Biography of Simon Treves

Simon trained as an actor at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School after early appearances with the National Youth Theatre. He recently graduated with a Master of Fine Arts in Theatre Directing (Merit) from Birkbeck, University of London, funded by an award from Channel 4. Simon's theatre work includes: seasons with the RSC at Stratford and Newcastle; repertory in Bristol, Plymouth, Leicester, Birmingham, Manchester, Edinburgh, Exeter and Salisbury. Theatre in London includes: Buckingham in RICHARD III at the Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park; Bassanes in THE BROKEN HEART, De Brie in David Hirson's multi award-winning LA BETE (both at the Lyric, Hammersmith); Louis Wain in CAT WITH GREEN VIOLIN at the Orange Tree, Richmond; and Joey Percival in Shaw's MISALLIANCE for the RSC at the Barbican. He played Willy Nilly in Anthony Hopkins' production of UNDER MILK WOOD for The Prince's Trust, and assisted him on his film AUGUST, a reworking of Chekhov's UNCLE VANYA. In 1999 he played the lead role of Gallimard in David Henry Hwang's M. BUTTERFLY in Singapore. His most recent appearances were as The Archbishop of Rheims in Shaw's SAINT JOAN at Birmingham Rep, and Captain Vale in Pinero's THE MAGISTRATE at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. TV includes: CHARLES II - THE POWER & THE PASSION (BBC/A&E); BODILY HARM (Tiger Aspect for Channel 4); THE ANIMATED MR BEAN (Tiger Aspect); three series of JEEVES AND WOOSTER (Granada); SOLDIER SOLDIER (Carlton); BOON (Central); THE LAB (BBC); BY THE SWORD DIVIDED (BBC). Film: AUGUST and THE WARS. Radio: hundreds of radio appearances and recordings, mostly for the BBC, including Proust's IN SEARCH OF LOST TIME, KING LEAR, LES MISERABLES, BEN-HUR, THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, Tom Stoppard's IN THE NATIVE STATE, THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN and the title-role in LORD JIM. In 2007 he devised and scripted Neither Here Nor There, a celebration of cult Scottish comedian Chic Murray for BBC Radio 2.