<div dir="ltr"><div><div>I just couldn't help myself. I met Phelim McDermott through Open Space virtually, in meetings with the OSI - US institute and then in person at WOSonOS in London. <br><br></div>Fell in love with him, Mathilda and Ridley. <br>
<br>A mighty force in the Open Space world opening and facilitating important spaces in the world of <a href="http://www.improbable.co.uk/openspace/">Improbable and Devoted and Disgruntled</a> to invite important conversations around the future of Theatre in the UK. Open Space road trips across the country that seem simply amazing. <br>
<br></div><div>And then there is his day job as a brilliant Theatre Director but don't take my word for it. Read these reviews from this recent five star review in the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/18/theater/julie-atlas-muz-and-mat-fraser-reinvent-a-fabled-couple.html" target="_blank">New York Times</a> , another raving piece in <a href="http://www.timeout.com/newyork/theater/beauty-and-the-beast-2" target="_blank">Time out </a>and a critics pick in <a href="http://nymag.com/listings/theater/beauty-and-the-beast/" target="_blank">New York Magazine</a> -- all on his latest production Beauty and the Beast. <br>
<br></div><div>As if this was not enough, you can also check the New York Times reviews on <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/02/arts/music/the-enchanted-island-at-the-metropolitan-opera-review.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0" target="_blank">The Enchanted Island</a> with Placido Domingo at the Metropolitan Opera. The NYTimes talks about "a brilliant production team headed by the director Phelim McDermott (that team that gave the Met its <a title="New York Times review of the revival by James R. Oestreich." href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/07/arts/music/satyagraha-by-philip-glass-at-met-opera-review.html?_r=2" target="_blank">remarkable staging of “Satyagraha”</a>)."<br>
<br></div><div>It's been said that Open Space is not a process or a tool; it's life. Well let me just say that Phelim is one heck of an Open Space lifer and facilitator!<br><br></div><div>Congrads my dear friend!<br>
<br>Suzanne<br></div>
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