Simon Richard Evans (born December 1983) is an English theatre and television director, writer, and actor. Evans was raised in Oxford while his parents ran a dental practice in nearby Kidlington. He was educated at The Dragon School and Abingdon School, where his fellow alumni include Tom Hollander, Toby Jones and members of Radiohead. He studied Education, English, Drama & the Arts at Homerton College, Cambridge. As an actor, his early roles include parts in Stig of the Dump (2002) and Lewis (2007). He is the founding director of the theatre company, Myriad Immersive.