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| birth_place        = [[London]], England
| occupation         = Writer, artist, filmmaker
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'''Philip Ridley''' is an English playwright, filmmaker, writer, and multi-disciplinary artist. He has produced works in a wide variety of mediums and genres, and has self-described as a "storyteller".<ref name=":0">{{cite web |last=Janisse |first=Kier-La |date=14 July 2010 |title=Reflecting Skin director Philip Ridley returns with horror stunner HEARTLESS |url=http://www.fantasiafestival.com/blog/premieres/reflecting-skin-director-philip-ridley-returns-with-horror-stunner-heartless |access-date=19 May 2016 |website=Fantasia Festival}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite news |last=Parton |first=Russell |date=6 March 2015 |title=Philip Ridley: 'You cannot predict what's going to cause outrage' |url=http://www.eastendreview.co.uk/2015/03/06/philip-ridley-radiant-vermin/ |access-date=20 May 2016 |website=East End Review}}</ref>

As a dramatist, he has been described as "a pioneer of [[In-yer-face theatre]]",<ref>{{cite book |last=Sierz |first=Aleks |author-link=Aleks Sierz |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CGw9lSJ5Q8MC&pg=PA91 |title=Modern British Playwriting: The 1990s: Voices, Documents, New Interpretations |date=24 May 2012 |publisher=Methuen Drama |isbn=9781408181331 |location=Great Britain |page=111}}</ref> which is a style and sensibility of drama that characterised many new plays that were performed in Britain during the 1990s.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sierz |first1=Aleks |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MjcgBQAAQBAJ&pg=PP1 |title=In-Yer-Face Theatre: British Drama Today |date=2001 |publisher=Faber and Faber Limited |isbn=978-0-571-20049-8 |location=London |access-date=12 November 2020}}</ref> Ridley's debut play, ''[[The Pitchfork Disney]]'' (1991), is considered by many to be a seminal work that influenced the development of this form of theatre.<ref>{{cite web |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=30 January 2012 |title=Philip Ridley On ... Revisiting ''The Pitchfork Disney'' |url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/west-end-theatre/news/01-2012/philip-ridley-on-revisiting-the-pitchfork-disney_5566.html |access-date=6 April 2016 |website=WhatsOnStage.com |location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Bethold |first=David |date=19 August 2012 |title=On Philip Ridley and Tender Napalm |url=http://carveinsnow.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/on-philip-ridleys-tender-napalm.html |access-date=19 May 2016 |website=Carved in Snow blogspot}}</ref> One critic dubbed it "''the'' key play" of the 1990s.<ref>{{cite book |last=Ridley |first=Philip |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L77YBgAAQBAJ&q=key+play+of+that+decade |title=The Pitchfork Disney |date=21 October 2015 |publisher=Methuen Drama |isbn=978-1-4725-1400-4 |location=London, Great Britain |page=1 |chapter=Introduction by Aleks Sierz}}</ref> He is also recognised for creating an ongoing series of plays for young people (''[[The Storyteller Sequence]]'').<ref>{{cite web |title=The Storyteller Sequence |url=http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/the-storyteller-sequence-9781474216999/ |access-date=10 September 2017 |website=Bloomsbury Publishing}}</ref>

As a visual artist he has been cited as a contemporary of the [[Young British Artists]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Eyre |first1=Hermione |title=Philip Ridley: The savage prophet |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/philip-ridley-the-savage-prophet-395320.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220526/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/philip-ridley-the-savage-prophet-395320.html |archive-date=26 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=3 March 2021 |work=The Independent |date=18 September 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The dark, disturbing genius of Philip Ridley |last=Rebellato |first=Dan |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/theatreblog/2011/apr/19/philip-ridley-tender-napalm |newspaper=The Guardian |date=19 April 2011 |access-date=19 May 2016}}</ref> and had his artwork exhibited internationally.<ref name="bloomsbury.com" /> In film, he is perhaps best known for his award-winning screenplay for the film, ''[[The Krays (film)|The Krays]]'' (1990), a biopic about [[the Kray twins]] which was directed by [[Peter Medak]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The Krays |url=http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/the-krays-9780413711304/ |access-date=10 September 2017 |website=[[Bloomsbury Publishing]]}}</ref> As a filmmaker in his own right, he created a loose trilogy of horror films: ''[[The Reflecting Skin]]'' (1990), ''[[The Passion of Darkly Noon]]'' (1995) and ''[[Heartless (2009 film)|Heartless]]'' (2009)<ref>{{cite web |last=Hatfull |first=Jonathan |date=27 November 2015 |title=The Reflecting Skin is 'Not Little House on the Prairie!' |url=http://www.scifinow.co.uk/interviews/philip-ridley-the-reflecting-skin-is-not-little-house-on-the-prairie/ |access-date=19 May 2016 |website=SciFi Now}}</ref> for which he has acquired a cult following.<ref>{{cite web |last=Dance |first=Michael |date=2 April 2010 |title='Heartless' Trailer: Coming of Age in London, with Demons |url=http://moviecultists.com/2010/02/04/heartless-trailer-coming-of-age-in-london-with-demons/ |access-date=19 May 2016 |website=Movie Cultists}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=28 May 2010 |title=Philip Ridley on his Demons |url=http://filmlondon.org.uk/news/2010/may/philip_ridley_on_his_demons |access-date=19 May 2016 |website=Film London |archive-date=16 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101216133214/http://filmlondon.org.uk/news/2010/may/philip_ridley_on_his_demons |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Ridley is also a novelist,<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Hunt |first=George |date=March 1994 |title=Authorgraph No.85: Philip Ridley |url=http://booksforkeeps.co.uk/issue/85/childrens-books/articles/authorgraph/authorgraph-no85-philip-ridley |access-date=19 May 2016 |magazine=Books for Keeps |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810011928/https://booksforkeeps.co.uk/issue/85/childrens-books/articles/authorgraph/authorgraph-no85-philip-ridley |archivedate=10 August 2014}}</ref> songwriter, poet, photographer, performance artist, and has written drama for radio.<ref>{{cite book |last=Rebellato |first=Dan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9C4k3GvNl3cC&q=philip+ridley |title=The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary British Playwrights |date=17 October 2011 |publisher=Methuen Drama |isbn=978-1-40812-278-5 |location=Great Britain |page=425}}</ref>

== Life and career ==
Ridley was born in [[Bethnal Green]] in the [[East End of London]], where he lived and worked until moving to another part of East London, [[Ilford]], in 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/features/philip-ridley-if-this-is-as-good-as-it-gets-i-might-as-well-slit-my-wrists |title=Philip Ridley: 'If this is as good as it gets, I might as well slit my wrists' |date=16 March 2015 |website=The Stage |access-date=10 September 2017}}</ref> Ridley studied painting at [[Saint Martin's School of Art]], and his work has been exhibited throughout Europe and Japan. Ridley is gay. 

He started as both a performance artist and the creator of a long sequence of [[Charcoal#Art|charcoal drawing]]s called ''The Epic of Oracle Foster''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jnosek.de/sparkleshark/ridley.htm |title=Philip Ridley - Sparkleshark |website=J.Nosek.de |access-date=10 September 2017}}</ref> One drawing from this sequence, "''Corvus Cum''", portraying a man [[orgasm|ejaculating]] a black bird, was exhibited at the [[Institute of Contemporary Arts|ICA]] in London while Ridley was still a student. With calls by some viewers for it to be displayed behind a curtain, it became a ''[[cause célèbre]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.timeout.com/london/connect/theatre/blog/146/philip-ridley-our-theatres-polymath-genius |title=Philip Ridley – the best British playwright of the past 20 years |first=Aleks |last=Sierz |magazine=[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out London]] |access-date=10 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091021124928/http://www.timeout.com/london/connect/theatre/blog/146/philip-ridley-our-theatres-polymath-genius |archive-date=21 October 2009 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Ridley also started his own theatre group as a student, acting in many of the productions, and made several short art films.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.penguin.co.uk/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,0_1000026653,00.html |title=Philip Ridley – Penguin Books Authors |website=Penguin Books |access-date=10 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927173646/http://www.penguin.co.uk/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,0_1000026653,00.html |archive-date=27 September 2012}}</ref>

===Writing===

Ridley has written three books for adults: ''[[Crocodilia (novel)|Crocodilia]]'' (1988), ''[[In the Eyes of Mr. Fury]]'' (1989), and ''[[Flamingoes in Orbit]]'' (1990).

