The Daily TelegraphHelen Brown3 Sep 2020 John Simm as Arthur Fried in Britbox’s Cold Courage | Photo: Bernard Walsh As a teenager growing up in the small Lancashire town of Nelson, John Simm witnessed racist thuggery on a terrifying scale. “The level of fear and ignorance directed towards the local immigrants was just terrible. To … Continue reading
whatsonstage.com 22 Feb 2008 WINNERS ANNOUNCED IN THE EIGHTH ANNUAL WHATSONSTAGE.COM THEATREGOERS’ CHOICE AWARDS Winners are announced today in the eighth annual Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers’ Choice Awards, the only major theatre prize-giving decided by the public. Over the past two months, a record-breaking 25,000 people – more than doubling the number who took part last year – … Continue reading
Radio 1 Entertainment News Podcasts 10 Aug 2007 John Simm talks about Tuesday, Elling and Doctor Who On the podcast this week, we hear from John Simm, Calvin Harris, Jeff Bridges and the Klaxons who suffered a bit of a mishap when their bassist broke his ankle jumping off the stage. We also have Groove Armada, The Kooks, Antony … Continue reading
The Telegraph: Cop-in-a-coma is a comic revelation Dominic Cavendish 16 July 2007 Racing into town on the back of the cartload of rave reviews it garnered at the Bush in April, this kooky Norwegian comedy is just what the silly season demands – a smart, sweetly populist affair that’s as easily glugged down as a … Continue reading
BBC Radio 1 The Chris Moyles Show 7 Aug 2007 Chris Moyles chats to John Simm about his return to the stage in Elling (0:40:42) Listen to Radio Interview (click play button below): With special thanks to Hedgewytch (audio file), Starlight and >= ] skittles (for the heads up). Continue reading
The Sunday Telegraph Charlotte Williamson 5 Aug 2007 In ‘Life on Mars’ John Simm played a detective stuck in a 1970s time warp. Now he’s moved on and is wowing them in the West End. But, as he tells Charlotte Williamson, ‘I still can’t believe it’s not 1999’ A few Fridays ago, one corner of … Continue reading
BBC Radio 2 Jonathan Ross 21 Jul 2007 Jonathan Ross chats to John Simm about his return to the stage in Elling (0:09:36) Listen to Radio Interview (click play button below): With special thanks to allaboutsam (audio file) from The Railway Arms and Julia (for the heads up). Continue reading
BBC News Entertainment: Breakfast 12 Jul 2007 Actor John Simm is too shy to answer fan mail and has taken on the stage role of a agoraphobic mummy’s boy. Continue reading
BBC Radio 2 Steve Wright in the Afternoon – Mark Radcliffe sits in 10 Jul 2007 Mark Radcliffe chats to John Simm on his birthday about his return to the stage in Elling (0:12:27) Listen to Radio Interview (click play button below): With special thanks to sunshine_darkmoon (audio file) from The Railway Arms Continue reading
The Telegraph Dominic Cavendish 390 Jun 2007 Dominic Cavendish looks forward to watching John Simm in ‘Elling’ at Trafalgar Studios, London At last, after a fallow period for commercial hits, the tiny Bush theatre in west London is making its presence felt in the centre of town. Earlier this year, the stellar presence of Richard … Continue reading
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