Simona Hughes

Director Writer Performer

I am an award-nominated theatre director based in London. I am also a 'late starter' with a previous career in Psychotherapy, Child Mental Health and Play Therapy. As a multi-disciplinary, collaborative theatre-maker, my key passions are text/subtext, relationship dynamics, imagery and movement.
I like to create a playful, inclusive atmosphere in the rehearsal room, characterised by generosity, patience and trust.
I am co-artistic director at The Tower Theatre, a volunteer-run, community theatre in Stoke Newington (teamed by a range of professionals, semi professionals and non-professionals). I have worked as a theatre educator and workshop leader in a range of settings.
Preferred pronouns She/Her

Credits

DIRECTOR, Coram Boy, Minack Theatre, 1 week, 2022
DIRECTOR, Coram Boy, The Tower Theatre, 2 weeks, 2022
WRITER / DIRECTOR, About 500, 1 week, The Kings Head Theatre, 2022
WRITER / DIRECTOR, About 500, 1 week, The Omnibus Theatre, 2022
WRITER / DIRECTOR, About 500, 1 week, The Union Theatre, 2022
WRITER / DIRECTOR, About 500, 1 week, VAULT festival (cancelled due to covid), 2022
CURATOR/ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, Love and Survival in a Time of Covid Festival, The Tower Theatre, 4 weeks, 2021
DIRECTOR, A Passage To India, 2 weeks, The Tower Theatre
WRITER/DIRECTOR, About 500 Scratch, 1 night, The Barbican Pit Theatre
DIRECTOR, Infomania, 1 night, Minaturists@VAULT Festival, 2019
PERFORMER, Howl: An Odyssey, 2 nights, CLF Art Café, 2019
DIRECTOR, Table, 2 weeks, The Tower Theatre, 2018
COLLABORATOR/PERFORMER, Bodies, of Water, 2 nights, CLF Art Café, 2018
DIRECTOR, Caveman Principle, 1 night, Bread & Roses
DIRECTOR, Love, Love, Love, 2 weeks, Theatro Technis
DIRECTOR, Brontë, 2 weeks, Upstairs at the Gatehouse

Training

MFA Advanced Theatre Practice, (RCSSD), graduated with distinction 2019
Viewpoints Workshop with Anne Bogart, 2019
Complicite Open Workshop with Marcello Magni, 2016
Frantic Assembly workshop, 2016
National Theatre Movement Workshop, 2016
Short Directing Course, (RCSSD), 2015
Shared Experience workshop, 2012
Improbable workshop, 2007

Location

London

Experience

2-5 years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • Literature
  • Theatre / Live perfomance

What I do

  • Directing
  • Facilitating
  • Languages
  • Performing
  • Physical Theatre / Mime
  • Producing
  • Teaching / Coaching
  • Theatre making
  • Working with disabled non-professional adults / children
  • Working with young people
  • Working with young people with special educational needs
  • Working within a Community / with community participants
  • Workshopping & Development
  • Writing

Additional Languages

French and Spanish

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