His children's novels include ''Mercedes Ice'' (1989), ''Dakota of the White Flats'' (1989), ''[[Krindlekrax]]'' (1991) (winner of the [[Smarties Prize]] and the [[WH Smith Mind-Boggling Book Award]]), ''Meteorite Spoon'' (1994), ''Kasper in the Glitter'' (1994) (nominated for the [[Whitbread Prize]]), ''Scribbleboy'' (1997) (shortlisted for the [[Carnegie Medal (literary award)|Carnegie Medal]]), ''Zinderzunder'' (1998), ''Vinegar Street'' (2000), ''Mighty Fizz Chilla'' (2002) (shortlisted for the [[Blue Peter]] Book of the Year Award), and ''Zip's Apollo'' (2005).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2005/apr/27/booksforchildrenandteenagers.familyandrelationships |title=Author of the month: Philip Ridley |first=Dina |last=Rabinovitch |date=27 April 2005 |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=19 September 2007}}</ref> He also has written two short stories for younger children, ''Dreamboat Zing'' (1996) and ''The Hooligan's Shampoo'' (1996).

===Film===

After graduating from St Martin's, Ridley created the short film, ''Visiting Mr Beak'' (1987), which starred the veteran actor [[Guy Rolfe]]. The next year he created a short film for Channel 4 called ''The Universe of Dermot Finn'' (1988), which featured renowned actress [[Sheila Hancock]] and was officially selected for the [[Cannes Film Festival]]. A critical success there, it received theatrical distribution.

While still a student at St Martin's, Ridley wrote a screenplay for ''[[The Krays (film)|The Krays]]'' (1990), which was directed by [[Peter Medak]] and starred real-life brothers [[Gary Kemp]] and [[Martin Kemp]]. They had previously been recognised for their band, [[Spandau Ballet]].

Ridley has also directed three feature films from his own screenplays: ''[[The Reflecting Skin]]'' (1990) (winner of 11 international awards), ''[[The Passion of Darkly Noon]]'' (1995) (winner of the Best Director Prize at the [[Porto Film Festival]]), and ''[[Heartless (2009 film)|Heartless]]'' (2009).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fangoria.com/features/21-fearful-features/4224-sitges-09-my-sitges-story-part-5.html |title=Sitges '09: My Sitges Story – Part 5 |website=[[Fangoria]] |access-date=10 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091015031016/http://www.fangoria.com/features/21-fearful-features/4224-sitges-09-my-sitges-story-part-5.html |archive-date=15 October 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.puffin.co.uk/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,1000026653,00.html |title=Philip Ridley |website=[[Puffin Books]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512220558/http://www.puffin.co.uk/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,1000026653,00.html |archive-date=12 May 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> 

Ridley's third film as writer-director, ''[[Heartless (2009 film)|Heartless]]'', premiered at the Frightfest horror film festival in London in August 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/35415/go-behind-scenes-heartless |title=San Diego Comic-Con 2012: Solomon Kane Finally Gets A Release Date! |first=Matt |last=Serafini |date=14 July 2012 |website=[[Dread Central]] |access-date=10 September 2017}}</ref> The film stars [[Jim Sturgess]], [[Clémence Poésy]], [[Noel Clarke]], [[Eddie Marsan]], [[Luke Treadaway]], [[Ruth Sheen]], and [[Timothy Spall]], and was released in the UK in May 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/35682/a-heartless-trailer-debut |title=Exclusive Interview Part One: Legendary Filmmaker William Friedkin Discusses His Killer Instincts and More for Killer Joe |date=23 July 2012 |website=Dread Central |access-date=10 September 2017}}</ref> It was the first mainstream British film to be released across all platforms (theatrical, DVD, Blu-ray, download) at the same time.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.screendaily.com/news/distribution/uk-ireland/lionsgate-plots-digital-release-strategy-for-heartless/5010191.article |title=Lionsgate plots digital release strategy for Heartless |first=Sarah |last=Cooper |date=29 January 2010 |website=[[Screen International|Screen Daily]] |access-date=10 September 2017}}</ref>

In 1996 Hungary's Titanic Film Festival had a retrospective of Ridley's work.

===Theatre===

Ridley has written many adult stage plays: the seminal ''[[The Pitchfork Disney]]'' (1990), the multi-award-winning ''[[The Fastest Clock in the Universe]]'' (1992), ''[[Ghost from a Perfect Place]]'' (1994), ''[[Vincent River (play)|Vincent River]]'' (2000), the controversial ''[[Mercury Fur]]'' (2005), ''[[Leaves of Glass]]'' (2007), ''[[Piranha Heights]]'' (2008), ''[[Tender Napalm]]'' (2011), ''[[Shivered (play)|Shivered]]'' (2012), ''Dark Vanilla Jungle'' (2013), ''Radiant Vermin'' (2015), ''Tonight with Donny Stixx'' (2015), ''Karagula'' (2016), ''[[The Poltergeist (play)|The Poltergeist]]'' (2020), ''Tarantula'' (2021),<ref name=knighthall>{{Cite web |title=Philip Ridley {{!}} Knight Hall Agency |url=https://www.knighthallagency.com/client/philip-ridley/?category=Clients |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=www.knighthallagency.com}}</ref> ''Copper Beeches'',<ref name=knighthall/> and In The Forest of Starlight and Shrapnel (2023).<ref>url=https://old.theyardtheatre.co.uk/theatre/events/royal-welsh-new-23-festival/</ref>

Ridley has also written various monologues, many of which have been selectively performed together onstage. This includes ''Killer'' (consisting of the monologues ''Killer'', ''Sledgehammers'', and ''Vesper'') performed in 2017, ''Angry'' (consisting of the monologues ''Angry'', ''Okay'', ''Bloodshot'', ''Dancing'', ''Now'', and ''Air'') performed in 2018, and ''The Beast Will Rise'' (consisting of the monologues ''Performance'', ''Gators'', ''Star'', ''Rosewater'', and ''Cactus'') performed in 2020.

Ridley is additionally known for his series of plays for young people (known collectively as ''[[The Storyteller Sequence]]''), consisting of ''[[The Storyteller Sequence#Karamazoo (2006)|Karamazoo]]'' (2004), ''[[The Storyteller Sequence#Fairytaleheart (1998)|Fairytaleheart]]'' (1998), ''[[The Storyteller Sequence#Moonfleece (2004)|Moonfleece]]'' (2004), ''[[Sparkleshark]]'', and ''[[The Storyteller Sequence#Brokenville (2003)|Brokenville]]'' (2003).

He has also written two plays for young children, ''Daffodil Scissors'' (2004) and ''Krindlekrax'' (2002) - a stage adaptation of his successful children's novel of the same name - as well as a play for the whole family, ''Feathers in the Snow'' (2012).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vampire-world.com/filmpages/einzelnefime/schreiinderstille.htm |title=Filmreviews: "Schrei in der Stille", Philip Ridley, 1989 |website=Vampire-World.com |access-date=10 September 2017}}</ref>

Ridley was one of 25 contemporary British writers asked to contribute a scene to ''NT25 Chain Play'', celebrating 25 years of the [[Royal National Theatre]] in London.

