Simon Pittman

He/Him

I work as a freelance theatre director, choreographer and Movement director. I'm currently Associate Director at Frantic Assembly, and run Rough Fiction, supported by the ETT Forge Program. I have directed productions or classics, devised new shows, and pieces f new writing. I’m passionate about exploring the creative potential of collaborative theatre-making practices and how great playwriting can be enriched and developed by other disciplines. I’ve done a fair amount of work that explores this potential, spanning new writing, working with musicians and orchestras, and work that explores movement and dance practice in theatre.

Credits

AS DIRECTOR:

Sometimes Thinking, Frantic Assembly/Latitude/National Theatre, 1 week, 2019
Distance, Park Theatre, 4 weeks, 2018
Life's A Dream, Corbett Theatre, East 15 Drama School, 1 week, 2019
Also CHOREOGRAPHER: The Expected, Wilton's Music Hall / Rough Fiction & London Arts Orchestra, 1 week, 2018
Othello, Ambassadors, West End / National Youth Theatre & Frantic Assembly, 3 weeks, 2017
The Last of The Lake by Phil King, Brighton Dome & Tour | Rough Fiction, 2 weeks, 2012
Not A Game For Boys by Simon Block, Library Theatre, Manchester, 2 weeks, 2007
The Love of The Nightingale, Artsdepot, Union Chapel & Pop-up Tour / Rough Fiction Ensemble, 4 weeks, 2010/11
Killing Alan, Underbelly Edinburgh Festival | Rough Fiction, 3 weeks, 2006
Hospitals and Other Buildings That Catch Fire, Underbelly Edinburgh Festival | Rough Fiction, 3 weeks, 2005


AS MOVEMENT DIRECTOR:

The Canterville Ghost, Unicorn Theatre, Dir. Justin Audibert, 8 weeks, 2019/20
The Stunners’ Opera by Howard Goodall & Joanne Harris, Mountview Drama School, Dir. Annabel Bolton, 1 week, 2019
The Go-Between, Apollo West End, 12 weeks, 2016
The Box of Delights, Wilton’s Music Hall | Dir. Justin Audibert, 8 weeks, 2018 and 2019
Comedy of Errors, Swan Theatre & Tour | Royal Shakespeare Company | Dir. Alex Thorpe, 5 weeks, 2018
The Rivals, Watermill Theatre | Dir. Jonathan Humpfreys, 4-weeks 2018
The White Bike, The Space | Dir. Lily McLeish, 2017
Romeo and Juliet, The Caucasian Chalk Circle New Theatre Cardiff & Theatre Clwyd | National Youth Theatre Wales, 1 week, 2014, 2015
Orson’s Shadow by Austin Pendleton, Southwark Playhouse | Smith & Brant Theatricals | Emily Dobbs, 3 weeks, 2015
Out Of The Cage by Alex McSweeney, The Park Theatre London | The Rose Theatre Kingston | Fine Line, 3 weeks, 2015
The Shawshank Redemption, Assembly Rooms,
The Kingdom by Colin Teevan, Soho Theatre | Three-Legged Theatre | Dir. Lucy Pitman-Wallace, 3-weeks, 2011
99…100, National Theatre of Scotland | Fife Culture, 2 weeks, 2010
Mixter Maxter, National Theatre of Scotland | St Magnus Festival, Orkney, 1 week, 2009


AS ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR / MOVEMENT DIRECTOR:

The Shawshank Redemption, Assembly Rooms Edinburgh / Gaiety Theatre, Dir. Lucy Pitman-Walace, 4-weeks, 2013


AS ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR:

Floyd Collins, Southwark Playhouse | Peter Huntley Productions | Dir. Derek Bond, 4 weeks, 2012
The Go-Between, West Yorkshire Playhouse & Tour | Dir. Roger Haines


AS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR:

Ravenhill for Breakfast by Mark Ravenhill, Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh | Paines Plough | Various Directors, 3 weeks, 2007
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Library Theatre, Manchester | Dir. Chris Honer, 3 weeks, 2006
Chapter Two, Library Theatre, Manchester | Dir. Roger Haines, 3 weeks, 2006
The Golden Goose, Library Theatre, Manchester | Dir. Dir. Charles Way, 5 weeks, 2006

Training

Birkbeck MFA Theatre Directing
National Theatre Studio Directors Course