Simon's designs for 2012 include SINGIN' IN THE RAIN with Adam Cooper and Scarlett Strallen at the Palace Theatre in the West End, THE LADY FROM THE SEA with Joely Richardson, THE REAL THING for the English Touring Theatre, a major revival of the musical WONDERFUL TOWN with the Halle Orchestra and THE RESISTIBLE RISE OF ARTURO UI with Henry Goodman and Hugh Whitemore's new play A MARVELLOUS YEAR FOR PLUMS - both for this year's season at Chichester Festival Theatre.

Simon's other recent work includes SINGIN' IN THE RAIN at Chichester and Trevor Nunn's production of ROSENCRANTZ & GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD which transferred to the Theatre Royal Haymarket,  HENRY lV Parts One and Two for Peter Hall and THIS HAPPY BREED for Stephen Unwin at Bath - YES, PRIME MINISTER, WHEN WE ARE MARRIED and THE RIVALS with Penelope Keith - all in the West End, THE RAGGED TROUSERED PHILANTHROPISIST at Chichester and Liverpool, Edna O’Brien’s play HAUNTED with Brenda Blethyn in New York as part of the Brits Off Broadway season and in Australia, LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES for the Gate in Dublin, MRS WARREN'S PROFESSION at the Shakespeare Theatre, Washington D.C, HAY FEVER, DUMB SHOW and THE THREE MUSKETEERS all at The Rose in Kingston and Thomas Allen's productions of THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO and THE BARBER OF SEVILLE for Scottish Opera. 

His earlier credits are Ronald Harwood’s COLLABORATION and TAKING SIDES at Chichester and in the West End, MISS JULIE and BEDROOM FARCE and the set for A CHRISTMAS CAROL for the Rose Kingston, THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR for John Caird in Stockholm, THE WINSLOW BOY with Timothy West, Michael Frayn’s BALMORAL at Bath, EAST IS EAST for Birmingham Repertory, THE GRAPES OF WRATH, THE SNOW QUEEN and THE CIRCLE at Chichester, THE GLASS MENAGERIE at the Manchester Royal Exchange, two Peter Hall productions A DOLL'S HOUSE at Bath and PYGMALION at the Old Vic, BRIEF LIVES with Roy Dotrice, DON'T YOU LEAVE ME HERE for the West Yorkshire Playhouse and in the United States THE IMAGINARY INVALID in Washington D.C., and THE SCHOOL OF NIGHT directed by Bill Alexander in Los Angeles. 

Amongst Simon's many other designs are AN IDEAL HUSBAND and THE TRIUMPH OF LOVE for the Manchester Royal Exchange, Alan Bennett’s OFFICE SUITE with Patricia Routledge and HOBSON'S CHOICE with John Savident for Chichester Festival Theatre - as well as NICHOLAS NICKLEBY in the West End and on tour in the UK and Canada, LITTLE NELL at Bath and on tour directed by Peter Hall, AMY'S VIEW with Felicity Kendal and Jenna Russell at the Garrick Theatre, HAY FEVER at the Haymarket Theatre with Judi Dench, THE BARGAIN by Ian Curteis, Gorky’s ENEMIES directed by Michael Attenborough at the Almeida, DARWIN IN MALIBU at Hampstead, the UB40 musical PROMISES AND LIES at Birmingham, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD at the West Yorkshire Playhouse and on tour, the opera ALBERT HERRING in Germany, ANNA KARENINA at Dublin’s Gate Theatre, GLORIOUS! with Maureen Lipman, the RSC production of THOMAS MORE at the Swan in Stratford and then the Trafalgar Studios in London, SHOOT THE CROW with James Nesbitt and OTHERWISE ENGAGED with Richard E. Grant at the Criterion.

Previous designs in London include BLITHE SPIRIT with Penelope Keith and later Stephanie Cole, MAN AND BOY with David Suchet, THE DRESSER with Nicholas Lyndhurst and Julian Glover, and THE WITCHES - all four running concurrently in the West End; Peter Whelan’s THE EARTHLY PARADISE and Sebastian Barry’s WHISTLING PSYCHE at the Almeida, Neil La Bute’s THE SHAPE OF THINGS at the New Ambassadors, OF MICE AND MEN with Matthew Kelly at the Savoy, THE ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF AN ANARCHIST and IN A LITTLE WORLD OF OUR OWN at the Donmar, CLUBLAND and THE FORCE OF CHANGE at the Royal Court, LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT with Jessica Lange, the set for FASCINATING AIDA'S 'ONE LAST FLUTTER', HOME AND BEAUTY and THE ACCUSED by and with Jeffrey Archer, the Royal Shakespeare Company's A RUSSIAN IN THE WOODS in The Pit, and SINGER with Antony Sher directed by Terry Hands at the Barbican, THE PRISONER OF SECOND AVENUE with Richard Dreyfuss, THE CHILTERN HUNDREDS with Edward Fox, A SONG AT TWILIGHT, ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA and THE TAMING OF THE SHREW - all three with Vanessa Redgrave, TALKING HEADS with Maggie Smith, KEAN with Derek Jacobi directed by Sam Mendes, MEDEA with Eileen Atkins, THE MAGISTRATE with Ian Richardson and several productions for The New Shakespeare Company in Regent’s Park. 

Simon has extensive regional credits with most major UK theatres, among them THE HAPPIEST DAYS OF YOUR LIFE, YERMA, MRS WARREN'S PROFESSION, PEER GYNT, THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO and THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV all at the Manchester Royal Exchange; NEVILLE'S ISLAND, THE NORMAN CONQUESTS, THE CRUCIBLE and A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE at Birmingham Rep, John Mortimer’s NAKED JUSTICE, DEAD FUNNY and DAVID COPPERFIELD (TMA Best Design nomination) for the West Yorkshire Playhouse, THE MODERNISTS at the Crucible Sheffield and POPCORN and LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES for Liverpool Playhouse as well as stage versions of Joanna Trollope’s novel MARRYING THE MISTRESS and Rosamunde Pilcher’s THE SHELL SEEKERS which both toured the UK, and at Chichester THE BARCHESTER CHRONICLES, OUR BETTERS with Kathleen Turner, BEETHOVEN'S TENTH, THE MISER, A DOLL'S HOUSE and SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE.

Simon's many opera credits worldwide include GIULIO CESARE, RESURRECTION, THE BARBER OF SEVILLE, DON GIOVANNI, LA TRAVIATA, LA BOHEME, LA CENERENTOLA, THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO, THE MAGIC FLUTE and COSI FAN TUTTE.

Simon is the recipient of two TMA Best Design Awards - for ELIZABETH REX at Birmingham Repertory Theatre and THREE SISTERS with Imogen Stubbs at Southampton - and also the Helen Hayes Award for Best Design for LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN at the Shakespeare Theatre, Washington DC.