===Music===

Ridley has written a wide range of songs, some of which have featured in his plays, films, and novels. As a student Ridley participated in music by creating work with a band called Haunted Staircase (who released their double-sided record ''Flutters'' in the early 1980s). He also worked as a [[DJ]].

As a songwriter he has regularly collaborated with composer, Nick Bicât.<ref>{{cite web |last=Schultz |first=Ian |date=24 December 2015 |title=The Reflecting Skin - Philip Ridley interview |url=http://thepeoplesmovies.com/2015/12/the-reflecting-skin-philip-ridley-interview/ |access-date=19 May 2016 |website=The Peoples Movies}}</ref> For Ridley's film, ''The Passion of Darkly Noon'', they created two songs: "Look What You've Done" (sung by [[Gavin Friday]]) and "Who Will Love Me Now?" (sung by [[PJ Harvey]]), the latter of which was voted as [[BBC Radio 1]]'s Best Film Song of 1998. It was later covered by the techno/house band [[Sunscreem]] as ''Please Save Me'', whose cover entered the [[UK top 40]] chart, became a cult hit in clubs,{{cn|date=October 2024}} and featured in the film ''[[South West 9]]''. For his film ''Heartless'', Ridley and Bicât created ten songs (performed by Mary Leay, Joe Echo, and lead actor Jim Sturgess).

In 2010 Ridley and Bicât formed the music group, 'Dreamskin Cradle' (with singer Mary Leay).<ref>{{cite web |date=12 August 2010 |title=Dreamskin Cradle Launched |url=http://www.nickbicat.com/news/index/?id=2 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160702000124/http://www.nickbicat.com/news/index?id=2 |archive-date=2 July 2016 |access-date=19 May 2016 |website=NickBicât.com |df=dmy-all}}</ref> The group's first album, ''Songs from Grimm'' (2014), consisted of twelve songs inspired by female characters in [[Brothers Grimm]] [[fairy tales]]; it was released on all major download sites.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://us5.campaign-archive1.com/?u=6f84bab592a657a3b330b39b2&id=8feb078426 |title='Songs From Grimm' - now released on all music platforms |website=Nick Bicat |access-date=10 September 2017}}</ref> Some songs from the album were performed as part of a live performance called ''Grimm Tales'', which was developed by the St Paul's Institute and featured readings by actress [[Jeany Spark]], reflections from [[Canon (priest)|Canon]] Edmund Newell, and extracts from Brothers Grimm fairy tales adapted by [[Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom|poet laureate]] [[Carol Ann Duffy]]. Dreamskin Cradle have also released two singles: ''Fade and Float'' (written for Ridley's stage play, ''Tender Napalm'') and ''Ladybird First'' (written for Ridley's stage play, ''Dark Vanilla Jungle'').

Ridley also has written the libretto of an opera for teenagers titled ''Tarantula in Petrol Blue''. With music composed by [[Anna Meredith]], it had its premiere in 2009.<ref>{{cite web |title=Video/Worklist |url=http://www.annameredith.com/videomusic/#worklist |access-date=19 May 2016 |website=Anna Meridith.com}}</ref>

===Other work===

Ridley is a photographer, and his images have appeared on the covers of some of his published plays. He also has had photography exhibitions, mainly consisting of portraits of his friends and images of East London.

Ridley is also a poet. Some poetry has been published in anthologies, and he has earned a following for his ongoing series of performance poetry, ''Lovesongs for Extinct Creatures''.{{cn|date=October 2024}}

Ridley has won the ''[[Evening Standard]]'' awards for Most Promising Newcomer to [[Cinema of the United Kingdom|British Film]] and Most Promising Playwright. He is the only person ever to receive both prizes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ratatoulha.chez-alice.fr/anglais/ridley.html |first=Sébastien |last=Cagnoli |title=Philip Ridley Chronologie |website=ratatoulha.chez-alice.fr |language=fr |access-date=10 September 2017}}</ref>

He was featured on BBC2's arts programme, ''The Culture Show'', on 2 March 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006t6c5 |title=The Culture Show |website=[[BBC Two]] |access-date=10 September 2017}}</ref>

Ridley dislikes his work being categorised by the medium in which it is told, often referring to the different genre pieces belonging to each other as "different peaks of the same mountain."<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

== List of works ==
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===Literature===
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'''''Works for Adults'''''
* 1986 – ''Embracing Verdi'' (short story)<ref name=Oranges>{{cite book|editor-first1=David|editor-last1=Rees|editor-link1=David Rees (author) |editor-first2=Peter|editor-last2=Robbins|editor-link2=Peter Robbins (British author) |date=June 1987|title=Oranges and Lemons: Stories by Gay Men|publisher=Third House|isbn= 1870188004}}</ref> 
* 1987 – ''Leviathan'' (short story)
* 1988 – ''[[Crocodilia]]'' (novel)
* 1989 – '' [[In the Eyes of Mr. Fury]]'' (novel, expanded version published in 2016)
* 1990 – ''[[Flamingoes in Orbit]]'' (short story collection, expanded version published in 2018)
* 1995 – ''Alien Heart'' (short story)<ref name=Alien>{{cite book|last=Ridley |first=Philip |editor-first1=John |editor-last1=Boorman |editor-link= John Boorman |editor-first2=Walter |editor-last2=Donohue |date=1995 |title=Projections 4½ |location=London, Great Britain |publisher=Faber and Faber Limited |pages=252–260|chapter=Philip Ridley: Alien Heart |isbn=0-571-17609-7}}</ref> 
* 1997 – ''Introduction'' to ''Philip Ridley Plays: 1'' (semi-autobiographical prose, extended and updated versions published in 2002<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ridley |first1=Philip |title=Philip Ridley: Plays One 'The Pitchfork Disney', 'The Fastest Clock in the Universe', 'Ghost from a Perfect Place' |date=2002 |publisher=Faber and Faber Limited |isbn=0-571-21056-2}}</ref> and 2012<ref>{{cite book |last=Ridley |first=Philip |title=Philip Ridley Plays 1: The Pitchfork Disney; The Fastest Clock in the Universe; Ghost from a Perfect Place |date=2012 |publisher=Bloomsbury Methuen Drama |location=London, England |isbn=978-1-40814-231-8}}</ref>) 
* 1998 – ''Wonderful Insect'' (short story)
* 2009 – ''Introduction'' to ''Philip Ridley Plays: 2'' (semi-autobiographical prose)
* 2021 – ''Sunday'' (short story)<ref name=Mainstream>{{cite book|editor-first1=Justin|editor-last1=David|editor-first2=Nathan|editor-last2=Evans|date=2021|title=<s>Main</s>stream: An Anthology of Stories from the Edges|publisher=Inkandescent|isbn= 978-1-912620-08-1}}</ref>   
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'''''Works for Children'''''
* 1989 – ''Mercedes Ice'' (novel)
* 1989 – ''Dakota of the White Flats'' (novel)
* 1991 – ''[[Krindlekrax]]'' (novel)
* 1994 – ''Meteorite Spoon'' (novel)
* 1995 – ''Kasper in the Glitter'' (novel)
* 1997 – ''Scribbleboy'' (novel)
* 1998 – ''Zinderzunder'' (novel)
* 2000 – ''Vinegar Street'' (novel)
* 2002 – ''Mighty Fizz Chilla'' (novel)
* 2005 – ''Zip's Apollo'' (novel)
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'''''Works for Younger Children'''''
* 1996 – ''The Hooligan's Shampoo'' (short story)
* 1996 – ''Dreamboat Zing'' (short story)
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===Poetry===
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Ongoing performance sequence - ''Lovesongs for Extinct Creatures'':<ref>{{cite book |last=Ridley |first=Philip |title=Tender Napalm |date=2011 |publisher=Bloomsbury Methuen Drama |location=London, England |isbn=978-1-4081-5287-4 |pages=65–71}}</ref>
* ''Your Love''
* ''Dark Sky Craving''
* ''The Silver Hat''
* ''I'm Waiting to be Killed''
* ''The Seams''

