Simon Kane (writer)

Simon Kane
BornSimon Dylan Kane
OccupationWriter, Actor
NationalityBritish
Alma materClare College, Cambridge
Years active1995 – present
RelativesJohn Kane (father)
Alison Warner (mother)
Susy Kane (sister)
Website
slepkane.blogspot.com

Simon Kane is a British writer, actor, and associate artist with the Shunt cooperative working in radio, television and theatre.[1][2] He is the son of actor and writer John Kane and opera singer Alison Warner. His sister, Susy Kane, is also an actor and writer.

Kane studied English literature at Clare College, Cambridge, graduating in 1997.[3]

Selected works

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Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1985 Daemon As Simon Kene
2001 The Inbetweeners Dance teacher
2012 The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff Postman Episode 1[4]
2011–2013 Peeder Jigson's Video Diary Aidan Turner Episodes: "What Aidan Turner's Up to in the Break", "Naming the Dwarves", " Wrap Party"
2014 Mirrorboy Funkbeard Short (also credited as writer, composer and editor)
2016 The Nightmare on Deskteeth Street Harold TV Short[5]
2017 Suicide Hotline Mr. Jameson TV Short
2019 The Seeing Perry Episode: "Introduction"
2019 The Atticus McLaren Mysteries Scout McLaren
2020 Trying Torturer Series 1, Episode: "Someone Else's Kids"
2020 Death Meets Lisolette Billy TV Short
2020 Ghosts Keith Darren Dean Series 2, Episode: "Perfect Day"[6]
2021 What's My Name? Paramedic TV Short
2021 Pretend Friends Mark TV Short

Theatre

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Year Production Role Company Notes
2000 The Tennis Show Linesman Shunt
2000 Ophelia Hamlet SPID
2002 The Al-Hamlet Summit Polonius Zaoum
2003 Invitation to a Beheading Lawyer, M. Pierre Discreet Theatre Review in Total Theatre Magazine[7]
2005 The Prometheus Experiment The Waiter Discreet Theatre Hoxton Hall
2006 A Christmas Carol Scrooge Bigfoot
2007 Pride and Prejudice the panto Bad Guy The Mighty Fin
2008 Contains Violence Narrator / Murderer Lyric Theatre (Hammersmith)
2008 Oil Heart Mother Simon Present Tense 7 Southwark Playhouse
2008 Hamlet (abridged) Barnardo / Ghost / King / Polonius / Zeus Rival Theatre Company Etcetera Theatre
2010 The Diary of a Nobody Pooter The Mighty Fin
2011 The Extremists Dan Rehearsed Reading. Royal Court Theatre
2012 Alice in Wonderland Caterpillar, Duchess, Hatter Exquisite Folly Review in The Guardian[8]
2013 Life by Misadventure Brendan / Brenda Twice Shy Theatre Latitude Festival
2014 Diary of a Provincial Lady Robert The Mighty Fin
2015 Ritual of Thwarted Desire Wycliff Little Pieces of Gold Southwark Playhouse
2015 Of Mice and Madness Griffin London Horror Festival Etcetera Theatre
2016 The Buskers Opera[9] Mayor Lockitt Buskers Opera Ltd Park Theatre. Reviews[10][11][12][13][14][15][16]
2016 Matter Bird Devil's Picnic Etcetera Theatre
2016 Twelfth Night Malvolio Off Your Chump Theatre
2017 The Monster Hunters Sir Maxwell House, Count Orloff, Klaus Newgate Productions The Courtyard Theatre
2017 The Hound of the Baskervilles Watson The English Theatre Frankfurt
2018 The Hound of the Baskervilles Watson Jermyn Street Theatre. Review[17]
2019 The Maid's Tragedy Lysippus / Calianax Royal Shakespeare Company Workshop
2022 The Hound of the Baskervilles Watson Octagon Theatre, Bolton

Radio / voice

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Writer

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Awards

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Year Work Award Category Result Ref.
2017 Sir Maxwell House in The Monster Hunters AudioVerse Awards Best Actor in a role for a Self-contained Comedic Production Won [36]
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References

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  1. ^ "Simon Kane, Voice Actor | Wireless Theatre". www.wirelesstheatrecompany.co.uk. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Simon Kane". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Simon Kane, actor". Mandy Actors. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  4. ^ "BBC Two - The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff, Series 1, Episode 1". BBC. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  5. ^ "British Council Film: The Nightmare on Deskteeth Street". film-directory.britishcouncil.org. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  6. ^ "BBC One - Ghosts, Series 2, Perfect Day". BBC. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  7. ^ "Discreet Theatre, Invitation to a Beheading | Total Theatre Magazine Print Archive". totaltheatre.org.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  8. ^ Caird, Jo (20 July 2012). "Down the rabbit hole with Bikeminded's cycling theatre | Jo Caird". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  9. ^ "The Buskers Opera | Shows". Stage Faves. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  10. ^ "The Buskers Opera review – anti-capitalism in rhyming couplets". The Guardian. 5 May 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  11. ^ "Theatre review: The Buskers Opera at Park Theatre (200)". British Theatre Guide. 28 May 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  12. ^ "The Buskers Opera - Review | Park Theatre". Stage Review. 10 May 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  13. ^ David, Caroline (10 May 2016). "The Busker's Opera, Park Theatre, review: 'Satire of London Olympics'". Islington Gazette. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  14. ^ Lukowski, Andrzej. "The Buskers Opera". Time Out London. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  15. ^ Aguinaldo. "THE BUSKERS' OPERA, London, To 4 June". Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  16. ^ Maxwell, Dominic. "Theatre: The Busker's Opera at Park Theatre, N4". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  17. ^ "Deerstalkers and devil dogs: Sherlock Holmes hits stage at the double". The Guardian. 29 December 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  18. ^ "BBC - Press Office - Network Radio Programme Information BBC Week 22 Thursday 3 June 2010". BBC. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  19. ^ "Afternoon Play – Occupied". BBC. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  20. ^ "BBC Radio 4 - John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme, Edinburgh 2012, Edinburgh special - Simon Kane". BBC. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  21. ^ "BBC Radio 4 - John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme, Series 9, Episode 1". BBC. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  22. ^ "BBC Radio 4 - John Finnemore's Double Acts, Series 1, The Goliath Window". BBC. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  23. ^ "BBC Radio 4 - North by Northamptonshire, North By Northamptonshire: Full Stop". BBC. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  24. ^ a b "BBC Radio 4 - Time Spanner, Time Spanner". BBC. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  25. ^ a b "BBC Radio 4 - Time Spanner, The Dan in the High Castle". BBC. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  26. ^ "Now The Twelfth Night Show". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  27. ^ "BBC Radio 4 - Angstrom, Series 1, The Man Who Wasn't Dead". BBC. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  28. ^ "BBC Radio 4 - Angstrom, Series 1, The Two Faces of Benny from Abba". BBC. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  29. ^ "Agendum". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  30. ^ "BBC Two - That Mitchell and Webb Look, Series 4, Episode 1". BBC. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  31. ^ "BBC Radio 4 - Laurence and Gus: Hearts and Minds, Episode 1". BBC. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  32. ^ "Jonah non grata". www.ica.art. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  33. ^ "BBC Radio 4 - Before They Were Famous, Series 2, Episode 3". BBC. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  34. ^ "BBC Radio 4 - Before They Were Famous, Series 2, Episode 4". BBC. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  35. ^ "BBC Radio 4 - Before They Were Famous, Series 2, Episode 6". BBC. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  36. ^ "2017 Winners". The Audio Verse Awards. 19 December 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
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