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April Phillips - Actress | | | |  | | | |
April has been acting professionally since the age of 15 when she became a company actor with the Four Seasons Theatre in Wanganui. She attributes her "basic training" to director David Smiles, with whom she performed in many classic comedies and farces.
Highlights of her television work include being part of the core cast of satirical show McPhail & Gadsby for two series. April loved working with comedy veterans Jon and David, the variety of roles she got to play, and the pressure of recording some of the show live in front of a studio audience. She also relished her recent role on TV's "Lost Children" playing a wicked orphanage matron and working again with actor John Bach who she had previously worked with on TV's "Duggan".
Most recently April has appeared in Peter Jackson's movie "Lovely Bones" and played a historic character in a "yet to be named" TV drama series to be released later in 2009.
April performed her own comedy sketches for several years with acclaimed female comedy group Hen’s Teeth. Her “Jenny Taylior Show” was a spoof of US chat shows in which she performed a send-up of Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You”.
AWARDS
Best Musical Production – 2003 Stellar Awards for “Blue Eyes”
Meryl Yvonne Award for Female Comedian or Group of the Year; “Hens Teeth Collective” – Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards 1996;
Best Actress Award for “Shona”, NZ Theatre Federation;
Scholarship National Youth Drama School
THEATRE
"Unforgettable" Globe Theatre Palmerston North, Jazz Festivals & Old St Pauls, Wellington
“Blue Eyes” (Mum (singer)) Circa Theatre
“Stir” (Felicia Stark) Circa Theatre
“Killing Me Softly” (Julie) Taki Rua Theatre
“Shona” (Shona) – NZ Theatre Federation Competitions
“Fluxion” (Christine) Bats Theatre
“The Maids” (Solange) Wellington Performing Arts Centre
“Privates On Parade” (Sylvia Morgan) Four Seasons Theatre
“Barefoot in the Park” (Corey Bratter) Four Seasons Theatre
“Move Over Mrs Markham” (Joanna Markham) Boatshed Theatre
“Why Not Stay for Breakfast” (Louise Hamilton) Boatshed Theatre
“Blithe Spirit” (Ruth) Four Seasons Theatre
“How The Other Half Loves (Teresa Phillips) Four Seasons Theatre
“Not With A Bang” (Paula Thompson) Four Seasons Theatre
“Outside Edge” (Ginny) Marlborough Repertory
“Black Comedy” (Carol Melkett) Four Seasons Theatre
“Bullshot Crummond” (Rosemary Fenton) Four Seasons Theatre
“When Did You Last See Your Trousers?” (Penny) Boatshed Theatre
“A Day in the Death of Joe Egg” (Sheila) Four Seasons Theatre
“Move Over Mrs Markham” (Sylvie Hauser) Four Seasons Theatre
“The Good Doctor” (The Governess) Four Seasons Theatre
“Habeas Corpus” (Felicity Rumpers) Four Seasons Theatre
“A Tomb With A View” (Monica Tomb) Four Seasons Theatre
“Aladdin” (Sing Hi) Four Seasons Theatre
“Art of Coarse Acting” (Various) Four Seasons Theatre
“Old Time Music Hall” (Singer/Dancer/Comedienne) Four Seasons Theatre
“Charleys Aunt” (Amy Spettigue) Wanganui Collegiate
“Charleys Aunt” (Kitty Verdun) Four Seasons Theatre
“The Whig & Pistle” (Daisy) Four Seasons Theatre
“A Night At the Races” (Diane) Four Seasons Theatre
“A Salute To Broadway” (Singer/Dancer) Four Seasons Theatre
“Uproar In The House” (Yvonne Wilby) Four Seasons Theatre
“Salad Days” (Heloise/Fiona) Four Seasons Theatre
“Black & White Minstrel Show” (Singer/Dancer/Comedienne) Four Seasons Theatre
She has performed at theatres in Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Nelson, Wanganui, Palmerston North and Blenheim.
“Pregnant” with punk in “Why Not Stay For Breakfast”
RADIO
Radio New Zealand – announcer 5 years 1987-1993; also jingles, commercials, voice-overs.
TRAINING
Graduate WPAC - 1995 full-time drama school;
Toi Whakaari NZ Drama School Advanced Acting for Film 1995;
Vicky Yiannoutsos – Acting For Film
WPAC Certificate of Proficiency – 2 years advanced acting for film 1993/1994;
National Youth Drama School; |
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