The director of the first production of "The Pitchfork Disney", Matthew Lloyd, has cited the play as marking a turning point in his career as a director. He has credited the response from the young audiences who saw the production for giving him the confidence to quit his job as literary-manager of the Hampstead Theatre to instead concentrate on his career as a director: “I don't think I would be a director now, or I think it would have taken much, much longer to get a foothold without PhilRidley and that particular play.”