Roland Smith's Biography In 1999 Roland was awarded the RSC Buzz Goodbody Award for his production of The Absence of War by David Hare. Following this he directed Elvis Orders a Mai Tai and Skin Deep (both UK premiers) for Horla at The Rose and Crown, and Torn by Joanne White for SJT Productions at the Soho Theatre Studio , How to Live and Eskimo Sisters, both for Camden Peoples Theatre. Over the last two years he has directed A Midsummer Nights Dream and Peer Gynt at Gladstone Park for Brent Arts, and Tough Luck for First Draft. Roland was a founder member of TACIT Theatre, based in Kingston Upon Thames, with whom he directed Misanthrope ( The Cornerhouse ) and Les Liaisons Dangereuses ( Kingston Arts Theatre ) Through his own company (beat) theatre Roland created and directed ...between two points... ( Lion and Unicorn ), Desert/Island/Man ( ROAR in conjunction with CoTA ) and To Close and Kill ( Latchmere - What's On Pick Of The Week ) As Associate Director of hybridtheatre, Roland has undertaken a process at The Young Vic, through the Genesis Director's Project, researching and developing HamletMachine by Heiner Muller, and developed his own piece Finis Terre for the Chelsea Theatre. He is currently developing a new piece of physical theatre, Alpe d'Huez for theatredelicatessen. Roland is currently directing an devised outdoor promenade production in Herne Hill, entitled Right Up My Street for the Young Vic.

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