ACTING/AUDITION COACHING
I am a rehearsal and on set production acting coach. I believe in the power of deeply naturalistic performance in almost any scenario or genre and I work closely with a director to achieve their dramatic goals on screen. My focus is on harnessing our immediate reality to both carbonate and ground performances, while using games, memory, imagination and improvisation to fill out and texture character work.
Recent work includes collaborating with celebrated acting coach Miranda Harcourt on Daisy May Cooper & Selin Hizli’s BBC comedy thriller Am I Being Unreasonable? (for which cast member Lenny Rush received a BAFTA and both he and Daisy received Royal Television Society Awards for acting. Huge congratulations to them!) and most recently on the Philippou brothers’ upcoming A24 horror Bring Her Back, the highly anticipated follow up to their 2022 hit, Talk To Me.
I also work one to one with adult and young actors, helping them to cut through in their screen auditions and find truth in their performance. I love working with actors to find connection with their character at a fundamental level, unlocking true ownership of the material.
My background is as an actor myself. I’ve worked on everything from international touring theatre and indie features to American cable shows and Hollywood blockbusters. On top of this I offer a director’s perspective as an active filmmaker, recently graduated with an MA in Directing Fiction from The National Film & Television School.
DBS Advanced: Current.
Contact me here for further information and to book sessions.
“Simon has an extensive vocabulary and skill-set that can assist directors to get the actors to where they need to be, fast and efficiently… he is generous, intelligent, hard-working and funny… I highly recommend him”
- Dame Miranda Harcourt