Official London Theatre Matthew Amer 15 Mar 2013 Mad Dogs star John Simm will return to the London stage later this year when he teams up with Simon Russell Beale for Harold Pinter’s The Hothouse. The tale of unchecked power will be the second in director Jamie Lloyd’s Trafalgar Transformed season at the Trafalgar Studio … 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 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
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
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
The Telegraph 3 May 2011 The 40-year-old British actor, who excels at playing angst-ridden characters, is currently starring in the BBC One thriller, Exile. Here is a timeline of his life and career. 1970 – Born in Leeds, Yorkshire. He grows up in Nelson, Lancashire. 1982 – Joins his father, who is a musician, on … 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
What’s On Stage Vicky Ellis 25 June 2010 Today Sheffield Theatres announced the full casting for its winter production of Hamlet starring John Simm. Simm, who takes the lead role of Hamlet as we reported last year (See News:: E8831260527830, 11 Dec 2009), will be joined by John Nettles, of Bergerac and Midsomer Murdersfame, with Michelle Dockery and Barbara Flynn. Nettles will … 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
Mr. John Simm himself has posted a message on The Railway Arms confirming a project he will be doing next year. Official announcement to come later this month for the exact when and where. Read message from John Simm —> Message from Tyler… With special thanks to dianewc and the lovely John Simm for the … 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
Hawksbee & Jacobs with guest John Simm talkSPORT Broadcast 16 Oct 2009 Listen to Radio Interview: talkSPORT- John Simm on H&J (0:20:07) With massive thanks to http://www.SimmSpotting.net! 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
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
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