Phillip Mackenzie [Director]CARDIFF |
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| Phillip Mackenzie has been active as a theatre artist for 30 years. After reading Psychology and Drama at the University of NSW Australia, he studied theatre and movement with Lindsay Kemp before serving a 3-year apprenticeship with New York director Salvatore Maraucci in performance. Since arriving in Europe from Australia in 1979, his performance and directing work has evolved and developed through embracing a diversity of styles and companies that include: The Lindsay Kemp Company, Cardiff Laboratory Theatre, Impact Theatre, Welsh National Opera, Centre for Performance Research, Steve Shill Company, Saatchi + Saatchi, Dupont, Gloria with Neil Bartlett, Pepsi Cola and internationally acclaimed Man Act of which he was founder member/co-artistic director for 12 years. His body of theatre and performance work recognised internationally for its innovation and physicality, mixing high culture with popular culture has travelled to 25 countries. He has created performances for: conventional theatre spaces in New York, refugee camps in Hong Kong, avant-garde fashion spectacles in Paris, nightclubs in Holland, deserted industrial sites on the outskirts of European cities, The Tempest for underground cellars in Copenhagen, Swan Lake for Nijmegen harbour and a large scale performance created at the invitation of the government of Dubai. He was external degree assessor for University of Wales Institute, Cardiff in Time Based Performance Studies BA (Hons) 1995-1998 and was an advisor to the Dance and Drama panel for the Arts Council of Wales (1998 - 2002) Since 2001, he has been Director of Youth Theatre/New Artists' Development for the Sherman Theatre in Cardiff. In 2009 he was appointed as Acting Head of Learning & Engagement. For the past 7 years, he has devoted his time to codifying, distilling and developing this knowledge whilst nurturing, educating and creating contemporary theatre with the young people of Cardiff aged between 12 - 26 yrs. He has created a series of large and middle scale theatre performances - Lord of the Flies (Revisited), Dressing Up, Alice (through the looking glass), Dam Dogs (all female take on Reservoir Dogs), Frankenstein's, Bobs Dance Hall, Macbeth (in 6 tons of sand), Savage Love, Gospel, 18/6 and Kontakt. He has initiated international co productions between the Sherman Youth Theatre and the Czech Republic. Gospel was restaged with senior members of the Youth Theatre and Albanian/Serbian performers at the invitation of The Skenaup International Theatre and Film Festival at The National Theatre of Kosovo in November 2006. In July 2007, Gospel was recreated as a site specific performance for a medieval castle in Italy. He was recently awarded a Creative Wales Award to travel and continue his research into contemporary European theatre practice and its application to his ongoing theatre work with emerging artists. He continues to deliver his masterclasses in improvisation, ensemble and theatre making throughout Europe. Recent invitations include Serbia, Russia,Spain, Slovenia and Greece. Since 2008 he has been a Board member of National Association of Youth Theatres. |
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