Simon Evans (director)

Simon Evans is an English theatre and television director, writer, and actor.[1][2][3][4][5]

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 students included Tom Hollander , Toby Young and members of Radiohead.[6]

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).[6][7]

As an actor, his early roles include parts in Stig of the Dump (2002) and Lewis (2007).[2]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, he wrote, directed and co-starred in the BBC Television series Staged, playing an exaggeratedly inept version of himself, alongside equally exaggerated versions of the show's stars, Michael Sheen and David Tennant.[3][4][5] 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.[8] His cinematic directorial debut, Hunter in the Dark, was also postponed.[6][9]

Following Staged, Evans hosted and directed another lockdown event, a live-streamed Oxford Playhouse fundraiser, A Theatre Near You, staring Stephen Fry, Marcus Brigstocke, and Lucy Porter.[6]

He is the founding director of the theatre company, Myriad Immersive.[2]

As of 2020, he lives in Noke, Oxfordshire.[6]

Appearances

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