Phil Spencer Phil Spencer i(A141840 works by)
Gender: Male
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1 No Standing. No Dancing Phil Spencer , 2020 single work drama

'The latest show from award-winning writer Phil Spencer is a notebook’s worth of stories about the gentle art of cowardice, tiny acts of fuck-you-mate, and why Patti Smith is the absolute boss of it all.

'Penned over the best part of a decade, No Standing. No Dancing. looks back over Phil’s life with reckless abandon: from the 17-year-old ratbag he once was to the emotional and neurotic 34-year-old father of two he’s proud to be today.

'It’s an autobiography-meets-love-letter to indie music, an examination of parenthood (and public pool hygiene) and a primal scream to reawaken the punk inside us all.'

Source: Griffin Theatre Company.
1 y separately published work icon No Standing. No Dancing Phil Spencer , Canberra : ABC Radio National , 2020 19708596 2020 series - author autobiography podcast

'From the 17-year-old ratbag he once was, to the emotional and neurotic 34-year-old father of two he's proud to be today.

'No Standing. No Dancing, written by comedian Phil Spencer, is a four-part personal memoir about parenthood, poetry and Peppa Pig.'

Source: Radio National Fictions.
1 Joe's Just 4 Men Phil Spencer , 2020 single work prose
— Appears in: Corona Tales : Part One 2020;

'Phil Spencer is an Englishman, and he's never been really comfortable talking about love.

'He reckons you can say you love your kids, your football club, and your mum.

'But would you tell your dad, an ex-RAF Sargent, that you love him? On a Facetime call? No you would not.

'Although with a global pandemic on our hands, Phil's finding his love for his fellow man, and he's going to do it: he's going to open up, throw off the shackles of his gender, and tell the world just how much he loves...his barber.'

Source: Radio National Fictions.
1 Waiting for Lester Phil Spencer , 2018 single work prose
— Appears in: Welcome to Story Club 2018;
1 y separately published work icon The Smallest Hour Phil Spencer , Susie Youssef , 2018 13952461 2018 single work drama

'A woman bails on her bestie’s Hens’ Night. A cop dodges the bus fare into town. A dog walker whistles ABBA in the dead of night. Pop the kettle on and join storytellers Phil Spencer (Story Club, Radiotonic) and Susie Youssef (Whose Line Is It Anyway?) for this bleary-eyed stagger through the night that was. The Smallest Hour is a richly woven comedy about broken dreams, second chances and velcro pants.'

Source: Griffin Theatre 2018 season.
1 The Night the Roses Grew Phil Spencer , 2012 single work drama
1 y separately published work icon The Voices Project 2011 and 2012 Vanessa Bates , Joanna Erskine , Alex Cullen , Jessica Bellamy , Jasper Marlow , Nakkiah Lui , Zoe Hogan , Emrys Quin , Brooke Robinson , Phil Spencer , Tim Spencer , Chris Summers , Georgia Symons , Carolyn Burns , Sydney : Currency Press , 2012 Z1928139 2012 selected work poetry 'A short, sharp, evocative collection of monologues written by some of Australia's leading young and established playwrights. Each piece is crafted for an actor aged between 16 and 20. Subtle, uplifting, poetic and funny, these pieces are as exciting and diverse as the young actors that perform them. ' (Publisher's blurb)
1 Pelvis Phil Spencer , 2011 single work drama
1 The Great Apeth Phil Spencer , 2011 single work drama
1 Bluey Phil Spencer , 2011 single work drama 'A lot of things can go wrong in a relationship between father and son – especially when junior is a peace activist and dad’s in the armed forces. When RAF Sergeant Spencer was sent off to Iraq for six months – and his son Phil responded by staging a ‘die-in’ protest with fellow drama students – the potential for domestic conflict was probably greater than any threat of finding Weapons of Mass Destruction.'
1 Mike Phil Spencer , 2011 single work drama
— Appears in: The Voices Project 2011 and 2012 2012;
1 2 Boxing Day Phil Spencer , 2011 single work drama 'It's the day after Christmas in the seaside town of Rainwood. Nana can smell burnt chicken, Dad is glued to the TV and Freya, as always, has a mystery to solve. Like any normal 10-year-old girl, Freya Stanley loves Pictionary, Pig Latin and 80's slasher movies. 'Boxing Day is her story: a darkly comic tale where imagination reigns, and a little girl will do whatever it takes to keep her family together. ' Source: http://rocksurfers.org/ (Sighted 01/09/2011).
1 Yolk Phil Spencer , 2010 single work drama
1 Shop Lifters of the World Phil Spencer , 2010 single work drama
1 Kansas Phil Spencer , 2010 single work drama
1 Fit for a King Phil Spencer , 2009 single work drama
1 Cardboard Castle Phil Spencer , 2009 single work drama
1 Collisions Can Be Painful Phil Spencer , 2008 single work drama ''Collisions Can Be Painful' is a darkly comical new play by Phil Spencer. Inspired by Alasdair Gray's poem The Split, we meet Veronica and Colin, two souls lost in a barren garden. The hapless pair spend eternity arguing, playing hide and seek and telling tall tales to keep from going insane, until the prospect of parenthood flips everything upside down. This sharp Beckettian comedy will pull you into a damp and intriguing wheelbarrow world, filled with giant mouths, friendly snails and so called magic tomatoes...' (University of Glasgow website)
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