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Performance sequence - ''Heartbeat on the Horizon'':<ref>{{cite book |last=Ridley |first=Philip |title=Mercury Fur |date=2012 |publisher=Bloomsbury Methuen Drama |location=London, England |isbn=978-0-41377-514-6 |pages=133–71}}</ref>
* ''Press Conference''
* ''After''
* ''Flash Boom''
* ''Shrapnel''
* ''I Will''

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Miscellaneous poetry:
* ''The Dying Lizard Man''<ref>{{cite book |last=Ridley |first=Philip |title=Philip Ridley Plays 1: The Pitchfork Disney; The Fastest Clock in the Universe; Ghost from a Perfect Place |date=2012 |publisher=Bloomsbury Methuen Drama |location=London, England |isbn=978-1-40814-231-8 |pages=lx-lxi |chapter=Introduction chapter LV}}</ref>
* ''Someone Wants to Kill Me Again''<ref>{{cite book |last=Ridley |first=Philip |editor=Mike Bradwell |title=The Bush Theatre Book |date=1997 |publisher=Methuen |location=London, England |isbn=0413713202 |pages=75 |chapter=Looking Back}}</ref>
* ''Getting Through The Day''<ref>{{cite book |last=Ridley |first=Philip |editor=Mike Bradwell |title=The Bush Theatre Book |date=1997 |publisher=Methuen |location=London, England |isbn=0413713202 |pages=77 |chapter=Looking Back}}</ref>
* ''The Prince and the Snail''<ref name=Works4>{{cite book |last=Ridley |first=Philip |editor1=Pie Corbett |editor-link=Pie Corbett |editor2=Gaby Morgan |title=The Works 4 |date=2005 |publisher=Macmillan Children's Books |location=London, England |isbn=978-0-33043-644-1 |pages=220–222}}</ref>
* ''Waiting For Faces To Fall''<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ridley |first1=Philip |editor=Graham Bendel |title=Poems For The Retired Nihilist – Volume 2 |date=2007 |publisher=Fortune Teller Press |isbn=9780954773724 |pages=36–37}}</ref>
* ''I Am The Boy''<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ridley |first1=Philip |editor=Graham Bendel |title=Poems For The Retired Nihilist – Volume 2 |date=2007 |publisher=Fortune Teller Press |isbn=9780954773724 |pages=52–54}}</ref>
* ''Sparkling Cannibals''<ref>{{cite web |title=Review: Refugees Welcome, Southwark Playhouse |date=22 May 2016 |url=http://oughttobeclowns.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/review-refugees-welcome-southwark.html |website=Ought to be Clowns blogspot |access-date=5 June 2016}}</ref>
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===Theatre===
{{Category see also|Plays by Philip Ridley}}
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'''''Adult Stage Plays'''''
* 1991 – ''[[The Pitchfork Disney]]''
* 1992 – ''[[The Fastest Clock in the Universe]]''
* 1994 – ''[[Ghost from a Perfect Place]]''
* 2000 – ''[[Vincent River (play)|Vincent River]]''
* 2005 – ''[[Mercury Fur]]''
* 2007 – ''[[Leaves of Glass]]''
* 2008 – ''[[Piranha Heights]]''
* 2011 – ''[[Tender Napalm]]''
* 2012 – ''Shivered''
* 2013 – ''Dark Vanilla Jungle''
* 2015 – ''Radiant Vermin''
* 2015 – ''Tonight with Donny Stixx'' 
* 2016 – ''Karagula''
* 2017 – ''The Beast of Blue Yonder''
* 2020 – ''The Poltergeist''
* 2021 – ''Tarantula'' 
* 2023 – ''In The Forest of Starlight and Shrapnel''
* 2024 – ''Copper Beeches''

'''''Libretto'''''
* 2007 – ''On Such A Day'' (short operatic piece)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tete-a-tete.org.uk/archive/blind-date/ |title=Blind Date |website=[[Tête à Tête (opera company)|Tête à Tête]] |access-date=10 September 2017}}</ref>
* 2009 – ''Tarantula in Petrol Blue'' (opera for teenagers)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.overgrownpath.com/2009/02/bring-on-iterations.html |title=Bring on the iterations |date=22 February 2009 |website=On An Overgrown Path |access-date=10 September 2017}}</ref>

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'''''Plays for Young People ([[The Storyteller Sequence]])'''''
* 1997 – ''[[Sparkleshark]]'' (professional premiere in 1999)
* 1998 – ''[[The Storyteller Sequence#Fairytaleheart (1998)|Fairytaleheart]]'' (also worked as the director of the original stage production)
* 2000 – ''[[The Storyteller Sequence#Brokenville (2000)|Brokenville]]'' (performed earlier as a work-in-progress under the title ''Apocalyptica'' in 1998)
* 2004 – ''[[The Storyteller Sequence#Moonfleece (2004)|Moonfleece]]'' (professional premiere in 2010)
* 2004 – ''[[The Storyteller Sequence#Karamazoo (2004)|Karamazoo]]'' (monologue)
'''''Play for the Whole Family'''''
* 2012 – ''Feathers in the Snow''

'''''Plays for Children'''''
* 2000 – ''Scribbleboy'' (adapted by Ridley from his children's novel of the same name.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Gardner|first1=Lyn|title=Tingles among the tower blocks|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2000/feb/05/booksforchildrenandteenagers|access-date=20 December 2017|work=The Guardian|date=5 February 2000}}</ref> Play unproduced and script unpublished)
* 2002 – ''[[Krindlekrax#Stage adaptation|Krindlekrax]]'' (adapted by Ridley from his children's novel of the same name)
* 2004 – ''Daffodil Scissors''

