Direction:
Distance by Alex McSweeney is currently on at The Park Theatre London, running 5th – 29th September 2018. For booking and more information Click Here. We’ve been nominated for three Off West End Awards including Best Director.
Press:
★★★★ ‘Emotionally compelling… Pittman’s direction fuses elements of physical theatre and punchy realism to devastating effect. Humour erupts at precisely the right moment’ The Stage
★★★★ ‘Brilliant staging… a constantly shifting landscape that reflects the turbulence of the protagonist’s mind. Distance tackles a serious issue with a grace, poise, boldness and fierce intelligence that means it lives long in the memory’ The Upcoming
★★★★ ‘Utterly brilliant… In ninety minutes with no interval, it creates an utterly compelling and gripping slice of life. It’s a nuanced social and psychological exploration of the issue…. London Theatre 1
★★★★ ‘Exceptional… a harrowing and compelling story about one man’s descent into depression and beyond. It’s visceral, powerfully told and superbly played’ Stage Review
★★★★ ‘Powerful and thought-provoking yet enjoyably accessible… efficaciously negotiates being laugh-out-loud entertaining and heartbreakingly honest within a matter of moments’ Spy In The Stalls
★★★★ ‘unique and timely… intelligently written, ambitious in its experimentation with form, visually immaculate and performed with conviction’ Arthurs Seat
Movement Direction:
I’m working on The Comedy of Errors with director Alex Thorpe at the Royal Shakespeare Company this Autumn 2018. Watch this space for more info. We’ll be at The Swan Theatre and then touring to schools and theatres around the UK. 
The Box of Delights is returning to Wilton’s Music Hall for 2018/19! It running December 31st November 2018- 5th January 2019. See my home page and click the link to read more.
★★★★ ‘Inventive staging… it successfully creates a world that can contain the traditional and the visionary’ The Guardian
★★★★ ‘An enterprising Christmas show that makes inventive use of the theatre’s atmospheric space… creative visual flair’ Financial Times
★★★★ ‘the small enchantments keep coming … a DIY aesthetic with inventiveness of detail, as miniature steam trains float through wintry landscapes and stags step out of wardrobes’ Sunday Times
★★★★ ‘Old favorite is packed with festive treats‘ Evening Standard
★★★★ ‘beautiful Frantic Assembly-esque movement by Simon Pittman… a truly charming festive treat that will thrill the kids while entrancing the adults’. Whats On Stage
★★★★ ‘Captures the dreamlike strangeness of a much loved Christmas classic’ Radio Times
★★★★★ ‘I sat in a sea of bewitched adults and wide-eyed children. Puppets. Music. Video. Parachute quantities of fabric. Movement and poise. With light and images keeping your eye focused to avoid the slight of hand’. The Spy In The Stalls
★★★★ Every form of stage magic bursts out of this production… it all builds to a roaring climax. This is an epic children’s fantasy realised with ambition, love and care. The Stage
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I continue as a Selector for The National Student Drama Festival for the third year after taking a show there as a student 12 years ago! Feeling older and happy. NSDF is an amazing organisation that has begun the careers of many, many great artists, actors, directors, journalists, critics, and theatre makers. (NDSF.org.uk)