Simon Stephens is one of the UK’s most prolific playwrights, with work performed extensively across Europe.
He is a double Olivier Award-winner for On the Shore of the Wide World (The Royal Exchange, The National Theatre, 2005) and his adaptation of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (produced by The National Theatre in 2012 and toured nationally). Port (Manchester Royal Exchange, 2002), a richly colourful portrait of his hometown, Stockport, won the Pearson Award for Best New Play in 2001.
For our opening season, Simon has written The Funfair, an adaptation of Ödön von Horváth’s 20th century masterpiece Kasimir and Karoline. Directed by HOME’s Artistic Director of Theatre, Walter Meierjohann, it will receive its world premiere in May 2015.