Simon Fraser’s first work as a performer and composer was with the Midlands-based Platypus Theatre Company, creating music for productions which included ‘The Interference’ by Tim Rose Price and Steve Dinsdale’s adaptation of ‘Mr. Corbett’s Ghost’ by Leon Garfield. Other compositions include ‘No Surrender’, the Hull City Play for Remould Theatre, ‘Aladdin’ (Byre Theatre, St. Andrews), ‘At Caerlaverock’, performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at Kenwood House, ‘Paradise Lost’ at the Three Choirs Festival, ‘No-one Writes To The Colonel’ (Marquez) and ‘Sergeant Musgrave’s Dance’ (Arden) for BBC Radio.
He has worked with the Portuguese company Teatro do Montemuro on several occasions, most recently on ‘Comer Pela Calada’ (Peter Cann). He also wrote songs and produced an audio version of ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’, narrated by Evelyn Duah and featuring the voices of (amongst others) Andy Serkis, Celia Imrie, Jonathan Pryce, Louise Jameson and the late Murray Melvin.
Simon has regularly delivered workshops, often focused on improvisation and clowning, to groups of all ages and for numerous colleges and schools.
His collaboration with Absolute Theatre’s Artistic Director Andrew Harries spanned over forty productions and projects, starting with a Lorca double-bill ‘The Shoemaker’s Wondrous Wife’ and ‘Don Perlimplin’ and culminating with ‘Light Shining in Buckinghamshire’ (Caryl Churchill) at the Young Actors Theatre.