“Phil Olsen’s The Chat Room was perhaps the most intriguing work of the night; a surreal, Lynch-lite short journey into an unusual town. How does Joy know Ike’s favourite dish, even though he’s never been in her café before? What caused the mysterious craters that Harlowe (TV actor David Lonsdale, best known for Heartbeat) is giggling about over his daily toastie? It was well-realised, funny, a little disorienting, and the pay-off was satisfying.”
—Vicky Anderson, reviewing ‘It’s Play Time’ for Made Up Liverpool
The Chat Room
Phil’s short play ‘The Chat Room’ was performed at Lantern Theatre Liverpool in October 2014.
Chosen through a competition organised by Liverpool’s Writing on the Wall, he participated in a series of monthly workshops led by scriptwriter Julian Perkins and literary agent Diane Culverhouse. His resulting play was staged alongside five others in October 2014.
Fleeing Town Forever
Phil’s short play ‘Fleeing Town Forever’ was performed at Lantern Theatre Liverpool in January 2015.
It was staged alongside five other writers’ short plays to a full house. The event was the culmination of a Lantern Theatre Writers’ Development Group, of which Phil was a member between 2014-15.
