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 2012-10-27.
  2. "Producer Profile: Ben Qasim Monks". Stage One. Retrieved 2020-09-16.
  3. "Year of the Producer". WhatsonStage. Retrieved 2020-09-16.
  4. "New TBT Producer". The Actors Centre. Retrieved 2020-09-16.
  5. http://www.finboroughtheatre.co.uk/transition-archive/2009/blueheaven.php
  6. "Winner 2010".
  7. "Tender Napalm". 19 April 2011.
  8. http://www.sohotheatre.com/whats-on/shallow-slumber/
  9. http://www.tendernapalm.co.uk/
  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. 2015-04-13.
  16. "Bull".
  17. http://www.sohotheatre.com/whats-on/radiant-vermin
  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. http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whatson/jonny-the-baptists-92495
  22. https://www.arcolatheatre.com/production/arcola/octagon
  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. https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/thirty-christmases-review-at-the-old-fire-station-oxford--warm-touching-and-funny
  26. "Olivier Awards 2015: full list of winners". The Daily Telegraph. London. 2015-04-12.
  27. "Awards".
  28. "The 2012 off West End Awards". 6 February 2012.
  29. "London Evening Standard Theatre Awards longlist revealed". 10 April 2012.
  30. http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/153
  31. https://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/87
  32. http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2012/01/finborough-and-landor-lead-offies-nominations/


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