“The only thing that bothers me about Eden Phillips’s lyrics is that they might do me out of a job.”
Tim Rice
Eden Phillips writes lyrics for musicals, songs, song cycles, children’s songs and jingles.
He also writes books for book musicals, and he is a consultant to publishers on the world of musical theatre.
“Writing lyrics is my passion. I try to write in the tone of voice of the character, progress the plot, catch the mood – whatever the task demands.”
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WALL OF FAME
Delighted and proud to have been elected member of the Concert Artistes Association a couple of months ago. Its Patrons include the dream team of Dame Judi Dench, Sir Brian May and Su Pollard. The CAA club is an oasis of calm amidst the hurly-burly of today’s Covent Garden and its premises have recently been refurbished. On my first visit there after redecoration, a fellow member, who will remain nameless, but only because I didn’t catch his name, was nearly hit on the head when one of the many framed pictures of celebrities there fell off the wall. To add to the excitement, I hope to bump into Su Pollard sometime to reminisce about the time we worked together in the 1970s at the Grand Theatre Wolverhampton.
The Postman and the poet
The poet Pablo Neruda teaches his postman Mario to woo the beautiful Beatriz in verse. Romance, comedy and – ultimately – tragedy follow.
Inspired by Ardiente Paciencia, the novel by Antonio Skarmeta on which the 1994 Oscar-winning film Il Postino was based.
Isla Negra, a fishing village on the Chilean coast, 1970-73. Mario, inarticulate and wildly romantic, gets a job as postman to the poet Pablo Neruda. Learning from Neruda, Mario woos the beautiful Beatriz in a way that is unusual to her: in words…
Six Nights in Naples
Six Nights in Naples is a new musical based on a quirky, true story set in the famous Naples opera house, the Teatro di San Carlo.
The soldiers are fortunate to find some interesting characters resident in the opera house, including an Italian diva, her dresser and her dancing daughter. Culture clashes between Brits and Italians, musical theatre and opera, the real world and the supernatural combine in a piece that affectionately sends up theatrical conventions – and throws in some on-off-on love affairs for good measure.
Dorothy Fields Forever
Based on the life and lyrics of Dorothy Fields, the show charts her triumphs and disappointments, illustrated in her own words and accompanied by music from the golden age of American song.
With the music of Jerome Kern, Jimmy McHugh, Arthur Schwartz, Sigmund Romberg and Cy Coleman.
A hugely talented woman who wrote songs for shows, revues and cabaret from the 1920’s to the 1970’s, Dorothy Fields made her way in what was then (as now) an essentially male-dominated area…