Oscar Simms

Oscar is a London-based musician and stage director working across opera, theatre and arts education. Passionate about socially engaged work, he is a Trustee of Music & Theatre For All and has directed music-theatre productions in a range of community settings, including at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Barnes Music Festival and Thames Opera Company. He has worked with PMF since 2021 and in 2023 directed their community production of ‘Noye’s Fludde’, connecting Britten’s opera to teaching about climate change. Outside of PMF, Oscar has worked as an Associate, Staff or Assistant Director for The Royal Ballet and Opera, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Opera North, English Touring Opera, Opera Holland Park, Edinburgh International Festival, Buxton International Festival, Southbank Centre, Sinfonia Smith Square, Waterperry Opera Festival , London Handel Festival, Royal Academy of Music, Guildhall School of Music & Drama, London Youth Opera and Arcola Theatre. He was a Junior Fellow of the Guildhall School of Music & Drama for 2025-26 and a Young Artist with Waterperry Opera Festival in 2024.