Chichester Festival TheatreVisionary StagesSunday 3 Jul through Saturday 31 Dec 2022 For Event Details and Booking: Visionary Stages is streaming through 31 December 2022. This event is part of Digital Stages. Take a look at the trailer to find out some of the special guests like Sir Derek Jacobi, John Simm and more! Join Chichester Festival Theatre … Continue reading
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Festival Curator John Simm: Roles of a Lifetime, Shakespeare & Shakin’ Stevens
The Line-Up with Shaun Keaveny11 May 2022 You may know him best as an actor, but John Simm is also a fine musician, just ask Echo & The Bunnymen or New Order. John shares his early guitar-playing ambitions from gigging with his dad, to switching gears to acting in The Lakes, Doctor Who, Grace and … Continue reading
John Simm: ‘I got rid of the music and clubbing and got into some proper serious drama’
The Big IssueAdrian Lobb9 May 2022 The seven ages of Simm: actor John Simm on The Lakes, Life On Mars, Doctor Who, Macbeth, Grace… and the Game of Thrones prequel that got away John Simm in Macbeth, The Lakes, Grace, Life on Mars and Doctor Who.Photo illustration: The Big Issue (Images: Alamy / ITV) John … Continue reading
John Simm and Dervla Kirwan interviews | Macbeth at Chichester Festival Theatre
Whats on Stage – YouTube 24 Sep 2019 We sit down with the two stars of Chichester’s Macbeth – Dervla Kirwan and John Simm – to chat about starring in Paul Miller’s new revival at the Chichester Festival Theatre. Find out more: https://www.whatsonstage.com/chichester-theatre/news/macbeth-chichester-john-simm-full-casting_49645.html Continue reading
John Simm Interview – The Guardian
The Guardian Sam Wollaston 27 Sep 2019 John Simm: ‘I don’t feel anything when I film any more’ From his Life on Mars cop to Crime and Punishment’s Raskolnikov, Simm does a fine line in the troubled and conflicted. Next up? Macbeth John Simm doesn’t do any of that superstition nonsense. It’s not the Scottish … Continue reading
Radio Interview: Chris Evans Chats with BAFTA-Nominated Acting Royalty John Simm
Virgin Radio UK Chris Evans Breakfast Show 4 Sep 2019 Listen below as Chris Evans chats with BAFTA-nominated acting royalty John Simm about making his debut at Chichester Festival Theatre in the title role of Macbeth, plus his upcoming role in the new prequel series to Game of Thrones. Play Radio Interview (00:17:16): Continue reading
John Simm and Dervla Kirwan head the cast of Macbeth
Chichester Festival Theatre 21 Sep- 26 Oct Present fears Are less than horrible imaginings Book Tickets for Macbeth (Priority booking from 24 Feb, General booking from 2 March) Much celebrated for his forthright bravery, Macbeth is a state hero. After the bloody defeat of a rebel army, he encounters a trio of strangers who predict … Continue reading
Radio Interview: John Simm Joins Jo Whiley on BBC Radio 2
BBC Radio 2 Jo Whiley 16 Jan 2019 John talks with Jo Whiley about doing Harold Pinter plays, Party Time and Celebration, plus what projects he has up next. Play Radio Interview (00:11:17): Music Played New Order – Temptation – THE EDGE OF THE EIGHTIES (VARIOUS ARTISTS). SONY BMG. David Bowie – TVC 15 – … Continue reading
John Simm among 24 Influential Ambassadors supporting Theatres Trust
Theatres Trust Ambassadors 27 Jun 2018 “As a young actor attending College in Blackpool, I appeared in three productions at ‘The Blackpool Grand Theatre’, It was the first theatre stage I ever appeared on, and because of that wonderful old place I have been in love with theatre ever since. The Theatres Trust supports The … Continue reading
John Simm has joined the extraordinary company of Pinter at the Pinter
Pinter at the Pinter Party Time/Celebration 20 December – 26 January 2019 The Jamie Lloyd Company presents an extraordinary season of Harold Pinter’s one-act plays on the tenth anniversary of the Nobel Prize winner’s death, performed in the theatre that bears his name. Find out in this casting announcement video why John Simm and his … Continue reading