Simon Hubbard is a British actor and director.
Biography
Hubbard was born in
Washington, Tyne & Wear
Washington is a town in the City of Sunderland district of Tyne and Wear, England. Historically part of County Durham, it is the ancestral settlement of the Washington family, which George Washington descended from.
It is located between Ches ...
, in June 1976. At the age of 7 his family moved to the mining village of
Shiney Row
Shiney Row is a village in Houghton-le-Spring, Tyne and Wear, England. One of the most notable people who was born in Shiney Row is Sir George Elliot, 1st Baronet
Sir George Elliot, 1st Baronet, JP (18 March 1814 – 23 December 1893) w ...
where he attended Shiney Row primary school, then on to Washington Comprehensive School.
Career
Theatre
Hubbard directed his first play at the age of sixteen,
George Bernard Shaw's ''
The Dark Lady of the Sonnets'', staged at the Washington Arts Centre. His other directing credits include:
*''
The Zoo Story'' by
Edward Albee
Edward Franklin Albee III ( ; March 12, 1928 – September 16, 2016) was an American playwright known for works such as ''The Zoo Story'' (1958), '' The Sandbox'' (1959), ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'' (1962), '' A Delicate Balance'' (1966) ...
, at the Crypt Arts Centre, Dublin.
*The Player Queen by WB Yeats - Trinity Players Theatre – Dublin.
*Road by Jim Cartwright – Trinity Players Theatre – Dublin.
*Nasty Neighbours by
Debbie Isitt – Trinity Players Theatre – Dublin.
*5 nights by David Gilna and Simon Hubbard – Trinity Players Theatre – Dublin.
He also directed several plays at the New Theatre in Dublin:
*The Woman who cooked her husband by Debbie Isitt.
*Spoonface Steinberg by Lee Hall
*Shafted by Arnold T Fanning
*The Respectful Prostitute by JP Sartre.
He directed the critically acclaimed female cast version of
David Mamet’s ''
Glengarry Glen Ross
''Glengarry Glen Ross'' is a play by David Mamet that won the Pulitzer Prize in 1984. The play shows parts of two days in the lives of four desperate Chicago real estate agents who are prepared to engage in any number of unethical, illegal actsâ ...
''.
Film
Hubbard has also directed a number of short films, including: ''Every second Sunday'' with
Simon Delaney, Craig Conway, Paul Reid, Jane Elizabeth Walsh, Amy Kirwan and Vanessa Fahy, and ''Jack'', with Declan Reynolds, Rian Sheehy Kelly, Catherine Farrell and Hillary O’Neill.
As an actor, he has appeared on television series, most notably as an original cast member with
Lee Ingleby and
Martin Shaw on
BBC One's ''
Inspector George Gently'', where he plays 'PC Taylor'.
References
External links
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21st-century British male actors
People from Washington, Tyne and Wear
Male actors from Tyne and Wear
1976 births
Living people
British theatre directors