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'''''Monologues''''' (sometimes performed as Live Art)
* 1986 – ''Vesper'' (first performed as a live art piece by Ridley in the ''Ten Painters Exhibition'' at St Martins School of Art)<ref>{{cite book |last=Ridley |first=Philip |editor-last=Sierz |editor-first=Aleks |date= 24 May 2012 |title=Modern British Playwriting: The 1990s: Voices, Documents, New Interpretations |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gfHeBAAAQBAJ&q=Vesper+-+a+Monologue |location=Great Britain |publisher=Methuen Drama |pages=189–198 |chapter=Chapter 3: Documents: Philip Ridley: ''Vesper'' – a Monologue |isbn=978-1-40818-133-1}}</ref>
* ???? – ''Bloodshot''<ref name=vaultzero1>{{cite book |last=Ridley |first=Philip |date=2012 |title=Philip Ridley Plays 1: Pitchfork Disney; The Fastest Clock in the Universe; Ghost from a Perfect Place |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bQ18AAAAQBAJ&q=Appendix%3A+Three+Monologues+from+Vault+Zero&pg=PR4 |location=Great Britain |publisher=Bloomsbury Methuen Drama |pages=283–315 |chapter=Appendix: Three Monologues from ''Vault Zero'' |isbn=978-1-4081-4231-8}}</ref>
* ???? – ''Angry''<ref name=vaultzero1/>
* ???? – ''Vooosh!''<ref name=vaultzero1/>
* ???? – ''Now''<ref name=vaultzero2>{{cite book |last=Ridley |first=Philip |date=2014 |title=Dark Vanilla Jungle and other monologues |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VgAQAwAAQBAJ&q=Monologues+Now+Okay+Wound+It+Killer |location=Great Britain |publisher=Bloomsbury Methuen Drama |pages=41–63 |isbn=978-1-4725-2350-1}}</ref>
* ???? – ''Okay''<ref name=vaultzero2/>
* ???? – ''Wound''<ref name=vaultzero2/>
* ???? – ''It''<ref name=vaultzero2/>
* 2013 – ''Dark Vanilla Jungle''
* 2015 – ''Tonight with Donny Stixx''
* 2017 – ''Killer''<ref name=vaultzero2/>
* 2017 – ''Sledgehammers''<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sierz|first1=Aleks|title=KILLER, SHOREDITCH TOWN HALL|url=http://www.sierz.co.uk/reviews/killer-shoreditch-town-hall/|website=Aleks Sierz|access-date=3 December 2017}}</ref>
* 2018 – ''Dancing'' 
Monologues presented as theatre pieces:
* 2017 – ''Killer'' (a theatrical presentation of three monologues: ''Killer'', ''Sledgehammers'', and ''Vesper'')<ref>{{cite web|title=Shoreditch Town Hall presents the world première of KILLER Written by Philip Ridley Directed by Jamie Lloyd|url=https://shoreditchtownhall.com/whats-on/killer|website=Shoreditch Town Hall}}</ref>
* 2018 – ''Angry'' (a theatrical presentation of six monologues: ''Angry'', ''Okay'', ''Bloodshot'', ''Dancing'', ''Now'', and ''Air'')<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sierz|first1=Aleks|title=Wondrously Roarding Ridleyland - review|url=http://www.theartsdesk.com/theatre/angry-southwark-playhouse-review-%E2%80%93-wondrously-roaring-ridleyland|website=The Arts Desk|date=17 February 2018|access-date=14 March 2018}}{{Rating|4|5}}</ref>
* 2020 – ''The Beast Will Rise'' (a theatrical presentation of five monologues: ''Performance'', ''Gators'', ''Star'', ''Rosewater'', and ''Cactus'')
* 2020 – ''[[The Poltergeist (play)|The Poltergeist]]''
* 2021 – ''[[Tarantula (play)|Tarantula]]''
Online monologues:
* 2014 - ''Mercury Fur - New Monologues'' (Four monologues written by Ridley to promote The Greenhouse Theatre Company's production of ''Mercury Fur'' transferring to the [[West End of London|West End]]: ''Elliot'', ''Naz'', ''Lola'', ''Darren''. Presented on [https://www.youtube.com/user/greenhousetheatre The Greenhouse Theatre Company's YouTube channel].<ref>{{cite web |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Brief Encounter with ... ''Mercury Fur'' director Ned Bennett |url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/off-west-end-theatre/news/brief-encounter-with-mercury-fur-director-ned-benn_3968.html |website=WhatsOnStage |access-date=15 June 2018 |date=6 June 2012}}</ref>)
* 2020 - ''[[The Beast Will Rise]]'' (a series of monologues in response to [[Coronavirus disease 2019|Coronavirus]] performed by the cast of Ridley's postponed play ''The Beast of Blue Yonder'': ''Gators'', ''Zarabooshka'', ''Chihuahua'', ''Origami'', ''Wound'', ''Telescope'', ''River'', ''Eclipse'', ''Performance'', ''Star'', ''Night'', ''Puzzle'', ''Snow'', ''Rosewater'', ''Cactus''. Presented online at [http://www.wearetramp.com The Beast Will Rise (Tramp)]<ref>{{cite web|title= Gators, Tramp - review – Gloriously surreal monologue about everyday anxieties in extraordinary circumstances|url= https://theartsdesk.com/theatre/gators-tramp-productions-online-review-glittering-dark|website=The Arts Desk|date= 9 April 2020}}</ref>) 
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===Radio plays===
* 1989 – ''October Scars the Skin'' (script unpublished)
* 1989 – ''The Aquarium of Coincidences'' (script unpublished)
* 1991 – ''Shambolic Rainbow'' (script unpublished)

===Film===
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'''''Feature Films'''''
* 1990 – ''[[The Krays (film)|The Krays]]'' (screenwriter)<ref name=NYT>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9C0CE0D61739F93AA35752C1A966958260 |title=The Krays (1990) Review/Film; Twin Thugs With a Mother Complex |author-link=Janet Maslin |first=Janet |last=Maslin |date=9 November 1990 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=10 September 2017}}</ref>
* 1990 – ''[[The Reflecting Skin]]'' (director and screenwriter)
* 1995 – ''[[The Passion of Darkly Noon]]'' (director and screenwriter)
* 2010 – ''[[Heartless (2009 film)|Heartless]]'' (director and screenwriter)
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'''''Short Films'''''
* 1987 – ''Visiting Mr Beak'' (director and screenwriter)
* 1988 – ''The Universe of Dermot Finn'' (director and screenwriter)
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===Songs===
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'''''As part of Dreamskin Cradle''''' (with Nick Bicât)

2011 – From the stage play ''Tender Napalm''
* ''Fade and Float'' (sung by Mary Leay)

2013 – From the stage play ''Dark Vanilla Jungle''
* ''Ladybird First'' (sung by Mary Leay)

2014 – From the Album ''Songs from Grimm''
* The Path You Know (sung by Mary Leay)
*Fearless (sung by Mary Leay)
*Waiting For You (sung by Mary Leay)
*Don't Call Me Magic (sung by Mary Leay)
*Not Here (sung by Mary Leay)
*Did That Just Happen (sung by Mary Leay)
*Things Will Change (sung by Mary Leay)
*Somewhere Something's Spinning (sung by Mary Leay)
*I Found You (Sung by Mary Leay)
*A Million Magic Things (sung by Mary Leay)
*Bring You Back (sung by Mary Leay)
*Tenderly Tender Me (sung by Mary Leay)
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'''''Songs in Cinematic Works'''''

1995 – From the film ''[[The Passion of Darkly Noon]]'' (music Nick Bicât)
* ''Who Will Love Me Now?'' (sung by [[PJ Harvey]])
* ''Look What You've Done (To My Skin)'' (sung by [[Gavin Friday]])

2010 – From the film ''[[Heartless (2009 film)|Heartless]]'' (music Nick Bicât)
* ''Heartless'' (sung by [[Jim Sturgess]])
* ''This Is The World We Live In'' (sung by [[Joe Echo]])
* ''What Skin Is All About'' (sung by Joe Echo)
* ''The Other Me'' (sung by Joe Echo)
* ''Lie to Me'' (sung by Joe Echo)
* ''It Must Be Somewhere'' (sung by Mary Leay)
* ''The Darker It Gets'' (sung by Joe Echo)
* ''In You Are All The Stories'' (sung by Joe Echo)
* ''Beautiful'' (sung by Joe Echoe)
* ''Phoenix in Dynamite Sky'' (sung by Joe Echo)
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'''''Other musical works'''''

198? – From the record single ''Flutters'' (double sided record featuring Philip Ridley as part of the band ''Haunted Staircase'')
* Side A: ''Flutters (A New Kind of Lovesong)''
* Side B: ''Something for the Children (A New Kind of Lullaby)''

2009 – ''Fin Like a Flower'' (music by [[Anna Meredith]], sung by [[Michael Chance]]. On the album ''[[NMC Recordings#Celebrating 20 years:The NMC Songbook|The NMC Songbook]]'')

2009 – ''Songless'' (music by Anna Meredith. Premiered at the [[Twickenham Choral Society]]. Unreleased)

2010 – ''Heal You'' (music by Anna Meredith, sung by [[Juice (trio)|Juice Vocal Ensemble]]. Performed as part of ''Laid Bare: 10 love songs''. Released as a single in 2014)

