Simon Prast
| Simon Prast | |
|---|---|
| Born |
6 March 1962 Otahuhu, Auckland, New Zealand |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1987–present |
Simon Prast is a director and actor from Auckland, New Zealand. Prast was the founder of the Auckland Theatre Company and director of the first Auckland Festival AK03.
Prast grew up in Otara and Waikowhai, Auckland. He was educated at Waikowhai Primary, King's School and Auckland Grammar School. He holds a Law Degree (LLB) from the University of Auckland and is a graduate of Theatre Corporate.
Prast performed at both the Downstage and Mercury theatres in Auckland after graduating from the Theatre Corporate Drama School in 1984. He made his professional debut opposite Michael Hurst in Theatre Corporate's 1985 production of Torch Song Trilogy.
After founding the Auckland Theatre Company in 1992 and being its first Director from March 1992 – February 2003 he produced and / or directed over sixty mainbill productions including The Graduate, The Rocky Horror Show, Haruru Mai, The Daylight Atheist, Hair, Death of a Salesman, Wit, Art, Closer, The Judas Kiss, A Streetcar Named Desire and 12 Angry Men.
Prast's production of 12 Angry Men was named 'Production of the Decade' by the theatre's subscribers.
Prast made his television debut in 1983 in the New Zealand drama series Mortimer's Patch. In 1987 he returned to television, appearing as Alistair Redfern in the New Zealand soap opera Gloss. In 1992 he starred in the drama movie about the French terrorist attack on a Greenpeace boat in Auckland Harbour in 1985. The Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior also starred Sam Neill and Jon Voight. He appeared as Nurse Paul Churchill on several episodes of the soap opera Shortland Street (1995–1996). Prast was a co-star in the 1998 New Zealand movie, When Love Comes Along, with Rena Owen and Dean O'Gorman, directed by Garth Maxwell.
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