Nigel Dottridge, Wanda Toubas, Lyn Reesin
in Ruffian on the Stair
David
Walters, Lyn Rees, Christine Bissell in
Lily on the Grave
Glynn
Dilley and Wanda Toubas in
Last Tango in Salford
Location
shots of Barbara Watt and 
Fay Blockey and
Pam Buckle in
When I was a Girl I Used to Scream
Sheila
Collings in 
Andrew
Fillis and Eliza Heatherington
in Medea 
The
Medea chorus 
Robert
Shield in Christie in Love
Lyanna
Iveson, Sally Donegani, Gareth McLeod and Tom Monk in Candide
Simone Vause trained at East 15 Acting School Directors'
Course 1973-76,
then obtained a M.A. in Contemporary Theatre at Lancaster University 1994-95
Simone is a highly experienced director and teacher
who has
worked in theatre and in drama schools since the early 1980s. Simone
believes that actors,
as well as needing good technical training, must
work as creative artists,
like
painters or composers
Credits
AWL
Directing Credits
Directing - Short Film
Lullaby
(from Songs of the Auvergne by Canteloupe)
Directing - Theatre
| Play | Venue |
| For Quayside
Theatre Company Patrons of Quayside Theatre Company and Quayside London: David Pownall; Terry Hawkins; Victoria Wood; Ewart Johns; Barbara Wright and Clemintine Allen |
|
| The Signal | Short story adapted and directed by Simone Vause, Lancaster Literature Festival |
| The Stronger | Produced by Simone Vause and marked the opening of the first restaurant theatre in Lancaster |
| The Maids | The Duke's Youth Theatre |
| Hello from Bertha | The Duke's Playhouse Studio Theatre |
| Smoking Is Bad for You | Pizza Margherita, Lancaster |
| Biggles | Readings from the books in The Duke's Restaurant (four evenings) |
| Protest | Produced by Simone Vause. Directed by Peter Sampson at Pizza Margherita, Lancaster |
| In Camera | Directed by Simone Vause at Theatre Studies Seminar Room, Lancaster University |
| Valentine's Day Entertainment | Reading of poetry and prose: Pizza Margherita, Lancaster |
| Ruffian on the Stair | The Warehouse Restaurant, Lancaster (using the restaurant kitchen as the kitchen in the play) |
| Fund Raising Summer Show | North country Monologues, Barbara Wright School of Ballet, Victoria Wood, St Martin's College Theatre, Lancaster |
| Premier
production
of Lily on the Grave |
Presented at The Duke's Playhouse and The Edinburgh Festival, Netherbow Theatre |
| Diary of a Madman | Presented at Bradford University, Jackson's Lane Community Centre, London and The Duke's Playhouse |
| Lancaster Town Hall Concert | For Amnesty International and The Lancaster Literature Festival. The poetry of Ariel Dorfman, Chilean poet, dramatised with Keli Kuri Chilean musicians |
| Last Tango in Salford | Presented at The Duke's Playhouse and The Holly Lodge Theatre Club, London |
| Facing — A Day in the Life of a Writer | The Arts Theatre, London |
| When
I was a Girl I Used to Scream and Shout |
The Duke's Theatre Lancaster |
| For other theatrical companies | |
| Magical Night | Character Coach for Christmas production, Royal Opera House 2 The Linbury, Choreographer Aletta Collins, December 2010 |
| Due for One Voice | Character Coach, Royal Opera House 2 The Linbury, Choreographer Aletta Collins June 2011 |
| The Condor and The Maiden | by Dermot Murphy, King's Head, March 2010 |
| Seven Other Children | by Richard Stirling at the New End Theatre for Evergreen Theatrical Productions in May 2009 |
| Girls | Reading Arts Festival: an adaptation of schoolgirl stories from 1908 to the present day |
| Fear and Misery | Arts Educational School's final year production |
| Voices |
Abraham Ross Centre Manchester |
| Telling Moments |
Etcetera Theatre Camden. Part of the One Person Play Festival 1991 |
| Stone Baby | Full theatre company of the musical. Tour of the North-West including Library Theatre Manchester |
| Premier of Tiptoe Through the Tombstones | The Green Room Manchester |
| Abigail's Party | Presented by the Troy Theatre Company. Church Hill Theatre, Edinburgh Festival and Mermaid Studio London |
| Medea | Final year production at the Arden School of Theatre, Manchester |
| Light Shining in Buckinghamshire |
University College of St Martin, Lancaster |
| Christie in Love |
Street Theatre Company at Camden People's Theatre, London |
| Candide | Imperial Opera, Musical Director Anthony Davie, New Arch Theatre, London |
| Dickens' Ghosts: The Bagman's Uncle and The Signalman | Footloose Theatre, touring Britain 1999 |
Contact
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London WC2H 0LA
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020 7836 2949 M: 07732 355550 (Ben West)
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