Simon Kane is a British writer, actor, and associate artist with the
Shunt cooperative working in radio, television and theatre. He is the son of actor and writer
John Kane and opera singer Alison Warner. His sister,
Susy Kane
Susy Kane (born 27 August 1978, in Dorking, Surrey, England) is an English actress, comedy writer and musician.
Personal life
She is the daughter of opera singer Alison Warner and actor and writer John Kane, and the younger sister of comedy w ...
, is also an actor and writer.
Kane studied
English literature
English literature is literature written in the English language from United Kingdom, its crown dependencies, the Republic of Ireland, the United States, and the countries of the former British Empire. ''The Encyclopaedia Britannica'' defines E ...
at
Clare College, Cambridge
Clare College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. The college was founded in 1326 as University Hall, making it the second-oldest surviving college of the University after Peterhouse. It was refounded ...
, graduating in 1997.
Selected works
Television
Theatre
Radio / voice
* 2004: ''
The Xtra Factor'' (
voice-over
Voice-over (also known as off-camera or off-stage commentary) is a production technique where a voice—that is not part of the narrative (non-Diegetic#Film sound and music, diegetic)—is used in a radio, television production, filmmaking, th ...
s)
* 2010: ''Six Impossible Things''
* 2012: ''Occupied''
* 2011–2021: ''
John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme
''John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme'' is a sketch comedy series broadcast on BBC Radio 4. John Finnemore is the sole writer and performs with Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Simon Kane, Lawry Lewin and Carrie Quinlan. The first series was broadcas ...
''
* 2015: ''
John Finnemore's Double Acts'': "The Goliath Window"
* 2015: ''
North by Northamptonshire: Full Stop''
* 2017–2018: ''Time Spanner'' – Pilot
and "The Dan in the High Castle"
* 2017: ''
The Now Show
''The Now Show'' is a British radio comedy broadcast on BBC Radio 4, which satirises the week's news. The show is a mixture of stand-up, sketches and songs hosted by Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis. The show used to feature regular appearances by J ...
:'' "Now The Twelfth Night Show" (as Simon Dylan-Kane)
* 2018: ''Angstrom''
* 2018: ''Agendum''
* 2019: ''The Monster Hunters'' (podcast)
* 2019: ''Peter Pan'' (
Audible
Audible may refer to:
* Audible (service), an online audiobook store
* Audible (American football), a tactic used by quarterbacks
* ''Audible'' (film), a short documentary film featuring a deaf high school football player
* Audible finish or rush ...
)
Writer
* 2005–2009: ''
That Mitchell and Webb Sound
''That Mitchell and Webb Sound'' is a comedy sketch show on BBC Radio 4 which started on 28 August 2003. A second series was broadcast in 2005 with a third starting on 24 May 2007. The series became adapted for television as '' That Mitchell and ...
''
* 2009–2010: ''
That Mitchell and Webb Look
''That Mitchell and Webb Look'' is a British sketch comedy television show starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb that ran from 2006 to 2010. Many of its characters and sketches were first featured in the duo's radio show ''That Mitchell and W ...
''
* 2009: ''Laurence and Gus: Hearts and Minds''
* 2011: ''Jonah Non Grata''
* 2013: ''Before They Were Famous''
* 2017–2018: ''Time Spanner'' – Pilot
and "The Dan in the High Castle"
Awards
External links
Simon Kane's blog*
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kane, Simon
British male actors
British comedy writers
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
British male voice actors