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
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
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
Whatsonstage.com 3 December 2010 Whatsonstage.com Awards Nominees Announced! The nominations in the 2011 Whatsonstage.com Awards, the “theatregoers’ choice”, were announced today at the West End’s Cafe de Paris. Hamlet – at Sheffield Crucible starring John Simm is on the shortlist for Best Regional Production! The Whatsonstage.com Awards are the only major UK theatre prize-giving event decided by … Continue reading
Hamlet The Stage Ben East 23 Sep 2010 Hamlet, it seems, is becoming something of a rite of passage for a generation of British screen actors. Christopher Eccleston played the antic Prince as a good man in a bad world in 2002. Jude Law and David Tennant followed, to widespread acclaim, and Michael Sheen has … Continue reading
Telegraph.co.uk Dominic Cavendish 14 Sep 2010 Terror is integral to the pleasure of John Simm, who takes on “the greatest role ever written”, Hamlet, at the Sheffield Crucible. Three giant black-and-white photographs, dominated in turn by Derek Jacobi, Kenneth Branagh and Joseph Fiennes, are ranged across a wall of the Sheffield Crucible’s swish new bar. … Continue reading
Yorkshire Post Chris Bonde 12 Sep 2010 JOHN Simm manages to come across as both laidback and edgy at the same time. In the 25 minutes I spend in his company he is charming, witty, intense and just a little bit acerbic. These are all traits that should stand the Life on Mars star in … Continue reading
The Guardian Simon Hattenstone 11 September 2010 Why is John Simm so often cast as a chippy bugger? “Am I?” he asks. “Define chippy.” Well, there’s the brooding journalist Cal McCaffrey in TV drama State Of Play who feels he’s up against the world, and the displaced detective inspector Sam Tyler in Life On Mars, thrown back into the … Continue reading
Sheffield Telegraph By Ian Soutar 09 September 2010 PLAYING Hamlet is surely something most actors dream of – “the ultimate part for a young actor”, according to actor and director Samuel West. In the case of John Simm, preparing to open as the Prince of Denmark at the Crucible next week, it was more a … Continue reading
Yorkshire Post By Nick Ahad Arts Reporter 13 May 2010 Sheffield Theatres today announces its new season, featuring a star turn from Life on Mars actor John Simm as Hamlet. Richard Wilson, known to millions as TV’s Victor Meldrew, will also take a director’s role. The group, which includes the Lyceum, the Studio and the … Continue reading
BBC News By Tim Masters 21 December 2009 Actor John Simm has admitted he is daunted by the idea of taking on the role of Hamlet next year, but says it is not an opportunity he can turn down. The Life on Mars star follows in the footsteps of David Tennant and Jude Law as … Continue reading
Daily Mail Online By BAZ BAMIGBOYE 11th December 2009 You wait years for a Hamlet and then three come along, almost all at once. David Tennant played the troubled Dane for the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford and London. Then Jude Law tackled the role as part of the Donmar Theatre’s West End season, and … Continue reading
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