Simon Phillips (born 1958) is a New Zealand-Australian director of theatre, musicals and opera. He is a former Artistic Director of Melbourne Theatre Company. Phillips graduated from Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School in 1980 with a Diploma in Acting. Phillips directed the original 2015 production of Tim Finn's musical ''

Ladies in Black ''Ladies in Black'' is an Australian musical with music and lyrics by Tim Finn and book by Carolyn Burns, based on the 1993 novel ''The Women in Black'' by Madeleine St John. Synopsis Set in Sydney in the 1950s, the musical tells the story of ...

'' for the Queensland Theatre in

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which then travelled to Melbourne and toured Australia in 2017."Ladies in Black musical hits the road with tour to Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Canberra"
by Louise Rugendyke, ''

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'', 15 August 2016

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Simon Phillips Broadway and theatre credits
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