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
With special thanks to “wibble”, Administrator at the Railway Arms for transcribing the following [see original post here] [wibble] Short piece written by John in yesterday’s [19 Sep 2009] Times. Can’t find online so here is the text: “We’re four or five weeks into rehearsals for Speaking in Tongues and my mind aches. It’s such … 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
Simon Mayo with John Simm BBC Radio 5 live Broadcast 21 Sep 2009 Listen to Radio Interview: Simon Mayo 5 live with John Simm (0:10:40) (With Special thanks to SimmSpotting.net and Lorna.) Continue reading
The Independent The Big Interview by Christina Patterson 18 September 2009 He’s known as the star of television dramas ‘Life on Mars’ and ‘Dr Who’. Now the actor is returning to the West End stage ‘I was trying,” says John Simm, “to find a way to do Hamlet.” Er, sorry? The man who played The … Continue reading
BBC London News 16 Sep 2009 Actor John Simm is once again appearing as a detective in a West End play after starring in the popular BBC TV series Life on Mars. Continue reading
London Evening Standard 29 June 2009 Life On Mars actor John Simm is returning to the theatre to spend more time with his children. Simm, who also plays The Master in Doctor Who, will go from detective on TV to detective on stage in a thriller, Speaking In Tongues. The West End run will mean … Continue reading
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