Simon Tavener

Simon has been in and around theatres for over 25 years. An active director and reviewer, he occasionally treads the boards as well. His particular passions are Shakespeare and musical theatre.

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Oppenheimer (Swan Theatre, RSC)

The Shoemaker's Holiday (Swan Theatre, RSC)

The Christmas Truce (Royal Shakespeare Company)

Love's Labour's Won (RSC)

Love's Labour's Lost (Stratford-upon-Avon)

The White Devil (RSC)

The Two Gentlemen of Verona (RSC)

Henry IV Part II (Royal Shakespeare Theatre, RSC)

Henry IV Part I (Royal Shakespeare Theatre, RSC)

The Roaring Girl (Swan Theatre, RSC)

Bring Up the Bodies (RSC)

Wolf Hall (RSC)

Wendy and Peter Pan (RSC)

The Wizard of Oz (Oxfordshire Youth Music Theatre)

As You Like It (RSC)

Oklahoma! (Headington, Oxford)

Hamlet (RSC)

Priscilla – Queen of the Desert (Tour – Oxford)

Priscilla – Queen of the Desert (Tour – Oxford)

A Life of Galileo

Ubu Roi (Tour – Oxford)

Abigail’s Party (Tour – Oxford)

Angels in America – Millenium Approaches (Oxford Playhouse)

The Winter’s Tale (RSC)

9 to 5 (Tour – Oxford)

A Little Night Music (Oxford Playhouse)

Legally Blonde (Tour – Oxford)

Dreamboats and Petticoats (Tour – Oxford)

Matthew Bourne’s Early Adventures (Tour – Oxford)

The Comedy of Errors (RSC’s What Country Friends Is This? season)

Avenue Q (Tour – Oxford)

Evita (Oxfordshire Youth Music Theatre)

King John (RSC)

Richard III (RSC)

Nutcracker! (Tour – Oxford)

Anything Goes (Oxford)

Animal Farm (Oxford)

Brief Encounter with … James Erskine of Creation Theatre

Yes, Prime Minister (Tour – Oxford)

The Crowstarver (Tour – Oxford)

RSC production of Edgar’s Heart transfers to Duchess, 23 Apr

The King and I (Tour – Oxford)

Scrooge (Tour – Oxford)

Sweet William (Tour – Oxford)

The Hothouse (Oxford)

Top Girls (Tour – Oxford)

The Heart of Robin Hood (RSC)

Written on the Heart (RSC)

Marat/Sade (RSC)

Sister Act (Tour – Oxford)

The Rise and Fall of Little Voice (Tour – Oxford)

Guys and Dolls Jr (Stage Experience, Oxford)

Alarms and Excursions (Tour – Oxford)

A Midsummer Night’s Dream (RSC)

The Importance of Being Earnest (Wadham College, Oxford)

The Homecoming (RSC)

Grease (Tour – Oxford)

The Comedy of Errors (Wadham College Gardens, Oxford)

Brief Encounter with … Robin Cousins

The Lady in the Van (Tour – Oxford)

Dunsinane (RSC, Stratford)

The Sorcerer (Tour – Oxford)

Love, Love, Love (Tour – Oxford)

Glengarry Glen Ross (Oxford – O’Reilly Theatre)

The Mikado (Oxford)

The Merchant of Venice (RSC)

Tales from King James (Oxford)

Looking for Reviewers

The City Madam (RSC, Stratford)

Cardenio (RSC, Stratford)

Macbeth (RSC, Stratford)

Bronte (Tour – Oxford)

The Tempest (Tour – Oxford)