Natalie Simone

Hi! I'm Natalie (Nat) a British-Italian Theatre Director from The Midlands.

I originally trained as an Actor at East 15 before completing my Masters in Directing at The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. I have worked extensively across the UK and internationally as a theatre-maker.

In 2023 I directed ‘The Ugly One’ by Marius von Mayenburg at The Hope Theatre where I was nominated for Best Director in the Off West End Awards. I am a supported artist by Sheffield Theatres, the Bristol Old Vic and have been a Jerwood Assistant Director at the Young Vic.

Much of my work is influenced by European theatre. I direct new writing and classics, whatever feels right. I trained as an actor in Lecoq & Gaulier where all the work was created by us, the ensemble. I’d like to create more devised work, specifically looking at stories centring around the female experience in unexpected ways.

My work has a liveness to it, making you feel alive. It fizzes and shakes you but it is ultimately very playful and often filled with humour. I like to play with form and challenge conventional approaches to storytelling using movement, music, visual art, dance and performance.

Credits

DIRECTOR, Henry V, Insane Root. R&D 2024

DIRECTOR, The Day I Got The Horn. Royal & Derngate. 2 days 2024

DIRECTOR, STAG. Bristol Old Vic. R&D 2024

DIRECTOR, Metamorphoses. Theatre Royal Bath, The Egg. 1 week 2024

DIRECTOR, Game For Dogs. Sheffield Theatres. R&D 2024

DIRECTOR, The Hunger. Edinburgh Fringe (4 weeks) & Greenwich Theatre (2 nights). Offie Nominated 2023

DIRECTOR, The Ugly One. The Hope Theatre. 2 weeks. Nominated for Best Director, Off West End Awards 2023

DIRECTOR, The Ugly One. The Wardrobe Theatre. 5 shows 2023

DIRECTOR, STAG. Bristol Old Vic. Weston Studio. Rehearsed reading, 3 shows 2023

DIRECTOR, For You, The Waves. Radio Play. Christchurch Studios 2023

DIRECTOR, Delicate Assassins (Working title) Puppet Place. R&D 3 days. 2023

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ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank. Marylebone Theatre. Dir Patrick Marber. 8 Weeks 2024

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Nachtland. Young Vic. Dir Patrick Marber. Jerwood Assistant Director. 9 weeks 2024

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, Horrible Histories, Horrible Christmas. Birmingham Stage Company. Dir Neal Foster. 4 Weeks UK Tour 2023

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Emilia. Dir Sally Cookson. Circomedia. 1 week 2023

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Let The Right One In. Dir Gary Sefton. Cliftown Theatre. 1 Week 2023

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Nat has has toured extensively as a Theatre Maker for 10 years across the UK and internationally to venues such as, Paines Plough, Sheffield Theatres and The Barbican. Here are some of her collaborations:

THEATRE MAKER, Macbeth /The HandleBards / Devised by the company

THEATRE MAKER, Heroines of the Holocaust / Gosforth Civic Theatre / Devised by the company

THEATRE MAKER, Person Birds / Maison Foo / Appetite Festival / New Vic Theatre

The Little Prince / Sell A Door / Edinburgh Fringe Festival / Dir Anna Fox

Training

Sheffield Theatres, The Bank Cohort 2024
Bristol Old Vic Theatre School MA Drama Directing 2022 - 2023 (Award for Outstanding Achievement)
East 15 Acting School BA (Hons) Acting & Physical Theatre 2012 - 2015