Simon Godwin

Simon Godwin
Simon Godwin
Occupation	Theatre director

Simon Godwin is a British theatre director.

Career

After reading English at Cambridge University^[1], Godwin directed a production of Romeo and Juliet^[2] for the Cambridge Arts Theatre and the Marlowe Society. Godwin was then assistant director to Dominic Dromgoole and Tim Supple. He then co-founded Straydogs, a new theatre company producing Inkle and Yarico, Eurydice at the BAC before it tranferred to the Whitehall Theatre in the West End^[3] it was one of the youngest companies ever to have work staged on the West End in London and All's Well That Ends Well for a national tour.

For the West Yorkshire Playhouse Godwin directed the world premiere of Mister Heracles by Simon Armitage.

Godwin became Associate Director of theRoyal and Derngate Theatre in Northampton in 2001 and directed seven main stage shows, including The Seagull, Habeas Corpus, Relatively Speaking and with Salisbury Playhouse, Quatermaine’s Terms by Simon Gray.

At the Tabard Theatre his production of The Country by Martin Crimp was well recieved and in 2008 he became part of the Royal Court International Residency. At the Almeida Theatre in 2009 he directed All The Little Things We Crushed by Joel Horwood.

In 2010 he directed Nick Payne's Wanderlust^[4] in the upstairs theatre at Royal Court Theatre. For this he was longlisted for Evening Standard Awards Best Newcomer in 2010^[5].

Simon has recently been appointed as Associate Director at Bristol Old Vic.

Godwin's directing career includes;

Year	Title	Production
2011	Faith Healer by Brian Friel	Bristol Old Vic
2010	Wanderlust by Nick Payne	Royal Court Theatre
2010	Far Away by Caryl Churchill	Bristol Old Vic
2009	All The Little Things We Crushed by Joel Horwood	Almeida Theatre