ABOUT

ANNE SIMON

 

born 1982 in Luxembourg

 

After her Drama and Theatre studies at Royal Holloway, University of London, Anne Simon acquired her first professional experiences as a director's assistant and deputy stage manager at the Théâtre National du Luxembourg and the Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen.

 

In 2007, she wins a competition for young directors (Champ Libre) with her first directing work, mixing kitchen sink drama of the 1950's and In-yer-face theatre of 90's Britain. Since, Anne Simon has since been directing in all the major and minor theatres in Luxembourg and is a regular collaborator with various independent groups. Since 2009 she has been directing internationally, mainly in Germany, Austria, Barcelona and New York City where she is an associated artist with a local company, The Circle Theater of New York. She is a founding member of the Luxembourg VolleksbĂĽhn.

 

Simon's work characterises by strong visual and musical influences and elaborated kinetics as well as a constant occupation with tensions between naturalism, realism and the hyper-real or even surreal and the imaginary. Simon mostly directs contemporary drama and has occasionally been writing or collage-ing texts of her own and is devising more and more work. 

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She mainly directs in English and German. 

 

Although acting is not a main activity, Simon has basic acting training and performs on rare occasions.

 

In 2013, Simon wrote and directed her first short film D.  - a reproduction. 

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Selected directing works: 

 

  • Crave, Sarah Kane, 2008 (Théâtre des Casemattes, in German)

  • Bug, Tracy Letts, 2009, (Théâtre National du Luxembourg)

  • Die goldenen letzten Jahre, Sibylle Berg, 2010 (Theater Trier)

  • Swimming to Iraq, based on two monodramas by Nahidh al Ramadhani, 2010 (Fundamental Monodrama Festival)

  • Zu schwankender Zeit und an schwankendem Ort, Nico Helminger, 2012 (Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen, Théâtre National du Luxembourg)

  • Prometheus: we are the Gods now, Anne Simon, 2012 (Théâtre National du Luxembourg)

  • Oh, the humanity and other good intentions, Will Eno, 2013 (Théâtre des Casemattes)

  • Begrabt mein Pferd in la Mancha, (Kicking a dead horse), Sam Shepard, 2013, (Théâtre des Capucins) 

  • Don Quijote, after Miguel de Cervantes, adaptation Anne Simon, 2014 (Théâtre National du Luxembour/Théâtres de la Ville/Ruhfestspiele Recklinghausen)

  • Killer Joe, Tracy Letts, 2015 (Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg)

  • Trail of Crumbs - a recurring dystopia for Hansel and Gretel, 2015 (The Circle Theatre of New York)

  • Dosenfleisch, Ferdinand Schmalz 2015, (Schauspielhaus Salzburg)

  • Kindertransport, Diane Samuels, 2017-18, (Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, Queen's Theatre Hornchurch, UK Tour)

  • Stupid Fucking Bird, Aaron Posner, 2019, (Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg)

  • Reigen, Arthur Schnitzler, 2020, (Schauspielhaus Salzburg)

PRESS VOICES

D'Land, Claude Reiles

 In Zeiten der Orbáns, Trumps und Gaulands inszeniert Anne Simon mit Cocóóó ChanĂ«l einen wahnwitzigen, völlig ĂĽberdrehten Politporno.

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​(Über: Cocooo Chanëll, den Ubu als Kinnék)

D'Land, Josée Hansen

Anne Simon s’en est donnĂ©e Ă  coeur joie dans la mise en espace de ces saynètes touchantes et grinçantes Ă  la fois, en faisant un ballet d’impromptus et d’images fortes. 

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(Sur: Microdrames)

Wort, Erik Abbott

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The company has created a disturbing and theatrically vivid work that both embraces the familiar bleakness of the original and transcends its mythic horror with one that is all too recognisable. 

(On: Trail of Crumbs)

Sous ses airs de Paris Hilton extravertie, elle est dĂ©cidĂ©ment plus rock’n’roll que Carole Lorang, et, après des acteurs comme Tom Leick et Jules Werner, la première rĂ©alisatrice de cette gĂ©nĂ©ration de jeunes qui ont fait leurs Ă©tudes en Angleterre plutĂ´t qu’en France, en Belgique ou en Allemagne, et trouvent tout naturel de monter des pièces anglaises ou amĂ©ricaines en V.O. Nourrie au cinĂ©ma – son père dirige les cinĂ©mas Utopolis – et proche du monde de la musique, elle est nĂ©anmoins une femme de théâtre. Elle est probablement la première reprĂ©sentante du théâtre hyper-kinĂ©tique au grand-duchĂ©.

D'Land, Josée Hansen

© 2014 by Anne Simon
 

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