Kristian Phillips is a Writer and Actor from Port Talbot, South Wales. He graduated from The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in 2009 and began writing in 2017. His first piece, A Normal, was selected to be performed at the Chippy Lane Scratch Night at Theatre 503. Since then he’s written a short play for Reading Between the Lines – 24 Hour Plays and completed his first full length play Drift, after extensive R&D’s at both Birmingham REP and Theatr Clwyd. He participated in Theatr Clwyd’s Writer in Residence Scheme and the Inspire programme at Hampstead Theatre.

Matt Steinberg is the Artistic Director/CEO of Outside Edge Theatre Company.

His recent directing credits include productions at Shoreditch Town Hall (A Very Happy Scrappy Sackler Family Thanksgiving), Soho Theatre (Tumulus), VAULT Festival (Check-in/Check-out; Tumulus), Etcetera Theatre (Din0), New Diorama Theatre (Atlantic Sheep), Iford Arts, Theatre503 (Stand Fast; Saved), Southwark Playhouse (Trout Stanley), East15, London School of Dramatic Art and Identity School of Acting. As an assistant director he worked for Iford Arts, The Lyric Hammersmith’s Secret Theatre, The Royal Court, St. James Theatre and The Canadian Stage Company.

Directing awards include the John Fernald Award for Emerging Directors (Equity Charitable Trust UK), New Generation Artist (Iford Arts) and Origins Award for Outstanding New Work (VAULT Festival).

As an actor he performed leading roles at the Finborough Theatre, The Stratford Festival, numerous theatres across Canada and New York City, in addition to work in feature films, television and commercials.

He trained with Uta Hagen at HB Studio, at The Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival’s Shakespeare Lab and Shakespeare’s Globe International Actor’s Fellowship.

Acting awards include the Tyrone Guthrie Award (Stratford Festival of Canada) and the Christopher Plummer Award (Shakespeare’s Globe Centre Canada).