Simon Treves
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Simon Treves | |
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Born | Frederick Simon Treves 19 June 1957 Watford, England |
Spouse |
Mirela Kalicanin (m. 2001) |
Children | 2 |
Parent | Frederick Treves (father) |
Frederick Simon Treves (born 19 June 1957) is an
Biography
Born 19 June 1957 in
Educated first at Rokeby School, then King's College School in Wimbledon and finally Birkbeck, University of London, he trained as an actor at the National Youth Theatre and the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.[1]
Theatre
As an actor, he has played at many of the leading regional British theatres. He made his debut with the RSC at Stratford in 1983,[1] and returned in 1986 to play Joey Percival in Shaw's Misalliance at the Barbican.[1]
In 1999, Treves led the Singapore Repertory Theatre company production of M. Butterfly as Gallimard.[2]
In 2008, he played Richard Greatham in Hay Fever at Manchester Royal Exchange.[3]
Television
On TV, Treves played
Radio
Treves has acted in over one hundred radio productions for the
In the early 1980s, he regularly voiced trails for one of the first UK breakfast TV channels,
Writing
His play Bitter with a Twist was produced by the Bristol Old Vic in 1999, and is published by Faber & Faber.[7] It received its European premiere in Amsterdam in May 2011. Other commissions include two linked internet audio dramas – Ash and Gold, for totallyword.com; and an original short screenplay, Tweeny, commissioned by Brian Cox and Skreba Films. He recently adapted Jim Broadbent's A Sense of History for the stage; wrote and directed Smile for Miniaturists 24 at the Arcola; and devised and scripted Neither Here nor There (a celebration of cult Scottish comic Chic Murray), broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in August 2007.[1]
Directing
Treves was awarded a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Theatre Directing from Birkbeck, University of London in 2005,[1] and directed the stage premiere of the original one-act television version of Terry Johnson & Kate Lock's Tuesday's Child at Hampstead Theatre in 2005.
Personal life
Treves married Mirela (née Kalicanin) in 2001 and lives in Buckinghamshire. They have two sons.
References
- ^ a b c d e "doollee.com - the playwrights database of modern plays". www.doollee.com.
- ^ Studio, 24K Design. "The Singapore Repertory Theatre - SRT". www.srt.com.sg.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ 'Hay Fever' on the London Theatre Database 2008 Archived 24 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "tnelson.demon.co.uk". www.tnelson.demon.co.uk.
- ^ "Jeeves & Wooster (an Episode Guide)". epguides.com.
- ^ "Radio Listings website".
- ^ "Bitter with a Twist". Public Store View.