Editing Simon Callow (section)

===Directing===
Callow also directed plays and wrote: his ''Being An Actor'' (1984) was a critique of 'director dominated' theatre, in addition to containing autobiographical sections relating to his early career as an actor. In 1992, he directed the play ''Shades'' by [[Sharman MacDonald]] and the musical ''[[My Fair Lady]]'', featuring costumes designed by [[Jasper Conran]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jasperconran.com/performing-arts/my-fair-lady/#nav=path_%252Fperforming-arts%252Fmy-fair-lady%252F%253Fstate%253D1 |title=My Fair Lady – Performing Arts |work=Jasper Conran |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130320034913/http://www.jasperconran.com/performing-arts/my-fair-lady/ |archive-date=20 March 2013 }}</ref> In 1995, he directed a stage version of the classic French film ''[[Children of Paradise|Les Enfants du Paradis]]'' for the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]]. As part of the Covent Garden Festival, in May 1996 Callow directed [[Cantabile (group)|Cantabile]] in three musical pieces (''Commuting'' - premiere, ''The Waiter's Revenge'', and ''Ricercare No. 4'' - premiere) composed by his friend [[Stephen Oliver (composer)|Stephen Oliver]]. ''Ricercare No. 4'' had been commissioned from Oliver by Callow on the death of his partner.<ref>Jeal, Erica. Stephen Oliver Trilogy Cantabile at the Covent Garden Festival. May 30. ''Opera'', August 1996, p.978-979.</ref>

Among opera productions directed by Callow are a ''[[Così fan tutte]]'' in Lucerne, ''[[Die Fledermaus]]'' for [[Scottish Opera]] in 1988,<ref>Monelle, Raymond. Review of Die Fledermaus at the [[Theatre Royal, Glasgow]]. ''[[Opera (British magazine)|Opera]]'', December 1988, Vol.39 No.12, p1491-92.</ref> ''[[Il tritico]]'' for the Broomhill Trust, Kent in August 1995,<ref>Allison, John. II trittico and The Reluctant Highwayman, The Broomhill Trust. ''Opera'', October 1995, Vol.46 No.10, p1233-35.</ref> Menotti's ''[[The Consul]]'' at [[Holland Park Opera]], London in 1999 and ''[[Le roi malgré lui]]'' by Chabrier at [[Grange Park Opera]] in 2003.<ref>Maddocks, Fiona. "''Le roi malgré lui'': Grange Park Opera". ''[[Opera (British magazine)|Opera]]'', September 2003, pp. 1130-31. For this production the dialogue was prepared by Callow from the original Ancelot play.</ref> He also directed ''[[Carmen Jones]]'' at the Old Vic, London in 1991, with [[Wilhelmenia Fernandez]] in the title role.<ref>[[Rodney Milnes|Milnes, Rodney]]. Review of Carmen Jones at the Old Vic. ''Opera'', June 1991, Vol.42, No.6, p727-728.</ref>

One of Callow's best-known books is ''Love Is Where It Falls'', an analysis of his 11-year relationship with [[Peggy Ramsay]] (1908–91), a prominent British theatrical agent from the 1960s to the 1980s. He has also written extensively about [[Charles Dickens]], whom he has played several times: in a one-man show, ''The Mystery of Charles Dickens'' by [[Peter Ackroyd]]; in the films ''[[Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale]]'', and ''[[Christmas Carol: The Movie]];'' and on television several times including ''An Audience with Charles Dickens'' (BBC, 1996) and in "[[The Unquiet Dead]]", a 2005 episode of the [[BBC]] [[science fiction on television|science-fiction]] series ''[[Doctor Who]]''. He returned to ''Doctor Who'' for the [[The Wedding of River Song|2011 season finale]], again taking the role of Dickens.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/nby4k/doctor-who-the-wedding-of-river-song |title=Doctor Who: Series 6 – 13. The Wedding of River Song |work=[[Radio Times]] }}</ref>

In December 2004, he hosted the [[London Gay Men's Chorus]] Christmas Show, ''Make the Yuletide Gay'' at the [[Barbican Arts Centre|Barbican Centre]] in London. He is currently one of the patrons of the Michael Chekhov Studio London.
In July 2006, the [[London Oratory School]] Schola announced Callow as one of their new patrons. In November 2007, he threatened to resign the post over controversy surrounding the [[Terrence Higgins Trust]] (an AIDS charity of which Callow is also a patron). Other patrons of the Catholic choir are [[Princess Michael of Kent]] and the Scottish composer [[James MacMillan (composer)|James MacMillan]]. He reprised his role as Wolfgang in ''Shoebox Zoo'' and voice-acted the wild and action-seeking Hunter, as well.{{when|date=September 2020}}