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Born in Launceston, Tasmania in 1977, Simon Reade is a conductor, composer, trumpet player and educator. Simon is passionate about the performance of new music and has given the world premiere of over 100 new works by Tasmanian composers, many of these with the Hobart Wind Symphony which he has directed for over 25 years.
Simon Reade is the screenwriter and producer of RC Sherriff's Journey's End (Lionsgate/BFI, director Saul Dibb) and Michael Morpurgo's Private Peaceful (starring Jack O'Connell and George MacKay). He also directed the comedy drama documentary What You Will (Soda Pictures).
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Simon Reade has 17 books on Goodreads with 1087 ratings. Simon Reade’s most popular book is Private Peaceful.
Simon Reade has adapted Private Peaceful as an internationally touring award-winning one-man show, for schools and youth theatres, for BBC Radio 4, and as a feature film starring George Mackay and Jack O’Connell.
Born in Launceston, Tasmania, Simon graduated from the Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music in 1998, majoring in composition. He then completed a Bachelor of Education in 2005. He has been working as a Brass specialist since 2000, currently employed at Ogilvie, Clarence and Bellerive schools.
How director Simon Reade translated Michael Morpurgo's novel Private Peaceful to the stage. --- You know from the outset that the titular character of Private Peaceful dies at the end. But discovering how the 17-year-old World War I soldier came to be awaiting execution is a compelling journey.
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Simon Reade is a dramatist, director and producer. He has been Artistic Director of Bristol Old Vic and Literary Manager of the Royal Shakespeare Company and at…
