very sad to hear that Steven Pimlott died last night. A hugely talented friendly man, and I had the enormous pleasure of working with him on a film I directed, where he was singing Gilbert and Sullivan, a real passion of his. A man of talent but not just in one area.......so many different areas.
I'm so glad to have know him, and very upset at his early death. Many condolences to his friends and family.

I agree, a huge loss.. I saw many of his shows and watched him direct at Chichester during his time. A lovely man who made fantastic theatre.. The theatre world will miss him greatly.

Agree. Fantastic in so many different mediums. He had a great way of story telling in a fresh, bright and intelligent way. He could often introduce a new concept that would be totally clear and uncluttered and really enhance the drama

He will be missed

Very very sad news. His Richard II is one of my favourite plays.

Very sad news indeed. Condolences to his family; a very sad, untimely death. Rest in peace.

this is really sad and surprising. a great loss of a very talented and special person.

The period when he was one of the artistic directors at Chichester produced some of the best shows I've ever seen there, including The Master and Margarita (which he directed). It was a triumphant progression away from the somewhat hit-and-miss variability of previous years.

I loved The Master and Margarita. Seven Doors, (directed by Pimlott), in that season also really caught my imagination, mainly because I went to the pre-show talk and listened to him discuss his ideas. He really evoked insipration in all.

There were 4 of us in the 1971 English intake at Sidney Sussex College and, as was common then, we shared rooms in pairs. As it happens, the alphabetic order of our names means that I did not share with Steven, but I knew him tolerably well and even played the most minute of parts (very badly) in his production of The Visit at the ADC. I raise my glass to his life, both for what it was and for the part it played in mine, and wish we may all in our lifetimes achieve for the arts even just a small fraction of what he did.

He was one of those directors who could genuinely, and reasonably, be described as unique. More vision, imagination and creativity than half his peers combined.

I never personally had the chance to make his acquaintance, but I understand he was a lovely guy too.

Very sad.

He seemed to have crammed so much remarkable work into such a short life. I have very happy memories of so many of his productions at Chichester. He really transformed the character of the place. His death is such a sad loss.

Chris,

I was, you will remember, another of the 1971 Sidney 4 and I did share with Steven. That year remains one of the most exciting of my life and Steven and the people around him are what I will always value about Cambridge. He was an immense person, so brilliant in so many ways. I remember everything about that year with an uncanny freshness - his passion for the oboe (shadow-conducting Mozart wind serenades in the early hours of the morning), his acting (a memorable Misanthrope among others), his inexplicable devotion to G&S, his love of roller-coasters, above all his energy, enthusiasm and sheer exuberance. You could never be bored when Steven was around. He knew who he was, he knew who he was going to become: there was never the slightest doubt that he would move on to great things. He has gone far too young and I feel privileged to have known him. A great talent and a wonderful person.

A much-loved man, more than worthy of the eulogies bestowed on him.