Directing the likes of Alicia Vikander, Andrew Scott and Olivia Colman on stage, the Australian director is returning to Adelaide festival with a bold new take on The Cherry Orchard
If Simon Stone had not set out to become a theatre- and film-maker of international renown, he might have instead followed his parents into science, perhaps even remaining in Melbourne where he spent most of his childhood.
“Australia would have had everything I needed,” he says – although, during our interview, the youthful-looking, bearded, passionate writer and director gives the impression Europe would have still held its allure.