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Philip Ridley

Philip Ridley

Writing

Biography

Philip Ridley is an English storyteller working in a wide range of artistic media. In the visual arts he has been cited as a contemporary to the 'Young British Artists', and had his artwork exhibited internationally.

Known For

Screen Two
7.1

Series of single made-for-television dramas.

Screen Two

1985
The Krays
6.1

Twins Ronnie and Reggie Kray are raised in east London, under the influence of their hateful but doting mother Violet. As they grow up, Ronnie's violent nature takes over, and Reggie follows his brother's lead. The two become notorious crime lords who rule over the East End club scene. But at the height of their power, the brothers veer into different lives, giving the older crime bosses a chance to reclaim what the Krays took from them.

The Krays

1990
The Reflecting Skin
6.7

In 1950s rural Idaho, a young boy watches helplessly as his friends and brother fall under the spell of a mysterious widow living up the road and becomes convinced that she is a vampire.

The Reflecting Skin

1990
The Passion of Darkly Noon
5.6

Desire torments a former cultist taking refuge at the home of a scantily clad woman whose husband is away.

The Passion of Darkly Noon

1995
Heartless
5.8

Jamie Morgan is a troubled young man with a facial birthmark, which has left him isolated and fearful, hiding from the world outside. He lives in the East End, notorious for its violent hooded gangs. According to news reports, the gangs are now wearing demon masks. But, one night, after the murder of his mother, Jamie discovers the terrifying truth.

Heartless

2010
Visiting Mr Beak
8.0

A Boy runs through the streets with a present for Mr Beak. Along the way he meets a series of strange characters in a strange world where your previous memories are inexorably attracted to you.

Visiting Mr Beak

1987
Tarantula
N/A

It’s a sunny, spring day in East London. On a street corner, two teenagers kiss. One of them is Toni (Georgie Henley). This is her first kiss. It makes her very happy. But someone is watching. Someone who doesn’t care about her happiness at all. And they’re about to change Toni’s life… forever. Philip Ridley’s thrilling new play is a startling exploration of identity, memory, love, and the lengths it takes someone to free themselves from the web of their past

Tarantula

2021
The Poltergeist
N/A

From master storyteller Philip Ridley, the award-winning The Poltergeist makes its stage debut at Arcola Theatre, following a critically acclaimed streaming run at Southwark Playhouse. Darkly comic and deeply compelling The Poltergeist is “a tour-de-force performance from Joseph Potter” (Theatre Weekly) as Sasha. At fifteen Sasha was called an art world prodigy. Celebrities wanted to buy his paintings. His first exhibition was going to make him a superstar. But now he lives in a run-down flat, with his out-of-work boyfriend, and no one’s even heard of him...What went wrong? This one-man show is about art, family, memory, and being haunted by the life we never lived.

The Poltergeist

2022
Vincent River
N/A

Last December 17-year-old Davey saw something that he can’t forget. Yesterday, 54-year-old Anita was forced to flee the flat she’d lived in all her adult life. They have never met. Yet both know, sooner or later, their paths will have to cross.

Vincent River

2006
The Universe of Dermot Finn
7.0

Dermot is in love with Pearl and is going to meet her family for the first time. But not everyone lives in the same world as us..

The Universe of Dermot Finn

1988
Angels & Atom Bombs
N/A

The Making of the Reflecting Skin

Angels & Atom Bombs

2015