2016 – ''Love and Defection''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://voixdecassandre.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/secret-files-n-364-philip-ridley.html?q=philip+ridley |title=Secret Files N° 364 : Philip Ridley |date=27 January 2016 |website=Voix de Cassandre blogspot |access-date=10 September 2017}}</ref> (Mix-tape made for The Voice of Cassandre, a French Radio show which invites international artists to create their own mix-tapes.)
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===Exhibitions===

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'''''Group Shows'''''
* 1981 – ''[[New Contemporaries]]'', [[Institute of Contemporary Arts|ICA]], London.
* 1982 – ''New Contemporaries'', ICA, London.
* 1983 – ''Christie's Student Show'', Christie's, London.
* 1984 – ''The Leicester Exhibition'', Leicester.
* 1985 – ''Open Drawing Exhibition'', Tettenhall Gallery, Wolverhampton.
* 1985 – ''Open Exhibition'', Lamont Gallery, London.
* 1986 – ''Ten Painters'', 7th Floor Gallery, St. Martin's School of Art, London.
* 1986 – ''Summer Exhibition'', Bernard Baron Gallery, London.
* 1987 – ''Group Show'', Tom Allen Centre, London.
* 1987 – ''Selected Show'', Lamont Gallery, London.
* 1987 – ''Young Contemporaries'', Birch & Conran, London.
* 1988 – ''Decency'', Discreetly Bizarre Gallery, London.
* 1988 – ''Selected Show'', Lamont Gallery, London.
* 1988 – ''Mendacity'', Discreetly Bizarre Gallery, London.
* 1988 – ''Magical Cats'', Lamont Gallery, London.
* 1988 – ''Art Jonction International'', Nice, France.
* 1988 – ''Bergamo Art Fair'', Bergamo, Italy.
* 1996 – ''Freezeframe'', Lamont Gallery, London.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.filmfestival.gr/tributes/greenaway/exhibitions.htm |title=Peter Greenaway: Exhibitions |website=Thessaloniki Film Festival |access-date=10 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EltPXo7RdigC&q=freezeframe+philip+ridley&pg=PT149 |title=PJ Harvey: Siren Rising |first=James R. |last=Blandford |date=17 December 2009 |publisher=Omnibus Press |isbn=9780857121103 |access-date=10 September 2017 |via=Google Books}}</ref>
* 2011 – ''Behind The Eyes'', The Sassoon Gallery, London. (Photographic portraits. ''Behind The Eyes'' was a community arts project inspired by Ridley's play ''Mercury Fur'')<ref name=BehindEyes>{{Cite web |url=http://www.artlicks.com/events/1630/behind-the-eyes |title=Behind The Eyes event on the Art Licks Website |access-date=30 September 2018 |archive-date=4 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804122159/http://www.artlicks.com/events/1630/behind-the-eyes |url-status=dead }}</ref>   
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'''''Solo Shows'''''
* 1985 – ''The Roaring Dreams Show'', Tom Allen Centre, London.
* 1985 – ''The Feeling Landscapes Show'', Bernard Baron Gallery, London.
* 1985 – ''The Glittering Gargolyes Show'', The Fallen Angel, London.
* 1986 – ''Mermaids, Monsters and Sleeping Moons'', Mermaid Theatre, London.
* 1986 – ''Recent Images'', The Fallen Angel, London.
* 1986 – ''The Epic of Oracle Foster'', Lamont Gallery, London.
* 1987 – ''Shy Moon'', The Garden Gallery, London.
* 1989 – ''The Vinegar Blossoms'', Lamont Gallery, London.
* 2007 – ''Recent Portraits'', [[Soho Theatre|The Soho Theatre]], London (photography exhibition)<ref>[http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/plays/view/625 Archive page 'About: Leaves of Glass' on OffWestEnd.com]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110111075108/http://sohotheatre.com/pl1322.html Archived web-page on 'Recent Portraits' exhibition on The Soho Theatre website]</ref>
* 2007 – ''East London'', Trafalgar Studios, London (photography exhibition)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nathan |first1=John |title=Lynda Bellingham to Star in Ridley's ''Vincent River'' in London |url=http://www.playbill.com/article/lynda-bellingham-to-star-in-ridleys-vincent-river-in-london-com-143691 |website=Playbill |date=14 September 2007 |access-date=29 September 2018}}</ref><ref name=Vincentrafalgar>{{cite web |url=http://www.theambassadors.com:80/trafalgarstudios/sp_p4039.html |title=Webpage of the 2007 production of ''Vincent River'' on the Trafalgar Studios website |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070920152144/http://www.theambassadors.com/trafalgarstudios/sp_p4039.html |archive-date=20 September 2007 |access-date=30 September 2018 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
* 2008 – ''Recent Portraits 2'', The Soho Theatre, London (photography exhibition)<ref>[http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/plays/view/1667 Archive page 'About: Piranha Heights' on OffWestEnd.com]</ref>
* 2017 – ''Rebels and Rubble'', [[Shoreditch Town Hall]], London (mini photography exhibition)<ref>{{cite web |title=Shoreditch Town Announces Additional Programme of Events to Complement Philip Ridley Double-Bill |url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/uk-regional/article/Shoreditch-Town-Announces-Additional-Programme-Of-Events-To-Complement-Philip-Ridley-Double-Bill-20170216 |date=16 February 2017 |website=Broadway World |publisher=Wisdom Digital Media |access-date=10 September 2017}}</ref>
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== Selected works in anthologies ==
* 1987 – Short Story ''Embracing Verdi'' in the anthology ''Oranges and Lemons: Stories by Gay Men'' (edited by [[David Rees (author)|David Rees]] and [[Peter Robbins (British author)|Peter Robbins]])<ref name=Oranges/>
* 1988 – Short Story ''Leviathan'' in the anthology ''20 Under 35: Original Stories by Britain's Best New Young Writers'' (edited by Peter Straus)
* 1995 – Short Story ''Alien Heart'' in ''Projections 4½'' (edited by [[John Boorman]] and Walter Donohue)<ref name=Alien/>
* 1996 – Extract from ''The Fastest Clock in the Universe'' in the collection ''Live 3: Critical Mass'' (edited by David Tushingham)<ref>{{cite book |editor-first=David |editor-last=Tushingham |date=1996|title=Live 3: Critical Mass |publisher=Methuen Drama |isbn=0-413-69780-0}}</ref>
* 1997 – Short Story ''Embracing Verdi'' in the anthology ''The Mammoth Book of Gay Short Stories'' (edited by [[Peter Burton (writer)|Peter Burton]])
* 1997 – Three poems: ''Someone Wants to Kill Me'', ''The Seams'' and ''Getting Through the Day'' in ''[[The Bush Theatre]] Book'' (edited by [[Mike Bradwell]])<ref>{{cite book |last=Ridley |first=Philip |editor=Mike Bradwell |title=The Bush Theatre Book |date=1997 |publisher=Methuen |location=London, England |isbn=0413713202 |pages=75–78 |chapter=Looking Back}}</ref>
* 2000 – Extract from ''Krindlekrax'' in the collection ''Out of this world''
* 2003 – Poem ''The Silver Hat'' in the anthology ''Love'' (edited by Fiona Waters)
* 2005 – Poem ''The Prince and the Snail'' in the anthology ''The Works 4'' (edited by Gaby Morgan)<ref name=Works4/>
* 2007 – Three poems: ''Dark Sky Craving'', ''Waiting For Faces To Fall'' and ''I Am The Boy'' in the anthology ''Poems for the Retired Nihilist: Volume 2'' (edited by [[Graham Bendel]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ridley |first1=Philip |editor=Graham Bendel |title=Poems For The Retired Nihilist – Volume 2 |date=2007 |publisher=Fortune Teller Press |isbn=9780954773724}}</ref>
* 2009 – Monologue ''Vesper'' in ''Modern British Playwriting: The 1990s: Voices, Documents, New Interpretations'' (edited by [[Aleks Sierz]])
* 2021 – Short story ''Sunday'' in ''<s>Main</s>stream: An Anthology of Stories from the Edges'' (edited by Justin David and Nathan Evans)<ref name=Mainstream/> 

