Before he opened the Market, he staged multi-racial plays anywhere he could: in warehouses and shantytowns, storefronts and back yards, including Athol Fugard's The Blood Knot (1961).
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He was the first to stage many of Athol Fugard’s plays, directed a film for the BBC of Nadine Gordimer’s story "City Lovers", and worked with screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière on the French translation for the Paris production by Peter Brook of Simon’s last play, The Suit (Le Costume) (1994).
Paul Simon | Simon & Schuster | Simon Cowell | Carly Simon | Simon Fraser University | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | Simon | Barney Miller | Neil Simon | Simón Bolívar | Matthew Barney | Simon Templar | Simon & Garfunkel | Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester | Simon Furman | Simon Rattle | Simon de Montfort | Simon and Garfunkel | Simon Boccanegra | Simon Schama | Simon Mayr | Barney Fife | Simon Winchester | Barney Frank | Simon Property Group | Simon Newcomb | Simon Fuller | Joe Simon | William E. Simon | Simon Vouet |
Woza Albert! (which means "Rise Albert") was written by Percy Mtwa, Mbongeni Ngema, and Barney Simon in 1981.
Also a founder member of world renowned The Market Theatre in Johannesburg, together with Mannie Manim and Barney Simon in 1976.