Simon McBurney

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name = Simon McBurney

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birthplace = Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
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laurenceolivierawards = Best Theatre Choreographer
1998 "The Caucasian Chalk Circle"

Simon Montagu McBurney, OBE (born 25 August 1957) is an English actor, writer and director.

Biography

Early life

McBurney was born in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. His father, Charles Brian Montagu McBurney, was an American archaeologist and academic.His great-grandfather was the American surgeon Charles McBurney (McBurney's point). His mother, Anne Francis Edmondstone Charles, was a British secretary of English, Scottish and Irish ancestry; his parents were distant cousins. [ [http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,1381383,00.html Anarchy in the UK | Review | Guardian Unlimited Books ] ] [ [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1381560,00.html The rhino now standing on platform two | | Guardian Unlimited Arts ] ] McBurney studied English Literature at Cambridge University and then trained for the theatre at the Jacques Lecoq Institute in Paris.

Career

McBurney is a founder and artistic director of the UK-based theatre company Complicite, which performs throughout the world. Productions by Complicite which McBurney has directed include "Street of Crocodiles" (1992), "The Three Lives of Lucie Cabrol" (1994), "Mnemonic" (1999) and "The Elephant Vanishes" (2003). McBurney most recently conceived and directed "A Disappearing Number" ,a devised piece, taking as its inspiration the story of the collaboration between two of the 20th century's most remarkable pure mathematicians, Srinivasa Ramanujan, a poor Brahmin from South India and Cambridge don GH Hardy". [ [http://www.complicite.org/productions/detail.html?id=43 Productions - Complicite ] ] "A Disappearing Number" played at the Barbican in autumn 2007. 'A Disappearing Number' was so popular, and due to demand, is now touring in, Barcelona, Plymouth, Ann Arbor (USA), Paris, and then it comes back to The Barbican Oct-Nov, the last destination of the tour is Mumbai.

McBurney is also an established screen actor: he played the recurring role of Cecil the Choirmaster in "The Vicar of Dibley", he played Dr. Atticus Noyle in "The Manchurian Candidate", Stone in "The Last King of Scotland", metrosexual husband Aaron in "Friends with Money", Fra Pavel in " The Golden Compass", and Charles James Fox in "The Duchess". He also wrote the story and was an executive producer for "Mr Bean's Holiday".

References

External links

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* [http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,1381383,00.html Guardian Article]
* [http://www.complicite.org Complicite]
* [http://www.complicite.org/about/whoswho.html?view=people&start=l&end=q&id=60&filter=m Simon McBurney's profile page at the Complicite website]
* [http://www.barbican.org.uk/theatre/event-detail.asp?ID=4928 A Disappearing Number at the Barbican]