Simon McBurney is an actor, writer, playwright and director of theatre, opera, film and dance. He is co-founder and artistic director of Complicité, is married, has three children and lives at the end of a valley in the West Country.
In 2016 his wife, Cassie, introduced him to Polly Higgins and the Stop Ecocide campaign which seeks to have Ecocide (unlawful or wanton acts committed with knowledge there will be widespread or long-term damage to the environment) enshrined in international law.