==Derivative works==
* In the British radio and TV comedy [[Little Britain (sketch show)|Little Britain]], the character of [[Vicky Pollard]] comes from Darkley Noone council estates. This is named after Ridley's film ''[[The Passion of Darkly Noon]]''.
* The music track ''The Light at the End (Effect)'' by industrial/noise rock duo Uniform (from their 2017 LP ''Wake in Fright'') uses a dialogue excerpt from ''The Reflecting Skin''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Howells |first1=Tom |title=Reviews Uniform WAKE IN FRIGHT |url=https://thequietus.com/articles/21766-uniform-wake-in-fright-album-review-sacred-bones |website=The Quietus |date=10 February 2017 |access-date=13 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=LeSuer |first1=Mike |title=Uniform – ''Wake In Fright'' Review |url=https://www.earbuddy.net/65309/uniform-wake-in-fright.html/reviews |website=Earbuddy |date=18 January 2017 |access-date=13 October 2019}}</ref>
* In 2011 the Schema Arts Collective used Ridley's 2005 play ''[[Mercury Fur]]'' as the basis for a community arts project called ''[[Mercury Fur#Behind the Eyes|Behind the Eyes]]'', which took place at the Sassoon Gallery, London.<ref name=BehindEyes/> The project featured an amateur production of ''Mercury Fur'', displayed artwork inspired by the play, and Ridley collaborated by exhibiting a series of photographic portraits he had created of the production's cast. A behind the scenes documentary about the project called ''Mercury Fur Unveiled'' was also made and later broadcast on [[the Community Channel]] in 2013.<ref>[http://www.communitychannel.org/schedule/20131124/ Behind the Eyes listing on The Community Channel schedule]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> It is [https://vimeo.com/255368673 free to watch online].
* In 2007 performance pieces inspired by Ridley's semi-autobiographical ''Introduction'' to ''Philip Ridley Plays: 1'' were presented by young directors under the title ''Gleaming Dark''. This received a one-off performance at [[Trafalgar Studios]] in conjunction with the venue's revival of Ridley's play ''[[Vincent River (play)|Vincent River]]''.<ref name=Vincentrafalgar/>
* A quote from Ridley's children novel ''Dakota of the White Flats'' is used as the epigraph for chapter 6 of [[Cornelia Funke]]'s young adult fantasy novel ''[[Inkspell]]''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Funke |first1=Cornelia |translator-last1=Bell |translator-first1=Anthea |title=Inkspell |date=2005 |orig-year=2003 |publisher=The Chicken House |location=Great Britain |isbn=9781908435095 |edition=2005 USA Paperback |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_QBHmumI__YC&pg=PT74 |access-date=18 October 2018}}</ref> 
* The German band Troy Flamingo are named after a character from one of Ridley's short stories.
* The American band Reflecting Skin is named after Ridley's film of the same name.
* Reece Nagra's remix of [[Buju Banton]]'s song ''Murderer'' opens with an excerpt of dialogue from ''[[The Krays (film)|The Krays]]''. It develops as a drum and bass anthem.
* [[Phil Western]]'s 1998 album ''The Escapist'' features excerpts of dialogue from ''The Reflecting Skin''.
* The song ''[[Fury Eyes]]'' (from [[the Creatures]]' second album, ''[[Boomerang (The Creatures album)|Boomerang]]'') is dedicated to Ridley's novel ''[[In the Eyes of Mr. Fury]]''.
* The song ''Troy Flamingo'' from Madonna Hip Hop Massaker's 1995 album ''Teenie Trap'' is based on the title story of Ridley's 1999 book ''[[Flamingoes in Orbit]]''. 
* Ridley's song ''Who Will Love Me Now?'' was covered by the techno/house band [[Sunscreem]] under the title ''Please Save Me''. The song became a cult hit in clubs, entered the top 40 UK chart, top 30 US dance chart and featured in the film ''[[South West 9]]''.
* The music track ''Phantasm'' which opens [[Biosphere (musician)|Biosphere]]'s 1994 album ''[[Patashnik]]'' samples dialogue from ''The Krays''.<ref>[https://www.whosampled.com/sample/822200/Biosphere-Phantasm-The-Krays-We-Had-a-Dream-Last-Night/ Page showing sample from 'The Krays' movie in the 1992 track 'Phantasm' by Biosphere on the Who Sampled website]</ref> 
* The song ''Omlagus Garfungiloops'' (from [[Coil (band)|Coil]]'s 1992 album ''[[Stolen & Contaminated Songs]]'') features excerpts of dialogue from ''The Reflecting Skin''.
*The Scottish band River Head used a photography still from ''The Reflecting Skin'' on the cover of their 1992 single sided 7-inch EP ''Was Away / Haddit''.<ref>[https://www.discogs.com/Riverhead-Was-Away-Haddit/release/1716455 ''Was Away / Haddit'' page on the Discogs website]</ref>   
* Ridley's image ''Rainbow Kiss'' was used on the cover of the short story collection ''Oranges and Lemons: Stories by Gay Men'', to which he also contributed as a writer.<ref name=Oranges/>
* Ridley's charcoal drawing ''The Conversation'' was used as the cover to cult band [[Blowzabella]]'s 1988 album ''Pingha Frenzy''.
* The American singer-songwriter Ethel Cain's song ''I Keep the Angel'' is inspired by - and the title taken from a line in - Philip Ridley's film ''The Reflcting Skin.''

