Simon is an award winning theatre maker, movement director, teacher, and performer, with 20 years professional experience in the industry.

Simon is resident movement lecturer at The Arden School of Theatre, Manchester, teaching across the acting and Theatre & Performance degrees.

Simon is associate artist and creative collaborator with the physical theatre company, Tangled Feet Theatre, having performed in almost all of their productions since 2011 touring nationally. He is also associate artist with the physical story-telling company Angel Exit Theatre, and game theatre company Upstart Theatre. Upstart Theatre produced Simon’s most recent piece, Marco, a highly physical solo piece, which toured nationally and to Vaults Festival 2019, supported by Arts Council England.

“Jones … is fantastic throughout. He’s engaging and funny, physically powerful and precise, as he moves from performing the role of slightly erratic and nervous tour-guide to offering personal reflections or becoming completely adsorbed in blissful admiration. He’s an impressive performer who enraptures the audience…”

Review of Marco, Exeunt Magazine, 2018.

Simon is currently working towards a new large scale outdoor show, The Local: A Skatepark Project. This piece is supported by The Lawrence Batley Theatre, MGC Futures Award (2019 bursary award recipient), Stockton ARC, and Theatre in The Mill.

Currently:

The Local: a Skatepark Project

Movement teacher at Arden School of Theatre

Endurance, with Jennifer Jackson @ Home Theatre Manchester

Wrestle Lads Wrestle, with Jennifer Jackson, Open Lab, Barbican.

Associate artist