
Hello! I am Phylly.
I am a theatre maker that enjoys designing, directing, performing, and dramaturging (basically anything in collaboration with other makers!).
I work across disciplines to make live performance that is joyful and honest about its creative process.
As a facilitator I create community-led theatre and art work that addresses the current issues of the community. This work inevitably informs the direction of my personal artwork and I find it to be an invaluable way of ensuring my art is always connecting with the people it should be for.
I am a member of the collective Chicken Shop Hermits - founded by Hector Huang and Chiara Scoglio in 2023.
Email: Phyllidahickish@gmail.com
I have been trained as a Performance Designer by Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (2024)
CV
2026:
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Set Designer for Unique Community's summer productions
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Lighting and Sound for 'Pews A Ten' at The Space Theatre
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Crankie Maker for I AM Festival at Tate Modern
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Photographer for Battersea Arts Centre
2025:
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Lighting and Sound for Curious School of Puppetry at Rosemary Branch
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Lighting and Sound for 'Where Judas Lost His Boots' by Foreign Object
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Wardrobe Assistant at JW3
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Cultural Ambassador's Programme Support for A New Direction
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Marketer and Curator for 'An Anthology of Fear' Exhibition with Chicken Shop Hermits
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Access Assistant for Colours of Redbridge Parade
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R&D Photography for Mikayla Teodoro
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Facilitation for Haringey Shed's Summer Programme
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Set Designer and Lighting for 3 of Unique Community's Camden Fringe Productions
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Design Assistant for Action for South Africa's 'All Shall Be Afforded Dignity' Exhibition at OVADA Gallery
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Photographer for Novem Ensemble
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Workshop Leader for A New Direction's Cultural Ambassador's Programme
2024:
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Lighting and Sound for Curious School of Puppetry at Rosemary Branch
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Wardrobe Supervisor for 'War of The Worlds' at Wilton's Music Hall
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Facilitator for Unique Community (current)
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Sculptor for Chicken Shop Hermits' Exhibition: 'My Haunted Dollhouse'
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Workshop Facilitator for Lewisham Refugee and Migrant Network
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Dresser for 'Shrek the Musical' at Hammersmith Apollo
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Set Designer for Little Fish Theatre touring production of 'Credible Witness'
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Set Designer and Lighting Operator for 'Pinot Princess' at Omnibus Theatre
2023
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Designer and Assistant Director for 'Lights! Donkey! Action!' at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with Babolin Theatre
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Performer and Writer for 'You're Making This Difficult' at Canal Cafe Theatre
2022
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Animator for Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast
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Co-directed revival of 'Candide' at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with Babolin Theatre
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Devised and Performed in 'The Road To Bitter End' with Cantos Theatre
2021
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Set Design and Facilitator for 'Candide' with Babolin Theatre
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First Collaboration with Chicken Shop Hermits on 'To Think Inside The Box' at The Webber Douglas Studio at RCSSD
BSL Level 1 Lessons with Remark (ongoing)
Beginners Carpentry Course with WHCC (ongoing)
Improbable's Through the Door Workshops
Artist's Residency for Kneehigh Theatre's Legacy Project
Placement at Little Angel Theatre Studios in the Design Workshop
BA, Design for Performance at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
Workshops, Training, and Retreats: