Hidden in the Sand

James Phillips is a British playwright and director. Educated at St Catherine's College, Oxford, Phillips's first play, The Rubenstein Kiss (2005), won both the John Whiting Award and the TMA Award for Best Play. He was also a recipient of the National Arts Endowment Award for his first professional production as a director, Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme (Pleasance, London). He is a selector for the NSDF and wrote a new adaptation of The Wind in the Willows for the NSDF Ensemble, performed at Latitude Festival.

Phillips is a skilled playwright . . . Hidden in the Sand ultimately reveals itself to be a thoughtful meditation on forgiveness, reconciliation and moving on.