Faculty & Staff

Philip Cumbus
(he/him/his)
Director in Residence (London)
Theater

Creative training, in all fields, should aim to be a wholeheartedly enriching, supportive, inspiring, and positive experience for both faculty and students. My aim is to create a culture here that encourages focus, has rigorous and ambitious expectations for its participants and teachers, but also contains bucket loads of laughter, freedom of expression, safety, and play. We aim for a mixture of artistic precision and creative anarchy, just as the Globe stage has taught me!

Biography

Philip first started working professionally as an actor at the age of 13 before training at RADA and graduating in 2004. Since then, his work has moved between the stage, the screen and
various rehearsal/class/board rooms around the world. He works as an actor, teacher, director, and facilitator, as well as working with charities, foundations and corporations in leadership development, work that uses the stories of Shakespeare and his work in the creative fields to inspire imaginative, motivational, and inspiring leadership.

In 2007 he began the first of many jobs with Shakespeare’s Globe, and has now performed in over 16 different productions. Most recently playing in the Comedy of Errors in this 2023 summer season. His work on screen most recently saw him starring as Charles Spencer in Season 5 of The Crown. He has directed, taught text, Shakespeare, and acting, at RADA, Drama Studio, East 15, and here at the Globe and continues to rotate between work that takes him out front on to the stage or in front of the camera himself, and work that enables him to guide and inspire performances and stories from others.