Movement Director, Choreographer And Theatre Director
Simon Pittman
Various Theatres
Recent: The Box of Delights: RST, Royal Shakespeare Company (Movement)Next To Normal Immersive: IDEAL Barcelona (Director / Choreographer)The Great Murder Mystery: The Lost Estate, London (Director)Movement Directing / Choreography: The Comedy of Errors (Royal Shakespeare Company), Apollo 13: Dark Side of The Moon (Original Theatre Company)The Rivals (Watermill Theatre), The Box of Delights, The Canterville Ghost (Wilton’s Music Hall), The Go-Between (Apollo, West End), The Shawshank Redemption (Edinburgh Festival / Gaiety Theatre, Dublin), Romeo & Juliet & The Caucasian Chalk Circle (NYT Wales / Frantic Assembly), Out of The Cage (The Park Theatre, London), The White Bike (The Space), The Kingdom (Soho Theatre), 99…100 & Mixter Maxter (National Theatre of Scotland), As Associate: The Curious Incident of The Dog in The Night-time (National Theatre / West End) with Scott Graham, 365 (The National Theatre of Scotland / Edinburgh International Festival) with Steven Hoggett.Directing:Sometimes Thinking by Phil Porter (Frantic Assembly), Distance (Park Theatre) - Nominated Best Director & Winner: Best Set Design (Off West End Awards 2019), The Expected (Wilton’s Music Hall), Othello (Frantic Assembly / NYT - Ambassadors West End), His Wild Imaginings (LSO St Luke's), The Last of The Lake (Brighton Dome & Tour), The Love of The Nightingale by Timberlake Wertenbaker (Tour), Hospitals and Other Buildings That Catch Fire (Underbelly, Edinburgh)- all Rough Fiction. Not A Game For Boys (Library Theatre Manchester). Associate Directing:The Shawshank Redemption (Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh Festival / Gaiety Theatre, Dublin), The Go-Between (West Yorkshire Playhouse), Floyd Collins (Southwark Playhouse)Resident Assistant Director Library Theatre 06-07. Training:National Theatre Studio Directors’ Course 2010, MFA in Theatre Directing from Birkbeck University of London, supported by Arts Council England and the AHRC award for professional preparation in the Arts.