Phoebe Rhodes

Theatre director and actor trainer based in Devon and London (she/her).

Credits

Website: phoeberhodes.com

Phoebe Rhodes is a theatre director, actor trainer and actor based in Plymouth and London. She trained as an actor at the London College of Music, graduating with a First-Class Degree in BA (Hons) Acting and with the Young Vic and Almedia Theatre as a theatre director. She’s also a Soho Theatre Writer's Lab alumni. Phoebe has worked with prolific industry professionals such as double Oliver Award winning actor Denise Gough and multiple Oliver Award winning theatre director/playwright Laurence Boswell.

Phoebe has extensive experience facilitating the creation of radical new work/new writing and is incredibly passionate about making work that is by, for and about, women.

DIRECTING

Theatre credits include: Full productions/performances – THE CITY by Martin Crimp (Plymouth Marjon University), YEAR TWO SHOWCASE (Fourth Monkey Actor Training), BONNIE by Maria Ferguson (Online, with Paradox Theatre), I'M CAMMING by Vicky Wild & Aryana Ramkhalawon (Online, with Slackline Productions), THE FITTING (Southwark Playhouse, with Slackline Productions), ORDINARY DAYS book & lyrics by Adam Gwon (Bread & Roses Theatre, with Curious Tales TheatreCompany), SWALLOW by Freya Hannan-Mills (Liverpool Everyman/ Spotlight UK, with Actor Awareness), KATIE by Amy Blakelock (White Bear Theatre, with Paradox Theatre), RUPTURE by Mandi Chivasa (Bunker Theatre, with WoLab), THE TEST by Darrel Draper (The CentrE17, with Original Impact), BEYOND THE STREETS by Parisa Shariati & myself (London College of Music). Scenes from – THE ROVER by Aphra Behn, THE COUNTRY WIFE by William Wycherley, HAYFEVER by Noël Coward, THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST by Oscar Wilde, THE CHERRY ORCHARD by Chekhov Ibsen/ version by Simon Stephens, THE MASTER BUILDER by Henrik Ibsen, MIES JULIE by Yaël Farber, HEDDA GABLER by Henrik Ibsen/ version by Patrick Marber, and THREE SISTERS by Anton Chehov/ version by Inua Ellams (all London College of Music).

Theatre for young people: THE LION KING (Rudiana Scuola, with EP Academy Milan), BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (Desenzano del Garda Scuola, with EP Academy Milan), SNOW WHITE AND SEVEN DWARVES) (Brembilla Scuola, with EP Academy Milan),CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY and ALICE IN WONDERLAND (Feraboli Scuola, with EP Academy Milan). All plays adapted by myself.

Audio credits include: FLY GIRL by Tania Amsel (Down Stage Write).

Rehearsed reading/ R&D credits include: IN HER FOOTSTEPS by Laura Horton (University of Plymouth, with Literature Works), TRIPTYCH by Laura Horton (Theatre Royal Plymouth), MICRO COMMISSION devised by the company (Freelancers in the Dark), I'M NODBODY, WHO ARE YOU? by Laura Horton (Theatre Royal Plymouth), BEAUTY AND THE BEAST by Laurence Boswell (Online), HIDDEN BY THINGS by Laura Horton (Online, with Down Stage Write), LORD KNOWS..THIS WON'T BE THE LAST TIME by Andrew Lee (Chichester University with The Midnight Florists), MORPH by Mandi Chivasa (Blue Elephant Theatre), ALICE by Tamara von Werthern (London College of Music), ST ANTHONY’S ISLE by Ed Hartland (London College of Music), ISLAND NATION by Simon Marshall (The Space, with Little Pieces of Gold) and SCENES FROM THE END OF THE WORLD by Ed Hartland (London College of Music).

ASSISTANT DIRECTING

Credits include: COLLECTORS OF SCREAMS by James Goss (Old Red Lion, dir. Stanley Walton), TO PAINT THE EARTH book and lyrics by Daniel Levin & Johnathan Portera (Southwark Playhouse, dir. Michael Howcroft), HEROIC by Mandi Chivasa & Leyla Kemal- Hilmi (Tristan Bates dir. Leyla Kemal- Hilmi).

As an actor trainer, Phoebe has taught at various theatrical institutions including the London College of Music, where she worked as an acting lecturer for 18 months – teaching modules such as realism, theatre making, comedic text, acting for camera and solo performance. She is currently working as a practitioner at Fourth Monkey Actor Training, facilitating the students in the creation of their own solo pieces of digital theatre.

Training

London College of Music, BA (Hons Acting) – First Class Degree.
Year Out Drama Company, linked with Royal Shakespeare Company.
Springboard Programme with Young Vic.
Almeida Theatre Directing Masterclass.
Soho Theatre Writer's Lab.