Phillip Scott (born 16 August 1952 in Sydney) is an Australian actor, singer, pianist, writer and comedian.

Career

He has appeared on film as well as in sketch comedy television programs. His television appearances include ''

The Dingo Principle ''The Dingo Principle'' is an Australian satirical comedy series created by Patrick Cook and Phillip Scott which was produced and broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) in 1987. In addition to Cook and Scott, the show's cast ...

'' and ''Three Men and a Baby Grand'', satirical sketch television comedy programs for which he was a writer/performer with

Jonathan Biggins Jonathan Martin Biggins (born 14 September 1960) is an Australian actor, singer, writer, director and comedian. He has appeared on film, stage and television as well as in satirical sketch comedy television programmes. He was born in Newcast ...

and

Drew Forsythe Drew Forsythe (born 23 August 1949) is an Australian actor, singer, writer, and comedian. He has appeared on film, stage, and television, as well as in satirical sketch comedy television programs. Early life Born in Sydney, New South Wales, F ...

. He also appeared with

Max Gillies Maxwell Irvine Gillies AM (born 16 November 1941) is an Australian actor and a founding member of the 1970s experimental theatre company, the Australian Performing Group. Early life and education Gillies studied art teaching at Frankston Tea ...

in ''

The Gillies Report ''The Gillies Report'' is an Australian topical satirical sketch comedy television series that was broadcast on the ABC between 1984 and 1985. The program was best known for sending up politicians and media personalities of the day such as Prime ...

'' and its sequels, ''The Gillies Republic'' and ''Gillies and Company'', and was a writer/performer on ABC TV's ''

The Big Gig ''The Big Gig'' was a popular Australian television sketch comedy music/variety series based on the British TV series '' Saturday Live''. It was produced and broadcast on ABC TV in the late 1980s and early 1990s and was produced and directed by ...

'' and a regular writer for ''

Good News Week ''Good News Week'' is an Australian satirical panel game show hosted by Paul McDermott that aired from 19 April 1996 to 27 May 2000, and 11 February 2008 to 28 April 2012. The show's initial run aired on ABC until being bought by Network Ten in ...

''. He (wrote the music for, played piano) and Max Gillies starred in "Night of National Reconciliation" during 1983 at Kinselas, Taylor Square, Darlinghurst, Sydney. From 2000 to 2017 he co-wrote, composed and performed as an actor/musician in the award-winning

Wharf Revue The Wharf Revue is a series of musical comedy revues presented by the Sydney Theatre Company. Each show features four comedians – usually Jonathan Biggins, Phillip Scott (actor), Phillip Scott and Drew Forsythe, accompanied by a female performer ...

series of political satirical revues for the

Sydney Theatre Company Sydney Theatre Company (STC) is an Australian theatre company based in Sydney, New South Wales. The company performs in The Wharf Theatre at Dawes Point in The Rocks area of Sydney, as well as the Roslyn Packer Theatre (formerly Sydney Thea ...

, including ''Free Petrol'', ''Sunday in Iraq with George'', ''Much Revue About Nothing'', ''Pennies from Kevin'' and ''Open for Business''. Other cabaret shows include ''The Twink and the Showgirl'' with Vincent Hooper, and co-writing script (with Dean Bryant) and musical arrangements for the bio-show ''Newley Discovered'' which premiered at the

Adelaide Cabaret Festival The Adelaide Cabaret Festival is an annual arts festival featuring cabaret held in the South Australian capital of Adelaide. It has been held in June each year since 2001, with the exception of 2020 owing to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, ...

in 2009 and starred

Hugh Sheridan Hugh Sheridan (born 30 June 1985) is an Australian actor, singer, television presenter who is known for their role as Ben Rafter in the television series ''Packed to the Rafters''. Sheridan is a four-time Logie Award winner, in the Logie Award ...

. Phillip co-created several shows with singer/actor

Trevor Ashley Trevor Ashley (born 27 February 1980) is an Australian musical theatre actor, cabaret and drag artist based in Sydney. He also has appeared on television in "The Very Trevor Ashley Show" Early life Ashley grew up in the south of Sydney and stud ...

, including ''Gentlemen Prefer Blokes'', ''Fat Swan'', ''Little Orphan Trashley'', and the tribute shows ''Diamonds Are For Trevor'' and ''Liza's Back (Is Broken)''. His recent cabaret shows (as writer and performer) are ''Mario'', about the life and music of

Mario Lanza Mario Lanza (, ; born Alfredo Arnold Cocozza ; January 31, 1921 – October 7, 1959) was an American tenor and actor. He was a Hollywood film star popular in the late 1940s and the 1950s. Lanza began studying to be a professional singer at ...

