Simon Kane (writer)
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Simon Kane | |
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Born | Simon Dylan Kane |
Occupation | Writer, Actor |
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | Clare College, Cambridge |
Years active | 1995 – present |
Relatives | John Kane (father) Alison Warner (mother) Susy Kane (sister) |
Website | |
slepkane |
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
[edit]Television
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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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
[edit]Year | Production | Role | Company | Notes |
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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
[edit]- 2004: The Xtra Factor (voice-overs)
- 2010: Six Impossible Things[18]
- 2012: Occupied[19]
- 2011–2021: John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme[20][21]
- 2015: John Finnemore's Double Acts: "The Goliath Window"[22]
- 2015: North by Northamptonshire: Full Stop[23]
- 2017–2018: Time Spanner – Pilot[24] and "The Dan in the High Castle"[25]
- 2017: The Now Show: "Now The Twelfth Night Show"[26] (as Simon Dylan-Kane)
- 2018: Angstrom[27][28]
- 2018: Agendum[29]
- 2019: The Monster Hunters (podcast)
- 2019: Peter Pan (Audible)
Writer
[edit]- 2005–2009: That Mitchell and Webb Sound
- 2009–2010: That Mitchell and Webb Look[30]
- 2009: Laurence and Gus: Hearts and Minds[31]
- 2011: Jonah Non Grata[32]
- 2013: Before They Were Famous[33][34][35]
- 2017–2018: Time Spanner – Pilot[24] and "The Dan in the High Castle"[25]
Awards
[edit]Year | Work | Award | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2017 | Sir Maxwell House in The Monster Hunters | AudioVerse Awards | Best Actor in a role for a Self-contained Comedic Production | Won | [36] |
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Simon Kane, Voice Actor | Wireless Theatre". www.wirelesstheatrecompany.co.uk. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
- ^ "Simon Kane". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
- ^ "Simon Kane, actor". Mandy Actors. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
- ^ "BBC Two - The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff, Series 1, Episode 1". BBC. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ^ "British Council Film: The Nightmare on Deskteeth Street". film-directory.britishcouncil.org. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ^ "BBC One - Ghosts, Series 2, Perfect Day". BBC. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ^ "Discreet Theatre, Invitation to a Beheading | Total Theatre Magazine Print Archive". totaltheatre.org.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ^ Caird, Jo (20 July 2012). "Down the rabbit hole with Bikeminded's cycling theatre | Jo Caird". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ^ "The Buskers Opera | Shows". Stage Faves. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ^ "The Buskers Opera review – anti-capitalism in rhyming couplets". The Guardian. 5 May 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ^ "Theatre review: The Buskers Opera at Park Theatre (200)". British Theatre Guide. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ^ "The Buskers Opera - Review | Park Theatre". Stage Review. 10 May 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ^ David, Caroline (10 May 2016). "The Busker's Opera, Park Theatre, review: 'Satire of London Olympics'". Islington Gazette. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ^ Lukowski, Andrzej. "The Buskers Opera". Time Out London. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ^ Aguinaldo. "THE BUSKERS' OPERA, London, To 4 June". Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ^ Maxwell, Dominic. "Theatre: The Busker's Opera at Park Theatre, N4". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ^ "Deerstalkers and devil dogs: Sherlock Holmes hits stage at the double". The Guardian. 29 December 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ^ "BBC - Press Office - Network Radio Programme Information BBC Week 22 Thursday 3 June 2010". BBC. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ^ "Afternoon Play – Occupied". BBC. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ^ "BBC Radio 4 - John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme, Edinburgh 2012, Edinburgh special - Simon Kane". BBC. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ^ "BBC Radio 4 - John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme, Series 9, Episode 1". BBC. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ^ "BBC Radio 4 - John Finnemore's Double Acts, Series 1, The Goliath Window". BBC. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ^ "BBC Radio 4 - North by Northamptonshire, North By Northamptonshire: Full Stop". BBC. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ^ a b "BBC Radio 4 - Time Spanner, Time Spanner". BBC. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ^ a b "BBC Radio 4 - Time Spanner, The Dan in the High Castle". BBC. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ^ "Now The Twelfth Night Show". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ^ "BBC Radio 4 - Angstrom, Series 1, The Man Who Wasn't Dead". BBC. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ^ "BBC Radio 4 - Angstrom, Series 1, The Two Faces of Benny from Abba". BBC. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ^ "Agendum". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ^ "BBC Two - That Mitchell and Webb Look, Series 4, Episode 1". BBC. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ^ "BBC Radio 4 - Laurence and Gus: Hearts and Minds, Episode 1". BBC. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ^ "Jonah non grata". www.ica.art. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
- ^ "BBC Radio 4 - Before They Were Famous, Series 2, Episode 3". BBC. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ^ "BBC Radio 4 - Before They Were Famous, Series 2, Episode 4". BBC. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ^ "BBC Radio 4 - Before They Were Famous, Series 2, Episode 6". BBC. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ^ "2017 Winners". The Audio Verse Awards. Retrieved 5 April 2022.