Professor Simon Stephens
Professor of Scriptwriting
My profile
Biography
Simon Stephens joined Manchester Met as Professor of Scriptwriting in 2017.
Stephens is perhaps best known for his stage adaptation of the novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, for which he won the 2015 Tony Award for Best Play.
Stephens has staged close to three dozen plays over two decades, including the critically acclaimed Pornography (2007), Punk Rock (2009) and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (2012), which premiered at the National Theatre and later toured on the West End and Broadway. It went onto win seven Olivier awards, then the equal record for a single play.
Many recent works, including The Funfair (2015) and Fatherland (2017) have premiered in Manchester theatres. Stephens also currently works as Artistic Associate at the Lyric Theatre and Associate Playwright at the Royal Court.
Research outputs
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Books (authored/edited/special issues)
Stephens, S., Thorpe, C., Frisch, M. (2023) Trueman and the Arsonists. Methuen Bloomsbury.
Chekhov, A. (2023) Vanya. Bloomsbury Publishing.
Stephens, S. (2023) Cornelia Street. Methuen Bloomsbury.
Stephens, S. (2021) Morning Sun. Bloomsbury Publishing.
Stephens, S. (2020) Light Falls. Bloomsbury Publishing.
Stephens, S.W. (2018) Fatherland. Methuen Bloomsbury.
Stephens, S.W. (2017) The Seagull. Methuen Bloomsbury.
Stephens, S.W. (2017) Heisenberg. Methuen Bloomsbury.
Stephens, S.W. (2017) Nuclear War. Methuen Bloomsbury.
Stephens, S.W. (2016) A Working Diary. Methuen Bloomsbury.
Stephens, S.W. (2015) Song From Faraway. Methuen Bloomsbury.
Stephens, S.W. (2015) Carmen Disruption. Methuen Bloomsbury.
Stephens, S.W. (2014) The Cherry Orchard. Methuen Bloomsbury.
Stephens, S.W. (2014) Birdland. Methuen Bloomsbury.
Stephens, S.W. (2014) Blindsided. Methuen-Bloomsbury.