Simone French
Theatremaker & Performer Artistic Director of TomYumSim Director/Outside Eye FacilitatorI am a live-wire neurodiverse theatremaker, director, singer and creative facilitator whose work aims to smash apart traditional performance, celebrate queer imagination and build community through creative participation. I devise experimental theatre that explores the various ways audiences can interact with my work and I mix live theatre with digital platforms such as youtube, zoom, instagram and telephones. I am co-artistic director of outrageous theatre company TomYumSim, producing and performing 11 interactive works to date.
Credits
Performer/Creator, 'A Suffocating Choking Feeling', Camden People's Theatre, 2021Performer/Creator, ‘Rebels of Extinction’, Manchester International Festival, 2021
Facilitator/Creator, Arty People, Manchester International Festival, 2021
Performer, ‘Hotline’, 2021 (Word of Warning)
Director, ‘Trapped in the Museum’, People’s History Museum, 2020
Performer/Creator/Singer, 'String Lines’, Co:Lab Festival/Royal Exchange Theatre, 2019
Performer/Creator ‘Nothing Special’, Camden People's Theatre, 2019
Training
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting/Theatre Making), Victorian College of the Arts (2012 - 2014)David Glass Ensemble - Physical Theatre Intensive (2021)
Estill Vocal Training (2021)
Gecko Physical Theatre Intensive (2020)
Frantic Assembly Intensive (2019)
Punchdrunk Immersive Theatre for Children (2019)
Location
LondonExperience
5-10 years
Art forms / Disciplines
- Live art
- Multi-disciplinary / cross art form
- New technologies / digital
- Streaming
- Theatre / Live perfomance
What I do
- Devising
- Directing
- DJ
- Music - Singing
- Outdoor performance
- Performance Art
- Performing
- Site Responsive/Immersive
- Teaching / Coaching
- Theatre making
- Working with disabled artists
- Working with disabled non-professional adults / children
- Working with young people
- Working within a Community / with community participants
- Workshopping & Development
Additional Languages
French
