Supporting Wall

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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. 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. 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. In November 2023 Will Young was appointed executive director of London's Royal Court Theatre.

Productions

Supporting Wall's original productions include: ::data[format=table]

Production	Writer	Director	Venue	Year
Blue Heaven	Tennessee Williams	Abigail Graham	Finborough Theatre, London	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
url=http://www.jmktrust.org/alumni/winner-2010/	title = Winner 2010}})	Bertolt Brecht	Matthew Evans	Battersea Arts Centre
Tender Napalm	Philip Ridley	David Mercatali	Southwark Playhouse	2011
Yellow	Daniel Saleeb	Daniel Saleeb	Tete a Tete Festival / Riverside Studios	2011
Shallow Slumber	Chris Lee	Mary Nighy	Soho Theatre	2012
Tender Napalm	Philip Ridley	David Mercatali	UK Tour	2012
url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/edinburgh-theatre/news/08-2013/latest-fringe-firsts-include-waller-bridges-fleaba_31666.html	title=Latest Fringe Firsts include Waller-Bridge's Fleabag and Ridley's Dark Vanilla Jungle | WhatsOnStage	date=16 August 2013 }})	Philip Ridley	David Mercatali
Our Ajax	Timberlake Wertenbaker	David Mercatali	Southwark Playhouse	2013
Jonny & the Baptists: The Stop UKIP Tour	Jonny Donahoe & Paddy Gervers	The company	UK Tour / Soho Theatre	2014
Dark Vanilla Jungle	Philip Ridley	David Mercatali	UK Tour & Soho Theatre	2014
Jonny & the Baptists: The Satiric Verses	Jonny Donahoe & Paddy Gervers	The company	The Pleasance, Edinburgh Festival	2014
Bull (Olivier Award Winner)	Mike Bartlett (playwright)	Clare Lizzimore	Young Vic Theatre	2015
Radiant Vermin	Philip Ridley	David Mercatali	Tobacco Factory Theatre, Bristol / Soho Theatre, London	2015
Jonny & the Baptists Rock The Vote	Jonny Donahoe & Paddy Gervers	The company	UK Tour & Soho Theatre	2015
You Look Tasty (A Play By A Tiger)	Stewart Pringle	David Mercatali	The Pleasance, Edinburgh Festival	2015
Tonight with Donny Stixx	Philip Ridley	David Mercatali	Pleasance, Edinburgh Festival	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	2015-16
Octagon	Kristiana Colon	Nadia Latif	Arcola Theatre, London	2015
Jonny & the Baptists: Eat the Poor	Jonny Donahoe & Paddy Gervers	The company	Paines Plough Roundabout Theatre (Summerhall, Edinburgh Festival) & UK Tour	2016-17
Radiant Vermin	Philip Ridley	David Mercatali	59E59 Theaters, New York	2016
Thirty Christmases	Jonny Donahoe, with Paddy Gervers	Alice Hamilton	Old Fire Station, Oxford & New Diorama Theatre, London	2017-18
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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; for *Dark Vanilla Jungle *a Fringe First Award and a nomination for lead actress Gemma Whelan for the *Stage *Award for Best Solo Performance; for Tender Napalm, winning the OffWestEnd.Com Award for Best Actress for Vinette Robinson and a nomination for the *Evening Standard Outstanding Newcomer Award for director David Mercatali; 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; and for The Jewish Wife, *winning the JMK director's award for Matthew Evans.

For Supporting Wall Ben Monks and Will Young were jointly nominated for the OffWestEnd.Com Best Producer Award twice consecutively in 2011 & 2012.

References

References

1. "supporting wall". supporting wall.
2. "Producer Profile: Ben Qasim Monks". Stage One.
3. (17 January 2012). "Year of the Producer". WhatsonStage.
4. "New TBT Producer". The Actors Centre.
5. "New Diorama's Will Young to join artistic director David Byrne at Royal Court".
6. "Blue Heaven – Finborough Theatre".
7. "Winner 2010".
8. (19 April 2011). "Tender Napalm".
9. "Shallow Slumber - Soho Theatre".
10. "Tender Napalm".
11. (16 August 2013). "Latest Fringe Firsts include Waller-Bridge's Fleabag and Ridley's Dark Vanilla Jungle | WhatsOnStage".
12. (6 November 2013). "Our Ajax".
13. (28 March 2014). "This week's new live comedy".
14. http://www.scotsman.com/what-s-on/theatre-comedy-dance/philip-ridley-on-the-return-of-dark-vanilla-jungle-1-3316034 {{Dead link. (February 2022)
15. "Jonny & the Baptists: The Satiric Verses".
16. (2015-04-13). "Olivier Awards success for Angela Lansbury and Sunny Afternoon". BBC News.
17. (11 December 2015). "Bull".
18. "Radiant Vermin - Soho Theatre".
19. (27 April 2015). "Jonny and the Baptists review – jokes about the election, equality ... And willies".
20. https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/you-look-tasty-play-tiger#overview {{Dead link. (August 2022)
21. https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/tonight-donny-stixx#overview {{Dead link. (August 2022)
22. "Jonny & The Baptists {{!".
23. "Arcola Theatre".
24. "Jonny & the Baptists: Eat the Poor - Summerhall August Festival 2016Summerhall August Festival 2016".
25. "Philip Ridley's RADIANT VERMIN to Receive US Premiere as Part of Brits off Broadway at 59E59 Theaters".
26. "Thirty Christmases review, Old Fire Station, Oxford, 2016".
27. (2015-04-12). "Olivier Awards 2015: full list of winners". The Daily Telegraph.
28. "Awards".
29. (6 February 2012). "The 2012 off West End Awards".
30. (10 April 2012). "London Evening Standard Theatre Awards longlist revealed".
31. "Subscription".
32. "Subscription".
33. [https://archive.today/20130902173108/http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2012/01/finborough-and-landor-lead-offies-nominations/]

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