A graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts (1986), Simon has worked extensively across all forms of theatre including film and television, stage, radio and plein-air. He has performed in a diverse array of productions, from Peter Shaffer’s “Equus” to Shakespeare’s “King Lear” and worked with an equally diverse number of companies such as Theatre-in-Education Victoria and the Victorian State Opera.

A founding member of internationally acclaimed companies Strange Fruit and 5 Angry Men, Simon has co-devised, directed and performed plein-air works at over one hundred international festivals throughout Australasia, Europe and the Middle East. In 2007, Simon returned to his hometown of Albany where her taught drama and music at SEA until late 2014. After a 10 year hiatus, Simon rejoins SEA as our theatre teaching artist.