Supporting Wall

Supporting Wall was an award-winning London-based theatre and general arts production, promotion and management company, founded in 2008 by producers Ben Monks and Will Young and operated for nine years until 2017.[1] The company's own productions primarily focused on new writing and contemporary theatre, while management and publicity work has included projects across theatre, comedy, film, festivals, live music and dance - including work at the BFI Southbank, Royal National Theatre and many others.[2] During most of this time, Ben Monks and Will Young were also based at the Actors Centre as creative producers for the Tristan Bates Theatre.[3][4]

This article is about the theatre company. For the structure in construction, see Load-bearing wall.

Productions

Supporting Wall's original productions include:

ProductionWriterDirectorVenueYear
Blue HeavenTennessee WilliamsAbigail GrahamFinborough Theatre, London[5]2009
Big Breath InOscar Wood & CompanyMatthew EvansTour, London & South East2009
Three Shit Hot ShortsDean StalhamSam Miller, Emily Lim, Pam BrightonCamden Fringe2009
MoonfleecePhilip RidleyDavid MercataliLondon & UK Tour2010
Election DramaVariousVariousNew Players Theatre2010
The Jewish Wife (JMK Award Winner[6])Bertolt BrechtMatthew EvansBattersea Arts Centre2010
Tender NapalmPhilip RidleyDavid MercataliSouthwark Playhouse[7]2011
YellowDaniel SaleebDaniel SaleebTete a Tete Festival / Riverside Studios2011
Shallow SlumberChris LeeMary NighySoho Theatre[8]2012
Tender NapalmPhilip RidleyDavid MercataliUK Tour[9]2012
Dark Vanilla Jungle (Fringe First Award winner[10])Philip RidleyDavid MercataliSoho Theatre, London; Royal Exchange, Manchester and Pleasance, Edinburgh Festival2013
Our AjaxTimberlake WertenbakerDavid MercataliSouthwark Playhouse[11]2013
Jonny & the Baptists: The Stop UKIP TourJonny Donahoe & Paddy GerversThe companyUK Tour / Soho Theatre [12]2014
Dark Vanilla JunglePhilip RidleyDavid MercataliUK Tour & Soho Theatre [13]2014
Jonny & the Baptists: The Satiric VersesJonny Donahoe & Paddy GerversThe companyThe Pleasance, Edinburgh Festival [14]2014
Bull (Olivier Award Winner[15])Mike Bartlett (playwright)Clare LizzimoreYoung Vic Theatre [16]2015
Radiant VerminPhilip RidleyDavid MercataliTobacco Factory Theatre, Bristol / Soho Theatre, London [17]2015
Jonny & the Baptists Rock The VoteJonny Donahoe & Paddy GerversThe companyUK Tour & Soho Theatre [18]2015
You Look Tasty (A Play By A Tiger)Stewart PringleDavid MercataliThe Pleasance, Edinburgh Festival [19]2015
Tonight with Donny StixxPhilip RidleyDavid MercataliPleasance, Edinburgh Festival [20]2015
Jonny & the Baptists: The End Is NighJonny Donahoe & Paddy GerversThe companyPaines Plough Roundabout Theatre (Southbank Centre / Summerhall, Edinburgh Festival) & UK Tour [21]2015-16
OctagonKristiana ColonNadia LatifArcola Theatre, London [22]2015
Jonny & the Baptists: Eat the PoorJonny Donahoe & Paddy GerversThe companyPaines Plough Roundabout Theatre (Summerhall, Edinburgh Festival) & UK Tour [23]2016-17
Radiant VerminPhilip RidleyDavid Mercatali59E59 Theaters, New York[24]2016
Thirty ChristmasesJonny Donahoe, with Paddy GerversAlice HamiltonOld Fire Station, Oxford & New Diorama Theatre, London [25]2017-18

Awards and nominations

Supporting Wall's productions won or were nominated for various awards, including for Bull the 2015 Olivier Award for Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre;[26] for Dark Vanilla Jungle a Fringe First Award[10] and a nomination for lead actress Gemma Whelan for the Stage Award for Best Solo Performance;[27] for Tender Napalm, winning the OffWestEnd.Com Award for Best Actress for Vinette Robinson[28] and a nomination for the Evening Standard Outstanding Newcomer Award for director David Mercatali;[29] for Shallow Slumber, nominations for the OffWestEnd.Com Best Actress Award for both Amy Cudden and Alexandra Gilbreath, as well as for Best New Play at the same awards;[30] and for The Jewish Wife, winning the JMK director's award for Matthew Evans.[6]

For Supporting Wall Ben Monks and Will Young were jointly nominated for the OffWestEnd.Com Best Producer Award twice consecutively in 2011[31] & 2012.[32]

References
  1. "supporting wall". supporting wall. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
  2. "Producer Profile: Ben Qasim Monks". Stage One. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  3. "Year of the Producer". WhatsonStage. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  4. "New TBT Producer". The Actors Centre. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  5. "Blue Heaven – Finborough Theatre".
  6. "Winner 2010".
  7. "Tender Napalm". 19 April 2011.
  8. "Shallow Slumber - Soho Theatre". www.sohotheatre.com. Archived from the original on 10 October 2011.
  9. "Tender Napalm". www.tendernapalm.co.uk. Archived from the original on 29 March 2012.
  10. "Latest Fringe Firsts include Waller-Bridge's Fleabag and Ridley's Dark Vanilla Jungle | WhatsOnStage".
  11. "Our Ajax". 6 November 2013.
  12. "This week's new live comedy". TheGuardian.com. 28 March 2014.
  13. http://www.scotsman.com/what-s-on/theatre-comedy-dance/philip-ridley-on-the-return-of-dark-vanilla-jungle-1-3316034
  14. "Jonny & the Baptists: The Satiric Verses".
  15. "Olivier Awards success for Angela Lansbury and Sunny Afternoon". BBC News. 13 April 2015.
  16. "Bull".
  17. "Radiant Vermin - Soho Theatre". www.sohotheatre.com. Archived from the original on 2 February 2015.
  18. "Jonny and the Baptists review – jokes about the election, equality ... And willies". TheGuardian.com. 27 April 2015.
  19. https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/you-look-tasty-play-tiger#overview
  20. https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/tonight-donny-stixx#overview
  21. "Jonny & The Baptists | Southbank Centre". Archived from the original on 11 September 2015.
  22. "Arcola Theatre". www.arcolatheatre.com. Archived from the original on 20 September 2015.
  23. "Jonny & the Baptists: Eat the Poor - Summerhall August Festival 2016Summerhall August Festival 2016".
  24. "Philip Ridley's RADIANT VERMIN to Receive US Premiere as Part of Brits off Broadway at 59E59 Theaters".
  25. "Thirty Christmases review, Old Fire Station, Oxford, 2016".
  26. "Olivier Awards 2015: full list of winners". The Daily Telegraph. London. 12 April 2015.
  27. "Awards".
  28. "The 2012 off West End Awards". 6 February 2012.
  29. "London Evening Standard Theatre Awards longlist revealed". 10 April 2012.
  30. "Subscription". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  31. "Subscription". Archived from the original on 8 May 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2013.


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