Career
Philip Prowse was trained at the Slade School of Art and since 1970 was a co-director of the Citizens Company with Giles Havergal and Robert David MacDonald, having previously worked with Havergal at the Watford Palace Theatre. In 2003 both Havergal and MacDonald stepped down from their posts as directors of the company. Prowse however, continued his role as artistic collaborator with newly appointed Artistic Director, Jeremy Raison, until 2004.
He directed and designed over 70 plays with the Citizens Theatre and has worked throughout the world designing and directing for opera, ballet and drama.
Up to his retirement Prowse also directed and taught on the Theatre Design Master of Fine Arts course at the Slade School of Fine Art, where he had a considerable influence on stage designers and artists like Piers Veness, Philip Whitcomb and Simon Zabell.
