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]

Productions[]

Supporting Wall's original productions include:

Production	Writer	Director	Venue	Year
Blue Heaven	Tennessee Williams	Abigail Graham	Finborough Theatre, London^[5]	2009
Big Breath In	Oscar Wood & Company	Matthew Evans	Tour, London & South East	2009
Three Shit Hot Shorts	Dean Stalham	Sam Miller, Emily Lim, Pam Brighton	Camden Fringe	2009
Moonfleece	Philip Ridley	David Mercatali	London & UK Tour	2010
Election Drama	Various	Various	New Players Theatre	2010
The Jewish Wife (JMK Award Winner^[6])	Bertolt Brecht	Matthew Evans	Battersea Arts Centre	2010
Tender Napalm	Philip Ridley	David Mercatali	Southwark Playhouse^[7]	2011
Yellow	Daniel Saleeb	Daniel Saleeb	Tete a Tete Festival / Riverside Studios	2011
Shallow Slumber	Chris Lee	Mary Nighy	Soho Theatre^[8]	2012
Tender Napalm	Philip Ridley	David Mercatali	UK Tour^[9]	2012
Dark Vanilla Jungle (Fringe First Award winner^[10])	Philip Ridley	David Mercatali	Soho Theatre, London; Royal Exchange, Manchester and Pleasance, Edinburgh Festival	2013
Our Ajax	Timberlake Wertenbaker	David Mercatali	Southwark Playhouse^[11]	2013
Jonny & the Baptists: The Stop UKIP Tour	Jonny Donahoe & Paddy Gervers	The company	UK Tour / Soho Theatre ^[12]	2014
Dark Vanilla Jungle	Philip Ridley	David Mercatali	UK Tour & Soho Theatre ^[13]	2014
Jonny & the Baptists: The Satiric Verses	Jonny Donahoe & Paddy Gervers	The company	The Pleasance, Edinburgh Festival ^[14]	2014
Bull (Olivier Award Winner^[15])	Mike Bartlett (playwright)	Clare Lizzimore	Young Vic Theatre ^[16]	2015
Radiant Vermin	Philip Ridley	David Mercatali	Tobacco Factory Theatre, Bristol / Soho Theatre, London ^[17]	2015
Jonny & the Baptists Rock The Vote	Jonny Donahoe & Paddy Gervers	The company	UK Tour & Soho Theatre ^[18]	2015
You Look Tasty (A Play By A Tiger)	Stewart Pringle	David Mercatali	The Pleasance, Edinburgh Festival ^[19]	2015
Tonight with Donny Stixx	Philip Ridley	David Mercatali	Pleasance, Edinburgh Festival ^[20]	2015
Jonny & the Baptists: The End Is Nigh	Jonny Donahoe & Paddy Gervers	The company	Paines Plough Roundabout Theatre (Southbank Centre / Summerhall, Edinburgh Festival) & UK Tour ^[21]	2015-16
Octagon	Kristiana Colon	Nadia Latif	Arcola Theatre, London ^[22]	2015
Jonny & the Baptists: Eat the Poor	Jonny Donahoe & Paddy Gervers	The company	Paines Plough Roundabout Theatre (Summerhall, Edinburgh Festival) & UK Tour ^[23]	2016-17
Radiant Vermin	Philip Ridley	David Mercatali	59E59 Theaters, New York^[24]	2016
Thirty Christmases	Jonny Donahoe, with Paddy Gervers	Alice Hamilton	Old 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[]

^ "supporting wall". supporting wall. Retrieved 2012-10-27.
^ "Producer Profile: Ben Qasim Monks". Stage One. Retrieved 2020-09-16.
^ "Year of the Producer". WhatsonStage. Retrieved 2020-09-16.
^ "New TBT Producer". The Actors Centre. Retrieved 2020-09-16.
^ http://www.finboroughtheatre.co.uk/transition-archive/2009/blueheaven.php
^ ^a ^b "Winner 2010".
^ "Tender Napalm". 19 April 2011.
^ http://www.sohotheatre.com/whats-on/shallow-slumber/
^ http://www.tendernapalm.co.uk/
^ ^a ^b "Latest Fringe Firsts include Waller-Bridge's Fleabag and Ridley's Dark Vanilla Jungle | WhatsOnStage".
^ "Our Ajax". 6 November 2013.
^ "This week's new live comedy". TheGuardian.com. 28 March 2014.
^ http://www.scotsman.com/what-s-on/theatre-comedy-dance/philip-ridley-on-the-return-of-dark-vanilla-jungle-1-3316034^{[bare URL]}
^ "Jonny & the Baptists: The Satiric Verses".
^ "Olivier Awards success for Angela Lansbury and Sunny Afternoon". BBC News. 2015-04-13.
^ "Bull".
^ http://www.sohotheatre.com/whats-on/radiant-vermin
^ "Jonny and the Baptists review – jokes about the election, equality ... And willies". TheGuardian.com. 27 April 2015.
^ https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/you-look-tasty-play-tiger#overview
^ https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/tonight-donny-stixx#overview
^ "Jonny & The Baptists | Southbank Centre". Archived from the original on 2015-09-11.
^ https://www.arcolatheatre.com/production/arcola/octagon
^ "Jonny & the Baptists: Eat the Poor - Summerhall August Festival 2016Summerhall August Festival 2016".
^ "Philip Ridley's RADIANT VERMIN to Receive US Premiere as Part of Brits off Broadway at 59E59 Theaters".
^ https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/thirty-christmases-review-at-the-old-fire-station-oxford--warm-touching-and-funny
^ "Olivier Awards 2015: full list of winners". The Daily Telegraph. London. 2015-04-12.
^ "Awards".
^ "The 2012 off West End Awards". 6 February 2012.
^ "London Evening Standard Theatre Awards longlist revealed". 10 April 2012.
^ http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/153
^ https://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/87
^ http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2012/01/finborough-and-landor-lead-offies-nominations/

External links[]

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[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] ttp://www.finboroughtheatre.co.uk/transition-archive/2009/blueheaven.php

[jmktrust.org-6] "Winner 2010".

[7] "Tender Napalm". 19 April 2011.

[8] ttp://www.sohotheatre.com/whats-on/shallow-slumber/

[9] ttp://www.tendernapalm.co.uk/

[whatsonstage.com-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] ttp://www.scotsman.com/what-s-on/theatre-comedy-dance/philip-ridley-on-the-return-of-dark-vanilla-jungle-1-3316034^{[bare URL]}

[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] ttp://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] ttps://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/you-look-tasty-play-tiger#overview

[20] ttps://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/tonight-donny-stixx#overview

[21] "Jonny & The Baptists | Southbank Centre". Archived from the original on 2015-09-11.

[22] ttps://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] ttps://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] ttp://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/153

[31] ttps://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/87

[32] ttp://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2012/01/finborough-and-landor-lead-offies-nominations/

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