Simon Kane (writer)

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Simon Kane
BornSimon Dylan Kane
OccupationWriter, Actor
NationalityBritish
Alma mater Clare College, Cambridge
Years active1995 – present
Relatives John 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.

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

Selected works

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1985DaemonAs Simon Kene
2001 The Inbetweeners Dance teacher
2012 The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff PostmanEpisode 1 [4]
2011–2013Peeder Jigson's Video DiaryAidan TurnerEpisodes: "What Aidan Turner's Up to in the Break", "Naming the Dwarves", " Wrap Party"
2014MirrorboyFunkbeardShort (also credited as writer, composer and editor)
2016The Nightmare on Deskteeth StreetHaroldTV Short [5]
2017Suicide HotlineMr. JamesonTV Short
2019The SeeingPerryEpisode: "Introduction"
2019The Atticus McLaren MysteriesScout McLaren
2020 Trying TorturerSeries 1, Episode: "Someone Else's Kids"
2020Death Meets LisoletteBillyTV Short
2020 Ghosts Keith Darren DeanSeries 2, Episode: "Perfect Day" [6]
2021What's My Name?ParamedicTV Short
2021Pretend FriendsMarkTV Short

Theatre

YearProductionRoleCompanyNotes
2000The Tennis ShowLinesman Shunt
2000 Ophelia Hamlet SPID
2002The Al-Hamlet Summit Polonius Zaoum
2003 Invitation to a Beheading Lawyer, M. PierreDiscreet TheatreReview in Total Theatre Magazine [7]
2005The Prometheus ExperimentThe WaiterDiscreet Theatre Hoxton Hall
2006 A Christmas Carol Scrooge Bigfoot
2007 Pride and Prejudice the pantoBad GuyThe Mighty Fin
2008Contains ViolenceNarrator / Murderer Lyric Theatre (Hammersmith)
2008Oil Heart MotherSimonPresent Tense 7 Southwark Playhouse
2008 Hamlet (abridged)Barnardo / Ghost / King / Polonius / ZeusRival Theatre Company Etcetera Theatre
2010 The Diary of a Nobody PooterThe Mighty Fin
2011 The Extremists DanRehearsed Reading. Royal Court Theatre
2012 Alice in Wonderland Caterpillar, Duchess, Hatter Exquisite FollyReview in The Guardian [8]
2013Life by MisadventureBrendan / BrendaTwice Shy Theatre Latitude Festival
2014 Diary of a Provincial Lady RobertThe Mighty Fin
2015Ritual of Thwarted DesireWycliffLittle Pieces of Gold Southwark Playhouse
2015Of Mice and MadnessGriffinLondon Horror Festival Etcetera Theatre
2016The Buskers Opera [9] Mayor LockittBuskers Opera Ltd Park Theatre. Reviews [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]
2016MatterBirdDevil's Picnic Etcetera Theatre
2016 Twelfth Night Malvolio Off Your Chump Theatre
2017The Monster HuntersSir Maxwell House, Count Orloff, KlausNewgate 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

Writer

Awards

YearWorkAwardCategoryResultRef.
2017Sir Maxwell House in The Monster HuntersAudioVerse AwardsBest Actor in a role for a Self-contained Comedic ProductionWon [36]

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