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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Life On Mars star John Simm takes the stage to be near his children
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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Elling wins Best New Comedy in 2008 WOS Awards
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
Elling: Reviews at Trafalgar Studios
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
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TV’s Simm escapes to the stage
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
Hot Ticket: John Simm in Elling at Trafalgar Studios
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
Simm Gets West End Debut in July Elling Transfer
What’s On Stage Terri Paddock 6 Jun 2007 As previously tipped (See The Goss, 5 Jun 2007), Norwegian screen-to-stage comedy Elling, starring Life on Mars’ John Simm, will transfer to the West End’s Trafalgar Studios this summer. It will start performances in Trafalgar Studio 1, which has been largely dark since March, on 6 July … Continue reading
Elling: Reviews at The Bush Theatre
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
20 Questions With… John Simm
What’s On Stage Malcolm Rock 23 April 2007 Actor John Simm – who’s back on stage for the first time in 11 years, reuniting with old friends at the Bush for the premiere of Norwegian comedy Elling – talks about exhaustion On Mars, his worst job & the Beatles soundtrack to his life. Actor John Simm is best known to … Continue reading
ELLING at The Bush Theatre, 25 April – 2 June
ELLING The Bush Theatre 25 April – 2 June John Simm is to star in a new stage adaptation of cult Norwegian film Elling, set to run at London’s Bush Theatre from 25 April prior to an official opening on 27 April. Both Miller and Bent are on hand again for this English adaptation of Elling, as … Continue reading
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