, with Blake Bowden, and ''Reviewing the Situation'', about the English songwriter

Lionel Bart Lionel Bart (1 August 1930 – 3 April 1999) was a British writer and composer of pop music and musicals. He wrote Tommy Steele's "Rock with the Caveman" and was the sole creator of the musical '' Oliver!'' (1960). With ''Oliver!'' and his work ...

. The latter show was co-written and directed by Terence O'Connell, and was nominated for a

Helpmann Award The Helpmann Awards are accolades for live entertainment and performing arts in Australia, presented by industry group Live Live Performance Australia (LPA) since 2001. The annual awards recognise achievements in the disciplines of musical th ...

in 2016. His musical theatre writing credits (as composer and/or co-writer) include ''

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'' for the Q Theatre and

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, a new libretto of ''

Orpheus in the Underworld ''Orpheus in the Underworld'' and ''Orpheus in Hell'' are English names for (), a comic opera with music by Jacques Offenbach and words by Hector Crémieux and Ludovic Halévy. It was first performed as a two-act " opéra bouffon" at the Thé� ...

'' for

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(2003, revised 2015), and the

AWGIE Award The AWGIE Awards is an annual awards ceremony conducted by the Australian Writers' Guild, for excellence in screen, television, stage and radio writing. The awards began in 1967. The awards are judged by over 50 writers, most of whom are previo ...

-winning musical ''

The Republic of Myopia ''The Republic of Myopia'' is an Australian musical with book and lyrics by Jonathan Biggins, Drew Forsythe and Phillip Scott and music by Phillip Scott. The comedic musical is set in 1904 in the fictional central European republic of Myopia. ...

'' (2004). The Sydney Theatre Company production of ''The Republic of Myopia'' starred

Helen Dallimore Helen Dallimore (born 31 October 1971) is an Australian actress, known for originating the role of Glinda the Good Witch, Glinda in the West End Theatre, West End production of ''Wicked (musical), Wicked''. Early life Dallimore grew up in Oxfor ...

Tamsin Carroll Tamsin Georgina Carroll (born 13 February 1979) is an Australian actress. She is best known for her performances in musical theatre in Australia and the United Kingdom. Personal life Carroll was born and raised in Sydney. Her parents are Au ...

and

Simon Gleeson Simon Gleeson (born 13 January 1977) is an Australian actor and singer who is best known for playing Jean Valjean in the 2014 Australian revival and in the 2016/17 cast of the West End production of ''Les Misérables''. He performed in Noël Co ...

. He was script consultant on the book of '' Priscilla, Queen of the Desert – the Stage Musical'' (2006). He also wrote music and lyrics for Monkey Baa Theatre Company's children shows ''Pearlie in the Park'' (based on the book by

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), ''Millie and Jack and the Dancing Cat'', and ''Pete the Sheep'' (based on the book by Jackie French). Another upcoming Jackie French adaptation, ''Josephine Wants to Dance'' is slated for 2018. Scott composed the score for the 1987 feature film ''

Those Dear Departed ''Those Dear Departed'', also known as ''Ghosts Can Do It!'', is a 1987 Australian black comedy film directed by Ted Robinson and starring Garry McDonald, Pamela Stephenson and Su Cruickshank.David Stratton, ''The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bu ...

'', for which he was nominated for an

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. Scott also co-wrote the music for the miniseries ''

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''. He has written four novels. Three have been published in the United States by

Alyson Books Alyson Books, formerly known as Alyson Publications, was a book publishing house which specialized in LGBT fiction and non-fiction. Former publisher Don Weise described it as "the world's oldest and largest publisher of LGBT literature" and "the ...

: ''One Dead Diva'', ''Gay Resort Murder Shock'' and ''Mardi Gras Murders''. He has written weekly columns for Sydney's free papers ''SX'' and ''The Sydney Star Observer''. Scott has a music degree from the

University of Sydney The University of Sydney (USYD), also known as Sydney University, or informally Sydney Uni, is a public research university located in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and is one of the country's si ...

, and writes reviews for the international classical CD magazine ''Fanfare'' and the Australian national music magazine "Limelight".

Personal life

Scott was married and has two daughters. He has been in a relationship with his partner Michael for over twenty years. His elder daughter, Dr. Phoebe Scott, is a curator at the National Gallery of Singapore. His younger daughter, Georgie Scott, is an actress.

References

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