BBC Radio 4 John Wilson 10 May 2013 Harold Pinter’s The Hothouse is in a rare revival on the London stage, starring John Simm and Simon Russell Beale. Writer Iain Sinclair delivers his verdict on the play about a bureaucratic mental institution run by a sadist. (00:06:05) Listen to scene clip with John Simm as … Continue reading
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for the John Simm Society blog. Here’s an excerpt: 4,329 films were submitted to the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. The John Simm Society blog had 23,000 views in 2012. If each view were a film, this blog would power 5 Film Festivals Click here to … 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
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for the John Simm Society blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 37,000 times in 2011. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 14 sold-out performances … Continue reading
http://www.Film-News.co.uk release date: 28 Feb 2011 certificate: Cert 18 director: Various studio: Network DVD film length 250 min total reviewer: Claudia A A rare treat is Chiller – The Complete Series, containing five blood-curdling episodes of the macabre and the supernatural. Originally produced for Yorkshire Television and broadcast on British TV in 1995, each of the five episodes (‘Prophecy’ / ‘Toby’ / ‘Here Comes The … Continue reading
The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads This blog is on fire! Crunchy numbers A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog was viewed about 13,000 times in 2010. That’s about … Continue reading
Time Out London Bella Todd 20 Dec 2010 Books & Poetry: A word in your ear You don’t often read of actors giving ‘the performance of their lives’ for an audiobook. But this can be said of John Simm’s astonishing reading of ‘Billy Liar’ (CSA Word, 7hr unabridged, £17), Keith Waterhouse’s tale of a budding comedy … 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
Speaking in Tongues guardian.co.uk 29 September 2009 Michael Billington Andrew Bovell, as we know from When The Rain Stops Falling, is a wizard from Oz who writes fiendishly intricate plays. And this earlier piece, first seen at Hampstead in 2000 and later turned into the movie Lantana, has all his trademark ingenuity. But, while it … Continue reading
NewStatesman.com Rachel Cooke 16 April 2009 Skellig: Sky 1 The Department Store: BBC2 Mostly, I prefer being an adult to having been a child; my childhood was often miserable, and I longed to escape it. One of the things I do miss is the ability to lose myself completely in fiction. The child who is … Continue reading
England’s civil war in The Devil’s Whore The Sunday Times Stephen Armstrong 9 November 2008 The English civil war gets an overdue celebration in The Devil’s Whore, a thrilling new TV drama from Peter Flannery There are moments when The Devil’s Whore, coming soon on Channel 4, seems almost too rich and exotic to be … Continue reading
The Sydney Morning Herald – Entertainment 31 Mar 2008 Jaqui Taffel This time-shifting British cop series maintains a dark edge that keeps farce at bay. Genre TV Series, Drama Run Time 462 minutes Rated M Country United Kingdom Year 2007 Director S.J. Clarkson, Richard Clark, Andrew Gunn. Actors John Simm, Philip Glenister, Liz White, Dean Andrews, Marshall Lancaster, Noreen Kershaw, Kevin McNally. … Continue reading
The Sydney Morning Herald – Entertainment Robin Oliver 16 March 2008 The wonderful first-run imagery and acting of The Yellow House provides the best excuse for getting digital TV. It has been easy to regard ABC2 as Aunty’s somewhat precocious niece. Wall-to-wall pop concerts and repeats, so if – darn it! – you miss something as … Continue reading
Cheering on the odd couple The Telegraph Charles Spencer 30 April 2007 At the end of this beautiful play, just before the applause started, the audience uttered a sound I have rarely heard in a theatre. It was a collective sigh of pleasure and sympathy for characters who had finally reached their happy ending. more … Continue reading
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