Theatre CV

Simon Pittman

Theatre Director  ·  Movement Director  ·  Choreographer

Creative Associate at Frantic Assembly. Represented by Casarotto Ramsay & Associates. Over twenty years directing and choreographing — from the West End to immersive work staged internationally.

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Pittman’s direction has drawn out fantastic performances… a visceral, thought-provoking and accessible retelling of a great Shakespearean tragedy

Broadway World — Othello

Emotionally compelling… Pittman’s direction fuses elements of physical theatre and punchy realism to devastating effect. Humour erupts at precisely the right moment

The Stage — Distance

Director Simon Pittman displays a confident and restrained hand

Metro — Not A Game For Boys

Honest physical power and vitality. Movement director Simon Pittman brings the exhausting plight of these characters to the fore.

What’s On Stage
Theatre Direction
Next to Normal (Immersive) Director
International immersive staging — Barcelona, Buenos Aires & Lima. The Pulitzer Prize-winning musical, with Alice Ripley and J. Robert Spencer.
The Great Christmas Feast Dir. & Movement
The Lost Estate, London — now in its eighth year.
The Great Murder Mystery Dir. & Movement
The Lost Estate, London.
Sometimes Thinking by Phil Porter
Frantic Assembly | Latitude Festival & National Theatre
Distance by Alex McSweeney
Park Theatre, London | Fine Line Productions & Rough Fiction
The Expected
Wilton’s Music Hall | Rough Fiction & London Arts Orchestra
Othello
Ambassadors, West End | National Youth Theatre | Frantic Assembly
Life is a Dream
Corbett Theatre, East 15
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?
Theatre503, London
Choreography & Movement Direction
The Box of Delights Movement Dir.
Royal Shakespeare Company | Dir. Justin Audibert
The Canterville Ghost
Unicorn Theatre | Dir. Justin Audibert
The Go-Between
Apollo, West End | Greene Light / Bill Kenwright | Dir. Roger Haines
Comedy of Errors
Royal Shakespeare Company — Swan Theatre & regional tour
The Stunners’ Opera by Howard Goodall & Joanne Harris
Mountview Drama School | Dir. Annabel Bolton | M.D. Nigel Lilley
The Rivals
The Watermill Theatre, Newbury | Dir. Jonathan Humphreys
The Box of Delights
Wilton’s Music Hall | Dir. Justin Audibert
Welcome Home, Captain Fox!
Donmar Warehouse | Dir. Blanche McIntyre
Romeo and Juliet
New Theatre, Cardiff | Theatr Clwyd | NYT Wales
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
Theatr 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
Park Theatre, London | Rose Theatre, Kingston
The Shawshank Redemption
Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh Festival | Gaiety Theatre, Dublin
Between Two Worlds (Rhwng Dau Fyd)
Sherman Theatre, Cardiff | Living Pictures
The Kingdom by Colin Teevan
Soho Theatre, London
99…100
National Theatre of Scotland — immersive / site-specific, Fife
Mixter Maxter
National Theatre of Scotland — immersive / site-specific, Orkney
Associate Movement Direction & Choreography
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Gielgud Theatre, West End (2014–2016) | National Theatre — associate to Scott Graham & Steven Hoggett
365 by David Harrower
National Theatre of Scotland | Edinburgh International Festival — associate to Steven Hoggett
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 Director
Ravenhill for Breakfast by Mark Ravenhill
Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh | Paines Plough — various directors
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead · Chapter Two · The Golden Goose
Library Theatre, Manchester | Dir. Chris Honer, Roger Haines, Charles Way
Awards & Nominations
Distance
Shortlisted — Best Director; Winner — Best Set Design. Off West End Awards (as director).
Floyd Collins
Winner — Best Musical. Off West End Awards (as associate director).
The Go-Between
Winner — Best Musical. UK Theatre Awards (movement / associate director).
Not a Game for Boys
Nominated — Best Production, and cast for Best Actor. Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards (director).
Hospitals & Other Buildings That Catch Fire
Shortlisted — Fringe First Award, Edinburgh Festival (as director).
Award for Professional Preparation in the Arts
Arts & Humanities Research Council
Fellowship
Higher Education Authority
Companies & Leadership
Frantic Assembly
Associate Director, Learn & Train (2017–2020) · previously freelance practitioner (9 years) · now Creative Associate
  • Training artists, Frantic practitioners, students and teachers in movement practice and devising.
  • Directing productions and leading larger-scale Learn & Train projects.
  • Delivering Ignition — outreach & talent development for young people aged 16–24.
  • Shaping the artistic vision and strategy for Learn & Train and the company’s wider output.
  • Leading the MA Collaborative Theatre-Making with Coventry University.
Rough Fiction
Co-founder & Co-director (2007–2018) · Associate Company at The Point, Eastleigh
  • Directing original work — 7 professional productions plus participatory projects.
  • Artistic direction and strategy, including 5 successful Arts Council grants and match funding.
  • Supported by English Touring Theatre’s Forge programme, Arts Council England and Cockayne Grants for the Arts.
  • ★★★★ “Rough Fiction push the boundaries of text and performance” — The Scotsman.
Training & Education

National Theatre Studio Directors’ Course
Resident Trainee Director — Library Theatre, Manchester
MFA Theatre Directing — Birkbeck, University of London
BA (Hons) Drama & Theatre — Royal Holloway, University of London (First Class Honours)