WaterAid A big thanks @john_simm for supporting @wateraid #thebigdig. Your support will transform lives forever in Malawi wateraid.org/bigdig2012 — WaterAid (@WaterAid) Juni 18, 2012 John Simm supports the WaterAid Big Dig appeal, helping to bring clean water and sanitation to 134,000 people in rural Malawi. Celebrity support for the Big Deal Appeal | WaterAid Join … Continue reading
LSMedia Ian D. Hall 2 June 2012 L.S. Media Rating ***** Cast: John Simm, Colin Tierney, Ruth Gemmell, Thomas Tinker. …If that wasn’t enough for the audiences who no doubt have flocked to the theatre in droves so far this year, then by having one of the most bankable and notable actors of his time, … Continue reading
Front Row BBC Radio 4 Broadcast 22 May 2012 The Bafta-nominated John Simm, star of TV drama Life on Mars, talks to Mark Lawson about his role in the Harold Pinter play Betrayal, a drama of marital infidelity told backwards. BBC Radio 4 – John Simm talks about his role in Betrayal which is playing … Continue reading
The Observer | Culture Kate Kellaway 19 May 2012 The actor talks about the genius of Pinter, the joys of GarageBand and the consolations of middle age Infidelity is a bracing subject on a weekday morning over coffee and pain au chocolat but John Simm has been thinking about it all week. He is about to open … Continue reading
FT.com Interview: Television actor John Simm is returning to the stage for Pinter’s ‘Betrayal’.ow.ly/1MpR1k — John Simm Society (@JohnSimmSociety) May 19, 2012 Continue reading
CultBox 14 May 2012 Channel 4 has today announced the commission of Here and There [working title “Seven Days”], an ambitious feature-length drama from The Trip director Michael Winterbottom. Filmed over five years, the single 120-minute drama is “a tender and unique portrayal of one family living through a prison sentence” and stars John Simm (Mad Dogs) as … Continue reading
British Academy Television Awards 24 April 2012 NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED Appropriate Adult leads this year’s TV BAFTAs with four nominations, Sherlock and This is England ‘88 tie for the second spot with three nominations each Host Dara O’Briain receives his first-ever nomination Moriarty takes on Watson as Andrew Scott goes head to head with Martin Freeman … Continue reading
South Yorkshire Times 16 March 2012 Sheffield Theatres today announces further casting for its production of Harold Pinter’s Betrayal, which takes to the Crucible stage from Thursday, 17 May, until Saturday, 9 June. John Simm, already announced to play the part of Jerry in Pinter’s masterpiece, will return to the theatre following his performance as … Continue reading
Royal Television Society 28 February 2012 The Royal Television Society, Britain’s leading forum for television and related media, today announced the nominees for the RTS Programme Awards 2011. CONGRATULATIONS John Simm! Actor (Male) Daniel Rigby – Eric & Ernie – Blue Door Adventures/BBC Wales for BBC Two John Simm – Exile – Abbott Vision/Red Production … Continue reading
The Guardian Gareth McLean 22 Jan 2012 On a break from filming beneath the baking Balearic sunshine, John Simm sits on a white plastic patio chair and ponders “second album anxiety”. Along with Philip Glenister, Max Beesley and Marc Warren, Simm is back in Majorca making the second series of Mad Dogs for Sky1. The … Continue reading
Graham Norton BBC Radio 2 Broadcast 14 Jan 2012 There was a trio of great British actors joining Mr Norton this week. …Philip Glenister and John Simm popped in to talk about Sky1’s ‘Mad Dogs’ and the struggles of filming in stunning, hot locations. The life of an actor, who’d want it? BBC Radio 2 … Continue reading
Mail Online Emma Cox 13 Jan 2012 Five middle-aged ex-classmates gather at a villa in Majorca for a school reunion… but within hours it’s turned into a living nightmare as one of them is murdered and the others find themselves tangling with heavy-duty criminals and corrupt coppers while loaded down with laundered money. That was … Continue reading
Sky1 HD 10 Jan 2012 Mad Dogs starts Thursday 19th January at 9PM on Sky 1 From The Lakes to State of Play, The Devil’s Whore to Doctor Who, Sex Traffic to Exile, John Simm’s CV reads like a checklist of some of Britain’s best dramas of the last two decades. In 2009, he appeared … Continue reading
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Magic Alex DJ’s 6 Dec 2011 Dean Taylor Magic Alex Founder, Vocalist and Blogster, Dean Taylor, queried his fellow band mates, Simon Borkin, Greg Saunders, John Mac and John Simm to submit their record picks for 2011. He then gathered up their responses, sprinkled in a few music videos and baked up one glorious year-end … Continue reading
Vinyl Revival BBC Radio 6 Music Pete Paphides 26 Dec 2011 Pete Paphides celebrates the vinyl format with musicians who are avid collectors. 6 Music continues its month-long celebration of the vinyl format with four two-hour specials featuring Pete Paphides in conversation with famous record collectors. On Boxing Day, he trawls through the vinyl treasures … Continue reading
the flicker club presents… It’s A Wonderful Life presented by a special guest reader… 18 December 2011 Are you sitting comfortably? For one night only, on Sunday 18th December, the flicker club, are proud to present: It’s a Wonderful Life, Starring James Stewart. Join us as we celebrate the 65th anniversary of this timeless Christmas classic at … Continue reading
ShortList Magazine Joe Ellison Issue 199 27 Oct 2011 Five leading men discuss tackling the greatest role ever penned. Ahead of Michael Sheen’s performance as the prince onstage, Joe Ellison finds out why, for actors, it remains the most daunting of roles. Life has given us many weighty questions to mull over. Alongside “Why are … Continue reading
Whatsonstage.com Theo Bosanquet 20 October 2011 Sheffield Theatres artistic director Daniel Evans, currently in rehearsals for the forthcoming revival of Stephen Sondheim’s Company, has announced the final part of the company’s year long 40th anniversary season. Simm returns to Sheffield The 40th anniversary season climaxes in the Crucible with a new revival of Harold Pinter’s popular play Betrayal, which … Continue reading
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