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Simon Pittman Movement Director | Choreographer | Theatre Director Associate Director (Learn & Train) at Frantic Assembly

Choreography filled with energy and emotion.. the abstract, almost dance-inspired portrayal is unusual and impressive’ (The Stage) Honest physical power and vitality. Movement director Simon Pittman brings the exhausting plight of these characters to the fore. The tension is palpable and utterly encapsulating (What’s On Stage) Choreographic direction, conjures vivid scenes through fluid, unshowy movement. This multifaceted gem packs a singular emotional punch’ (The Observer)

Current: Choreography & Direction Sometimes Thinking by Phil Porter Frantic Assembly | Latitude Festival & National Theatre Lady Zoo! co-created with Laura Hopkins In development with Jacksons Lane, ETT, Arts Council and Nina Segal

Choreography & Movement Direction The Stunners’ Opera by Howard Goodall Mountview Drama School & in development & Joanne Harris Dir. Annabel Bolton | M.D Nigel Lilly The Canterville Ghost Unicorn Theatre | Dir. Justin Audibert The Box of Delights Wilton’s Music Hall | Dir. Justin Audibert Comedy of Errors Swan Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company & Schools The Rivals The Watermill Theatre, Newbury | Dir. Jonathan Humphreys The Expected Wilton’s Music Hall | Rough Fiction & London Arts Orchestra The Go-Between Apollo, West End |Greene Light, Bill Kenwright |Dir. Roger Haines Welcome Home, Captain Fox! Donmar Warehouse | Dir. Blanche Makintyre Romeo and Juliet New Theatre, Cardiff | Theatre Clwyd | NYT Wales The Caucasian Chalk Circle Theatre Clwyd | NYT Wales The White Bike The Space | Dir. Lily McLeish Orson’s Shadow by Austin Pendleton Southwark Playhouse | Smith & Brant Theatricals | Emily Dobbs Out Of The Cage by Alex McSweeney The Park Theatre London | The Rose Theatre Kingston The Shawshank Redemption Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh Festival | Gaiety Theatre, Dublin Between Two Worlds (Rhwng Dan Fyd) Sherman Theatre, Cardiff | Living Pictures The Kingdom by Colin Teevan Soho Theatre, London 99...100 National Theatre of Scotland Mixter Maxter National Theatre of Scotland

Associate Movement Direction & Choreography The Curious Incident of The Dog In The (associate to Scott Graham & Steven Hoggett) Night-time Gielgud Theatre West End | National Theatre Productions

365 by David Harrower (associate to Steven Hoggett) National Theatre of Scotland | Edinburgh International Festival

Theatre Direction Distance by Alex McSweeney Park Theatre, London | Fine Line Productions & Rough Fiction The Expected Wilton’s Music Hall / Rough Fiction & London Arts Orchestra (LAO) Othello Ambassadors West End |National Youth Theatre|Frantic Assembly Life is A Dream (Barca) Corbett Theatre, East 15 Drama School His Wild Imaginings Barbican/Guildhall, LSO St Luke’s | Rough Fiction, LAO Not A Game For Boys by Simon Block Library Theatre, Manchester The Last of The Lake by Phil King Brighton Dome & Tour | Rough Fiction Siblings by Eleanor Teasdale The Gate Theatre, London | Gate Ink The Love of The Nightingale Artsdepot, Union Chapel & Pop-up Tour | Rough Fiction Ensemble Killing Alan Underbelly Edinburgh Festival | Rough Fiction Hospitals & Other Buildings That Catch Fire Underbelly Edinburgh Festival | Rough Fiction The Treadmark & Do You See Mice? Theatre 503, London

simonpittman.co.uk | [email protected] Simon Pittman Movement Director | Choreographer | Theatre Director Associate Director (Learn & Train) at Frantic Assembly

Associate Direction The Shawshank Redemption Assembly Rooms Edinburgh | Gaiety Theatre | Dir. Lucy Pitman- Wallace Floyd Collins Southwark Playhouse | Peter Huntley Productions | Dir. Derek Bond The Go-Between West Yorkshire Playhouse & Tour | Dir. Roger Haines As Assistant: Ravenhill for Breakfast by Mark Ravenhill Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh | Paines Plough | Various Directors

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, Library Theatre, Manchester | Dir. Chris Honer, Roger Haines, Chapter Two, The Golden Goose Charles Way

Awards & Nominations Distance Best Set Design: Off West End Awards & Shortlisted for Best Director Floyd Collins Best Musical: Off West End Awards (as associate director) The Go-Between Best Musical: UK Theatre Awards (associate director & movement) Not a Game For Boys Nominated: Best Production, and the cast for Best Actor - Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards (director) Hospitals and Other Buildings That Catch Fire Shortlisted: Fringe First Award, Edinburgh Festival (as director) Award for Professional Preparation in the Arts Arts and Humanities Research Council Fellowship Higher Education Authority

Companies & Leadership Frantic Assembly: Associate Director (Learn & Train) 2017-2020 www.franticassembly.co.uk - Training artists, Frantic practitioners, students and teachers in movement practice and creating work. - leading larger scale Learn and Train projects - choreographing and directing productions - Delivering Ignition; outreach & talent development programme for young women & men aged 16-24 - working on the artistic vision and strategy for Learn and Train provision and supporting the company’s wider artistic output. - Leading on the MA Collaborative Theatre-making for Frantic Assembly with Coventry University. - Previously Freelance Practitioner for 9-years

Rough Fiction: Co-founder and co-director, 2007 - 2018 www.roughfiction.com A multi-disciplinary company creating original productions. Associate Company at The Point, Eastleigh 2010-2012 Work supported by English Touring Theatre’s Forge Program, Arts Council England, Cockayne Grants for the Arts and co-producers. - Choreographing and directing original works (7 professional productions and various participatory). - Artistic direction and strategy including 5 successful Arts Council grants and other match funding ★★★★ ‘No escape from Life's questions. Rough Fiction push the boundaries of text and performance’ (Scotsman)

Senior Lecturer in Performance: London South Bank University (0.5) 2013 – 2017 - Designing and delivering modules on physical performance, creative theatre-making, acting and production projects, as well as marking and feedback, strategic course development and recruitment.

Training & Education National Theatre Studio Directors' Course Resident Trainee Director, Library Theatre Manchester MFA Theatre Directing, Birkbeck University of London BA (Hons) Drama and Theatre, Royal Holloway, University of London - First Class Honours.

Referees on request Scott Graham (Artistic Director, Frantic Assembly) Gregory Nash (Freelance Producer / outgoing Director of Arts, British Council) Lucy Pitman-Wallace (Freelance Director) I hold a current Enhanced DBS Clearance

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