Vic Harbour
MooneyOnTheatre.com
Mike Anderson
… I would like to credit David J. Phillips (a Fringe veteran, playing Frank) for doing excellent work.
Diamond Tongues
Toronto Star
Bruce DeMara
… David John Phillips is devastating as predatory acting coach Derek.
Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap
DrewRowsome.blogspot.com
… In particular David John Phillips, as the mysterious stranger Paravicini, revels in his character’s glee at being, potentially, the malevolent interloper. The character, being “foreign,” has a self-awareness built in that allows Phillips to push right past comedy to the edge of parody.
Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap
MooneyOnTheatre.com
Mike Anderson
… I was especially taken by Phillips’ sinister continental, who only becomes more dangerous as he slips nearer to the background.
Sundowners
Now Magazine online
Norman Wilner
NOW rating: NNNN (out of five)
… David John Phillips contribute[s] fun supporting turns.
Cluster Fucked
mooneyontheatre.com
Randy McDonald
Randy McDonald loves Cluster Fucked, a highly original piece of theatre that does a brilliant job of presenting to its audience a critical perspective of the world of Big Data. The smart, funny and very understandable script of David John Phillips is given life by an energetic cast, becoming a show that instructs and delights. Cluster Fucked should not be missed by audiences interested in the powers behind our technological world, and by theatregoers interested in new style of drama done well.
Cluster Fucked delights.
The Trunk
TheatreBeyondBroadway.com
Nicole Jesson
The cast is simply superb. David John Phillip’s performance as the witty wordsmith losing his mind is gut wrenching. This is a world premiere of a play that should be around for a very long time. But you only get one chance of saying you saw it first!
nytheatre-wire.com
David John Phillips is, literally, mesmerizing. Whether he is reminiscing, or confused, or slyly showing handcuffs from the trunk to Asher (who is straight), or laughing at himself, or attacking his former student (Maggie Champagne) who has come to take charge of his life, or feeding his cat, one cannot look away from his face. It is full of each moment as he constantly changes, and the intimacy of the space makes him even more magnetic. Seeing him work was like having the privilege of entering another’s soul.
Oh! I Miss the War
Fresh Sheet Reviews; ColinThomas.ca
Colin Thomas
I’m grateful to David John Phillips, who performs the back-to-back monologues that make up “2 Queens. 2 Bars. 55 Years.” [since retitled “Oh! I Miss the War”], and who wrote one of those monologues, for demonstrating that the Fringe can also provide an extraordinary opportunity for exploring depth. Both monologues are queer-themed, and both combine tenderness with audacity.