Movies: Philip Ridley

A young boy tries to cope with rural life circa 1950s and his fantasies become a way to interpret events. After his father tells him stories of vampires, he becomes convinced that the widow up the road is a vampire, and tries to find ways of discoura...

The Krays is a film based on the lives and crimes of the British gangsters Ronald and Reginald Kray, twins who are often referred to as The Krays and were active in London in the 1960s....

The story follows Jamie, a troubled young man with a birthmark on his face, which has left him feeling isolated and fearful, hiding from the world outside. He lives in the East End of London, an area notorious for its violent hooded gangs. According ...

Desire torments a former cultist taking refuge at the home of a scantily clad woman whose husband is away....

Last December 17-year-old Davey saw something that he can’t forget. Yesterday, 54-year-old Anita was forced to flee the flat she’d lived in all her adult life. They have never met. Yet both know, sooner or later, their paths will have to cross....

Dermot is in love with Pearl and is going to meet her family for the first time. But not everyone lives in the same world as us.....

From master storyteller Philip Ridley, the award-winning The Poltergeist makes its stage debut at Arcola Theatre, following a critically acclaimed streaming run at Southwark Playhouse. Darkly comic and deeply compelling The Poltergeist is “a tour-de...

The Making of the Reflecting Skin...

A Boy runs through the streets with a present for Mr Beak. Along the way he meets a series of strange characters in a strange world where your previous memories are inexorably attracted to you....