Phillip Adams was awarded the ANZ International Fellowship in 1988. In 1994 he returned to Australia where he began collaborating with Sue Healey. In 1999 he launched his new company 'Balletlab'. 'Amplification' was his first full length work and was performed in Melbourne and Sydney in 1999 and in Glasgow and London in early 2000. The show came to queerupnorth's 2000 season, where it was presented at the Green Room on Tuesday 12-Wednesday 13 September..