Simon Hunt
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Email
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Telephone
+44 (0) 1702 328319
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Location
EAST15 SOUTHEND, Southend Campus
Profile
Biography
Simon Hunt is an actor, theatre director and acting teacher who has worked in the Performing Arts Industry for the last 25 years. Having worked with some of the most exciting international companies, including performing in the international hit show 'De La Guarda', and teaching at a number of the top drama schools in the UK, Simon emigrated to Sydney in 2003, where he was Course Director of the full time Acting course at Actors Centre Australia. In addition to over 50 shows and projects he has directed and created for drama schools, he has also worked professionally as both a Director and Movement Director for TV and theatre projects. As an actor, he has worked at many theatres across the UK including The Young Vic and Victoria Palace in the West End, Nottingham Playhouse, the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Theatre Royal, Plymouth and The Gate, Notting Hill. Most recently, Simon has been performing with Mimbre, in their RSC commissioned show, 'Wondrous Strange'.
Teaching and supervision
Current teaching responsibilities
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Narrative and Story Theatre (EA192)
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Character (EA197)
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Object Theatre (EA293)
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Meyerhold and Biomechanics (EA294)
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Circus in a Suitcase (EA295)
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Contextual Studies II (EA296)
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Human Comedy; Human Drama (EA298)
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Performance of a Text (EA394)
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Final Performance Project (EA397)
