Philip Howard (director) trained under Max Stafford-Clark at The Royal Court Theatre, London, on the Regional Theatre Young Director Scheme from 1988-1990. He was Associate Director at the Traverse from 1993-1996, and has been Artistic Director since 1996. Productions at the Traverse include 22 world premieres of plays by David Greig, David Harrower, Iain F MacLeod, Linda McLean, Henry Adam, Catherine Czerkawska, Catherine Grosvenor, Sue Glover, Iain Heggie, Jules Horne, Nicola McCartney, Ronan O'Donnell and the late Iain Crichton Smith. Fringe First awards for Kill the Old Torture Their Young, Wiping My Mother's Arse, Outlying Islands and Damascus; Herald Angel Award, 1998, and Herald Archangel Award, 2007; Jury Special Award for Production of Petrol Jesus Nightmare #5 (In the Time of the Messiah) at InFest, National Theatre of Priština, Kosovo. Other productions at the Traverse include Faith Healer by Brian Friel, The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek by Naomi Wallace, Cuttin' a Rug by John Byrne, When the Bulbul Stopped Singing by Raja Shehadeh (also Fadjr International Festival, Tehran; Off-Broadway, New York; Amman, Jordan) and, as Co-Director, Solemn Mass for a Full Moon in Summer by Michel Tremblay (Traverse/Barbican). Productions elsewhere include Words of Advice for Young People by Ioanna Anderson (Rough Magic, Dublin), The Speculator by David Greig in Catalan (Grec Festival, Barcelona/Edinburgh International Festival), Entertaining Mr Sloane (Royal, Northampton) and Something About Us (Lyric Hammersmith Studio). Radio credits include Being Norwegian by David Greig, The Gold Digger by Iain F MacLeod (BBC Radio Scotland); The Room by Paul Brennen (BBC Radio 4).
The design team features Anthony MacIlwaine (sets and costumes), Chahine Yavroyan (lighting) and Graham Sutherland (sound). Original music is composed and arranged by Jon Beales.
