Robin Simpson

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Robin Simpson

 

For the New Vic: A Voyage Round my Father and Laurel and Hardy.

Other theatre credits include: Wuthering Heights (at Hurricane Speed) (JB Shorts, Manchester); Chamaco (Home Theatre, Manchester); Neverland (Lakeside Arts); Boeing Boeing, Bedroom Farce, David Copperfield (Nominated Best Supporting Actor at the Manchester Theatre Awards); The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Road to Nab End and Travels with my Aunt (The Oldham Coliseum); The Wind in the Willows, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Seagull, Hansel and Gretel, The Olivier Award winning The Railway Children, Pinocchio and Pygmalion (York Theatre Royal); Inside Out of Mind (Meeting Ground Theatre Co. -Nominated for a National Lottery Award); Grandpa in my Pocket – Teamwork! (Nottingham Playhouse); Lost Boy Racer (Yorkshire Festival); We Love You City! (Coventry Belgrade); Me, as a Penguin, It’s a Lovely Day Tomorrow and Flat Stanley (West Yorkshire Playhouse); A Passionate Woman (Chester Gateway and The Theatre by the Lake); Frankie and Tommy, The Rivals, Red Skies over the Severn; The Century Plays (The Swan Theatre).
Television credits include: Holby City, Waterloo Road, Liverpool 1 (BBC); Home Fires, Coronation Street, See No Evil – The Moors Murders (ITV).
Radio credits include: A Bit of a Hole, Grassroots, The Archers.

Robin has adapted and produced Puss in Boots and Cinderella for York Theatre Royal and his production of The Snow Queen was performed at the Bitolino Children’s’ Festival in Macedonia. He also writes for BBC School Radio.