Author Archives: Simon

About Simon

Simon Houghton creator of The Bloke Show started life as a baby, going on to become a boy and then a man, at which time he became an actor. As time passed he went on to be a director, later still he became a sales guy, then a business owner. Most recently he regressed and became a writer. Then a driver, then an actor again. Decisiveness is not one of his strong suits.

The Missing Children – Part 3 -The Ladies J&J

In my profile on Facebook there are six children listed as mine. I specify that only two of them are my biological children. The other four are children I have helped raise but with whom I have very limited contact … Continue reading

Posted in Day-to-Day / Diary | Leave a comment

The Missing Children – Pt 2 – Shoshana

In my profile on Facebook there are six children listed as mine. I specify that only two of them are my biological children. The other four are children I have helped raise but with whom I have very limited contact … Continue reading

Posted in Day-to-Day / Diary | Leave a comment

The Missing Children- Pt 1 – Jacob

In my profile on Facebook there are six children listed as mine. I specify that only two of them are my biological children. The other four are children I have helped raise but with whom I have very limited contact … Continue reading

Posted in Day-to-Day / Diary | Leave a comment

Motivation

Those of you who are long time readers of this blog will know that it is little more than my personal diary, but it didn’t start out that way. It began as a journal of sorts about the making of … Continue reading

Posted in Day-to-Day / Diary | Leave a comment

The Travelling Years Pt 4 – The Exploding Set

From 1989 – 1992 I toured with the Queensland Arts Council to primary schools around the state with a production called “World Games”. The company- Footloose Theatre Company was mine and was named after a suggestion from my father “Two young unmarried … Continue reading

Posted in The travelling Years - On Tour | Leave a comment