Philip Prowse is a stage director and designer, and was one of the triumvirate of directors at the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow

Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

 from 1970 until 2004.

Philip Prowse was trained at the Slade School of Art and since 1970 was a co-director of the Citizens Company with Giles Havergal

Giles Havergal

Giles Pollock Havergal CBE is a Scottish theatre director, actor, and playwright. He was artistic director of Glasgow's Citizens Theatre from 1969 until he stepped down in 2003, one of the triumvirate of directors at the theatre, alongside Philip Prowse and Robert David MacDonald.-Early...

 and Robert David MacDonald

Robert David MacDonald

Robert David MacDonald , was a Scottish playwright, translator and theatre director.-Work as a Theatre Director:...

, having previously worked with Havergal at the Watford

Watford

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Palace Theatre. In 2003 both Havergal and MacDonald stepped down from their posts as directors of the company. Prowse however, continued his role as artistic collaborator with newly appointed Artistic Director, Jeremy Raison, until 2004.
He directed and designed over 70 plays with the Citizens Theatre and has worked throughout the world designing and directing for opera, ballet and drama.