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.
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.
Backstage Confidential features in the following genres: Autobiography: general, Theatre studies
Backstage Confidential is available in Paperback
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