Simon Stallworthy
Writer/Director
Biography
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A graduate of Bristol University, Simon has been Executive Director of Hull Truck Theatre Company and the Octagon Theatre Bolton, and Artistic Director of the Gala Theatre Durham. He has also been a Producer for the BBC and Script Editor of “Coronation Street” and was Creative Director of Durham Mysteries 2010.
He has directed over a dozen stage premieres including “The Likely Lads” by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, and his own adaptation of “All Creatures Great and Small”.
His website is at www.storymatters.co.uk
Gallery
Credits
Theatre
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Robin Hood & the Babes in the Wood | Gala Theatre Durham |
Writer/Director |
| Sleeping Beauty | Gala Theatre Durham |
Writer/Director |
| Jack and the Beanstalk | Gala Theatre Durham |
Writer/Director |
| Cinderella | Gala Theatre Durham |
Writer/Director |
| All Creatures Great and Small | Gala Theatre Durham |
Written by James Herriot. |
| The Lady in the Van | Gala Theatre Durham |
Written by Alan Bennett. |
| Dick Whittington | Gala Theatre Durham |
Writer/Director |
| Be My Baby | Gala Theatre Durham |
Written by Amanda Whittington. |
| Alf Ramsey Knew My Grandfather | Gala Theatre Durham |
Written by Trevor Wood and Ed Waugh. |
| Betrayal | Gala Theatre Durham |
Written by Harold Pinter. |
| Aladdin | Gala Theatre Durham |
Writer/Director |
| Get off at Gateshead |
New commission about North East teenage sweethearts meeting again 20 years later. Written by Ian Skelton. |
|
| The Likely Lads | Gala Theatre Durham |
Written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. |
| Maggie’s End | Gala Theatre Durham |
Written by Ed Waugh and Trevor Wood. |
| On the Stage and Off | National Tour and Edinburgh Fringe |
Adapted from Jerome K Jerome by Simon Stallworthy. |
| Beamish Boy | Gala Theatre Durham |
Written by Ian Skelton. |
| The Far Corner | Gala Theatre Durham |
Written by Harry Pearson. |
| Misconceptions | Octagon Theatre, Bolton |
New play about infertility. Written by David Lewis. |
| Kissing Sid James | Hull Truck Theatre and mid-scale tour |
Written by Robert Farquhar. |
| Talking Heads | Hull Truck Theatre |
Written by Alan Bennett. |
| Gold! | Hull Truck Theatre and national tour |
Writer/Director |
| Macbeth | Hull Truck Theatre |
Written by William Shakespeare. |
| Stand | Hull Truck Theatre |
Written by David Bown. |
| Bouncers | Hull Truck Theatre and a large scale tour |
Written by John Godber. |
| A Weekend In England | Hull Truck Theatre |
Written by Mick Martin. |
| Hooray for Hollywood | Hull Truck Theatre |
Written by John Godber. |
| Twelve Days of Christmas | Hull Truck Theatre |
Written by John Cunliffe. |
| Relatively Speaking | Hull Truck Theatre |
Written by Alan Ayckbourn. |
| Rock-me-Amadeus | Compass Theatre Company |
Writer/Director |
| Yoiks, Oiks! | Octagon Theatre, Bolton |
Written by John Chambers. |
| Captain Incredible and the Tomorrow People | Phoenix Arts Leicester |
Writer/Director |
| Pench Prem Na Boxes | Leicester Haymarket Studio |
Written by Jyoti Patel and Jez Simons. |
| Double Act | Leicester Haymarket Studio |
Writer/Director |
