Simon Longman grew up in Ledbury in Herefordshire. He studied Drama and Theatre Studies in Manchester. He won a Channel 4 bursary in 2014 to spend a year with Pentabus as our writer in residence. As part of the year he curated our Young Writers Festival.

He has had work performed at the Arcola Theatre and The Lost Theatre and been part of the Royal Court Young Writers Programme.

His writing for theatre includes: Why I Don’t like the Sea (The Lost Theatre, Stockwell and Arcola Theatre), Popcorn (The Arcola).