Simon Evans (director)

Simon Richard Evans (born 31 December 1983)[1] is an English theatre and television director, writer, and actor.[2][3][4][5][6]

For the comedian, see Simon Evans.
Simon Evans
OccupationTelevision writer, television actor, television director, theatre director 

Evans was raised in Oxford while his parents ran a dental practice in nearby Kidlington. He was educated at The Dragon School and Abingdon School, where his fellow alumni include Tom Hollander, Toby Jones and members of Radiohead.[7] He studied Education, English, Drama & the Arts at Homerton College, Cambridge.

As a theatre director, his productions include The Dazzle (starring Andrew Scott), Bug (James Norton), The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui (Lenny Henry), Killer Joe (Orlando Bloom) and A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (Toby Stephens and Claire Skinner).[7][8]

As an actor, his early roles include parts in Stig of the Dump (2002) and Lewis (2007).[3]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, he wrote, directed and co-starred in the BBC Television series Staged, playing himself, alongside exaggerated versions of the show's stars, Michael Sheen and David Tennant.[4][5][6] The series was notable for being made using video conferencing technology. Evans had been due to rehearse Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing at Chichester when lockdown came into effect.[9] His cinematic directorial debut, Hunter in the Dark, was also postponed.[7][10]

Following Staged, Evans hosted and directed another lockdown event, a live-streamed Oxford Playhouse fundraiser, A Theatre Near You, starring Stephen Fry, Marcus Brigstocke, and Lucy Porter.[7]

He is the founding director of the theatre company, Myriad Immersive.[3]

As of 2020, he lives in Noke, Oxfordshire.[7]

Appearances

References
  1. "Simon Richard EVANS - Personal Appointments". Companies House. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  2. "Zoom, Tennant and Sheen: Simon Evans on writing lockdown comedy Staged". Evening Standard. 2020-06-09. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  3. Palmer, Katie (12 June 2020). "Simon Evans: Who is Simon Evans? Meet the Staged series creator". Express. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  4. "Everything you need to know about Staged on BBC One". inews.co.uk. 2020-06-11. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  5. "Meet the cast of BBC One's lockdown drama Staged". Radio Times. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  6. "BBC One's thespian comedy Staged nails the quirks of life under lockdown - review". The Independent. 10 June 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  7. "Simon Evans on BBC lockdown drama Staged and Oxford Playhouse fundraiser starring Stephen Fry, Marcus Brigstocke, Lucy Porter & Rachel Parris". Ox In A Box. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  8. "Orlando Bloom Will Star in Tracy Letts' Killer Joe in the West End". Playbill. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  9. Hughes, Tim. "David Tennant and Michael Sheen's STAGED!: Oxford duo's secrets of TV hit". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  10. "Berlin: Lawrence Osborne Thriller 'Hunters in the Dark' Fills Out Cast (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
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