== Notable awards won ==
* The 2013 [[The Scotsman|Scotsman]] [[Fringe First]] Award for ''Dark Vanilla Jungle''.<ref>{{cite web |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 |date=16 August 2013 |website=What'sOnStage.com |access-date=10 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/edinburgh-theatre/news/08-2013/edinburgh-fringe-2013-awards-round-up-who-won-what_31752.html |title=Edinburgh Fringe 2013 Awards round-up - who won what? |date=27 August 2013 |website=What'sOnStage.com |access-date=10 September 2017}}</ref>
* The 2010 [[Toronto After Dark Film Festival]] Vision Award for Best Independent Feature Film for ''Heartless''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://torontoafterdark.com/2015/archives/ |title=2015 archive |website=Toronto After Dark |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820170528/http://torontoafterdark.com/2015/archives/ |archive-date=20 August 2016 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
* The 2010 [[Fantasporto]] Film Festival Best Film Award for ''Heartless''.<ref name="dreadcentral.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/16169/several-genre-films-garner-awards-at-fantasporto-film-festival/ |title=Several Genre Films Garner Awards at Fantasporto Film Festival |date=9 March 2010 |website=Dread Central |access-date=10 September 2017}}</ref>
* The 2010 Fantasporto Film Festival Best Director Award for ''Heartless''.<ref name="dreadcentral.com"/>
* The 2009 [[Leeds International Film Festival]] Silver Melies Award for ''Heartless''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://screenanarchy.com/2009/11/liff-09-philip-ridleys-heartless-takes-the-silver-melies.html |first=Matthew |last=Lee |title=LIFF '09: Philip Ridley's "Heartless" takes the Silver Melies! |website=[[Screen Anarchy]] |date=12 November 2009 |access-date=10 September 2017}}</ref>
* The 1993 [[WH Smith Mind-Boggling Book Award]] for ''Krindlekrax''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.librarything.com/bookaward/W+H+Smith+Mind-Boggling+Books+Award |title=W H Smith Mind-Boggling Books Award |website=LibraryThing |access-date=10 September 2017}}</ref>
* The 1993 [[Meyer-Whitworth Award]] for Most Promising New Playwright for ''The Fastest Clock in the Universe''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.playwrightsstudio.co.uk/projects/awards/meyer-whitworth-award.aspx |title=Meyer Whitworth Award |website=Playwrights' Studio, Scotland |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170101022951/http://www.playwrightsstudio.co.uk/projects/awards/meyer-whitworth-award.aspx |archive-date=1 January 2017 |access-date=10 September 2017}}</ref>
* A 1992 Time Out Award for ''The Fastest Clock in the Universe''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Time Out award-winners |work=The Stage |publisher=The Stage Media Company Limited |page=2 |date=1 October 1992}}</ref>
* The 1992 [[Critics' Circle Theatre Award]] for Most Promising Playwright for ''The Fastest Clock in the Universe''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.albemarle-london.com/awards/AwardWinners.php?Award_Type=Critics+Circle+Awards&Year=1992 |title=Awards |website=Albemarle London |access-date=10 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810210511/http://www.albemarle-london.com/awards/AwardWinners.php?Award_Type=Critics+Circle+Awards&Year=1992 |archive-date=10 August 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
* The 1992 [[Evening Standard Theatre Award]] for Most Promising Playwright for ''The Fastest Clock in the Universe''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/theatre/evening-standard-theatre-awards-1980-2003-7299246.html |title=Theatre Awards 1980–2003 |date=29 October 2003 |newspaper=[[Evening Standard]] |access-date=10 September 2017}}</ref>
* The 1991 [[Nestle Smarties Book Prize]] (9–11 years category) for ''Krindlekrax''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.booktrust.org.uk/prizes/13/ |title=Nestlé Children's Book Prize 2007 |website=BookTrust |access-date=10 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326131127/http://www.booktrust.org.uk/prizes/13/ |archive-date=26 March 2017}}</ref>
* The 1990 [[Evening Standard British Film Award]] for Most Promising Newcomer for ''The Krays''.<ref name=standard>{{cite news |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/film/evening-standard-british-film-awards-1990-2001-7222966.html |title=British Film Awards 1990–2001 |date=10 January 2003 |website=Evening Standard |access-date=10 September 2017}}</ref>
* The 1990 Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Film for ''The Krays''<ref name=standard/>
* Silver Leopard at the [[Locarno Film Festival]] for ''[[The Reflecting Skin]]''.
* Grand Prize at the [[Stockholm Film Festival]] for ''The Reflecting Skin''.

== Notable award nominations ==
* Longlisted for the 2016 Off-West End Best New Play Award for ''Karagula''<ref name=OFFIES2016>{{cite web |url=http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/pages/the_offies |title=Webpage of the Panel Nominations for the 2016 Off-West End Awards |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170126180453/http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/pages/the_offies |archive-date=26 January 2017 |website=OffWestEnd.com |access-date=5 October 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>  
* Longlisted for the 2016 Off-West End Best Production Award for ''Karagula''<ref name=OFFIES2016/>
* Shortlisted for the 2011 London Festival Fringe Best Play Award for the 2010 London revival of ''Vincent River''.<ref name=fringe>{{cite web |url=http://londonfestivalfringe.com:80/general/awards2011/bestplay |title=Webpage of the 2011 London Festival Fringe Award on the London Festival Fringe website |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805081817/http://londonfestivalfringe.com/general/awards2011/bestplay |archive-date=5 August 2011 |access-date=1 October 2018 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
* Shortlisted for the 2013 Brian Way Best New Play Award for ''Feathers in the Snow''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theatre-centre.co.uk/about-us/news/2013/10/brian-way-award-2013-shortlist-announced/ |title=Brian Way Award 2013: Shortlist announced |date=3 October 2013 |website=Theatre Centre |access-date=10 September 2017}}</ref>
* Shortlisted for the 2012 Off-West End Best New Play Award for ''Shivered''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/153 |title=The 2012 Finalists Nominated For The Offie Awards |website=OffWestEnd.com |access-date=10 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924055216/http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/news/view/153 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Shortlisted for the 2011 London Festival Fringe Best Play Award for the 2010 London revival of ''Vincent River''.<ref name=fringe/>
* Nominated for the 2011 London Festival Fringe Best Play Award for ''Tender Napalm''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://hamiltonhodell.wordpress.com/2011/07/14/london-festival-fringe-nominations/ |title=The London Best Play Award 2011 |website=Hamilton Hodell |date=14 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011194606/https://hamiltonhodell.wordpress.com/2011/07/14/london-festival-fringe-nominations/ |archive-date=11 October 2016 |access-date=10 September 2017}}</ref><ref name="bloomsbury.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.bloomsbury.com/author/philip-ridley |title=Philip Ridley |website=Bloomsbury Publications |access-date=10 September 2017}}</ref>
* Shortlisted for ''The MOBIUS Best Off-West End Production'' award for ''[[Piranha Heights]]'' at the 2009 [[Whatsonstage.com Awards|WhatsOnStage.com Theatregoers Choice Awards]]<ref>[https://awards.whatsonstage.com/archive/2009-results/ Webpage of the 2009 WhatsOnStage Theatre Awards]</ref>
* Longlisted for the [[Carnegie Medal (literary award)|Carnegie Medal]] for ''Mighty Fizz Chilla''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/pressdesk/press.php?release=pres_car_02.html |title=The CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Awards |website=Carnegie Greenaway |access-date=10 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231204/http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/pressdesk/press.php?release=pres_car_02.html |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
* Shortlisted for the [[Blue Peter Book Award]]: The Book I Couldn't Put Down for ''Mighty Fizz Chilla''<ref name="bloomsbury.com"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Philip-Ridley-Mighty-Fizz-Chilla/dp/B00I63KRY2/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1458512902&sr=8-1-fkmr0&keywords=Mighty+Fizz+Chilla |title=By Philip Ridley - Mighty Fizz Chilla |first=Philip |last=Ridley |date=15 March 2006 |publisher=Puffin |access-date=10 September 2017 |via=Amazon}}</ref>
* Shortlisted for The Carnegie Medal for ''Scribbleboy''<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.tes.com/magazine/archived/new-magazine-experience |title=It's the way they tell 'em; Children's books |first=Geraldine |last=Brennan |date=6 September 2015 |magazine=[[TES (magazine)|TES]] |access-date=10 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/puffin/books/31534/scribbleboy/ |title=Scribbleboy by Philip Ridley |website=Puffin Books |access-date=10 September 2017}}</ref>
* Shortlisted for the 1995 [[Whitbread Children's Book Award]] for ''Kasper in the Glitter''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.costa.co.uk/media/300267/CBA-Past-Shortlists-2015-Version.pdf |title=Costa (formerly Whitbread) Book Awards Shortlists 1995-present |website=Costa.co.uk |access-date=10 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151124012436/http://www.costa.co.uk/media/300267/CBA-Past-Shortlists-2015-Version.pdf |archive-date=24 November 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Shortlisted for the 1990 [[Evening Standard British Film Awards]] for Best Screenplay for ''The Krays''<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=A challenge to go for the gold |work=Evening Standard |date=28 January 1991 |pages=24, 33}}</ref>
* Best Short Film at [[Cannes Film Festival]] for ''The Universe of Dermot Finn''

==References==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|726000|Philip Ridley}}
* {{cite web |url=http://www.ruadebaixo.com/philip-ridley.html |title=Interview and Gallery |language=pt}}
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* {{LCAuth|n90672846|Philip Ridley|29|ue}}
* {{cite web |url=http://www.knighthallagency.com/client/philip-ridley/?category=Playwrights |title=Philip Ridley |website=Knight Hall Agency}}

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