Simon Dormandy was born on 13 December 1957. Simon Dormandy was, as an actor, known largely for his work with the
Royal Shakespeare Company between 1988 and 1995. Over the period, he worked with many well known directors, including
Adrian Noble,
Sam Mendes,
Deborah Warner,
Katie Mitchell and
Max Stafford-Clark. He also took part in several films and television series. He was perhaps best known for his performances in
Little Dorrit (as Sparkler) and
Vanity Fair (as Dobbin). He was also known for his work with the theatre company Cheek By Jowl. He taught Drama and English at Eton College for fifteen years from 1997 to 2012, where he was Director of Drama, Head of Theatre Studies and Deputy Head of English.),
Three Sisters, Pool, No Water,
Henry IV, (a joint version of both Henry IV, Part 1 and Henry IV, Part 2),
Joseph K and
Spring Awakening. Since January 2013, he has been working as a freelance theatre director. In 2013, he was assistant director on the world premiere of
The Low Road by
Bruce Norris at
The Royal Court Theatre. In 2014 he directed the UK Premiere of
Eldorado by Marius von Mayenburg and a production of
Waiting for Godot with young comedians in the leading roles, both at The Arcola Theatre in London. In 2015, he co-directed his own stage adaptation of the
Coen Brothers' film
The Hudsucker Proxy with Toby Sedgwick at the Nuffield Theatre, Southampton and the Liverpool Playhouse in association with
Complicite. The production won Best Design at the 2015 UK Theatre Awards. He was also an artistic collaborator on
Simon McBurney's
The Encounter for Complicite at the Edinburgh International Festival and subsequently at the Barbican, London and on tour. In 2016, he directed
Mel Giedroyc in the highly acclaimed UK Premiere of
Luce by J. C. Lee at Southwark Playhouse. In 2017, he directed
Julius Caesar at the
Bristol Old Vic, and developed and co-directed his own adaptation of
A Passage to India, which toured early in 2018 before a five-week run at The Park in London. His production of
Much Ado About Nothing opened at the
Rose Theatre, Kingston in April 2018. He returned to teaching in 2019 at
City of London Freemen's School and has served as Head of Academic Drama at St Paul's School, London since 2020. He also teaches and directs at
Shakespeare's Globe,
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art,
Drama Centre,
Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, and the
British American Drama Academy. ==Filmography==