Backstage Confidential lifts the curtain on West End Theatre from a viewpoint rarely heard: the wings.
Beginning his career at seventeen, Eden Phillips rose to become London's youngest head flyman before veering into acting, writing and publishing - yet always remained an observer of the theatre's hidden world.
With warmth and wit, he evokes backstage work in the 1960s and '70s: rigging sets, working the flys, operating revolves and tackling the countless unseen tasks that keep a show running. Along the way he encounters an array of theatrical greats, from Sir Noël Coward, Sir John Gielgud and Dame Judi Dench to directors Hal Prince and Harold Pinter.
A lively, humorous and affectionate insider's glimpse into a golden age of British theatre.
| ISBN: | 9781835744048 |
| Publication date: | 28th May 2026 |
| Author: | Eden Phillips |
| Publisher: | The Book Guild Publishing an imprint of Troubador Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 168 pages |
| Genres: |
Autobiography: general Theatre studies |
Backstage Confidential lifts the curtain on West End Theatre from a viewpoint rarely heard: the wings. Beginning his career at seventeen, Eden Phillips rose to become London's youngest head flyman before veering into acting, writing and publishing - yet always remained an observer of the theatre's hidden world.
Backstage Confidential features in the following genres: Autobiography: general, Theatre studies
Paperback. £9.89, down from the £10.99 cover price. In Stock.
Backstage Confidential was written by Eden Phillips and published by The Book Guild Publishing an imprint of Troubador Publishing
Backstage Confidential has 168 pages
£9.89, reduced from £10.99. In Stock.