Theatre · Nottingham Playhouse / West End / Broadway · 2013–2024
The Kite Runner
From Kabul to San Francisco, a journey traced through projected landscapes.
My role: Projection Design
The Kite Runner remains a defining collaboration, a production that has evolved through multiple stagings across the West End, Broadway and North America. Each new version brought a chance to refresh and refine the projection design, finding new ways to carry the story's emotional weight.
City silhouettes, a spreading tree, patterned fabric and changing landscapes appear across the rear screen and folded cloth. The same surfaces shift from an intimate scene between two performers to the full company flying kites.
Broadway was an extraordinary experience: a creative team at the top of their game, a story that connected deeply with audiences, and a sense of shared purpose that is rare to find.
Knowing that the design has helped carry that story to thousands of people across the US is both humbling and deeply fulfilling.
West End
West End promo
Broadway
West End poster
Press Night
Shared creative team
- Projection Design Will Simpson
- Director
- Adaptation Matthew Spangler, from the novel by Khaled Hosseini
- Set and Costume Design Barney George
- Lighting Design Charles Balfour
- Sound Design
- Composer
- Movement Kitty Winter
- Fight Direction
Original production: Nottingham and Liverpool, 2013
- Co-production Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company and Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse
- Nottingham Playhouse 26 April-18 May 2013
- Liverpool Playhouse 13 June-6 July 2013
- Amir Ben Turner
- Hassan Farshid Rokey
- Baba Emilio Doorgasingh
- Soraya Lisa Zahra
- Rahim Khan Nicholas Khan
- Ali Ezra Khan
- Assef Nicholas Karimi
- General Taheri Antony Bunsee
- Kamal David Ahmad
- Wali Waleed Akhtar
- Musician Hanif Khan
- Accent Coach Sally Hague
- Associate Lighting Design Katie Pitt
- Assistant Director Allie Spencer
West End: Wyndham's Theatre, 2016-2017
- Amir Ben Turner
- Hassan / Sohrab Andrei Costin
- Production photography Robert Workman
West End: Playhouse Theatre, 2017
- Amir David Ahmad
- Hassan / Sohrab Andrei Costin
Broadway: Hayes Theater, 2022
- Amir Amir Arison
- Hassan / Sohrab Eric Sirakian
- Baba Faran Tahir
- Soraya Azita Ghanizada
- Rahim Khan Dariush Kashani
- Assef Amir Malaklou
- Ali / Farid Evan Zes
- Associate Projection Design Elaine McCarthy
- Assistant Projection Design Ridley Walker
- Associate Director Damian Sandys
- Cultural Advisor and Script Consultant Humaira Ghilzai
- Production photography Joan Marcus
Dubai Opera, 2020
- Amir David Ahmad



















































































