Nippon TV) winner of 5 What’s On Stage Awards and Six Olivier Awards including Best Director for McDermott.
Improbable opera credits include: Philip Glass’s Satyagraha (English National Opera/LA Opera); The Perfect American, the Olivier and Grammy Award-winning Akhnaten, Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte (English National Opera/Metropolitan Opera, NY); Aida (English National Opera); BambinO (an opera for babies, co-produced with Manchester International Festival and Scottish Opera); The Hours (Metropolitan Opera, NY).
Upcoming: Einstein On The Beach (Improbable, English National Opera, Factory International and Park Avenue Armory).
Phelim is a recipient of the International Society for the Performing Arts’ Distinguished Artist Award, OBIE Award Winner for Outstanding Achievement in Off Broadway Theatre for 70 Hill Lane.
