Simon McBurney




  • Here is Where We Meet podcast

    May 12 2024

    Michael Morris and James Lingwood previously co-directors of Artangel, launched with TANK Magazine a new podcast HERE IS WHERE WE MEET, sequence of conversation including Jeremy Deller, Laurie Anderson, Simon McBurney, Yto Barrada…
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  • Centenary events in preparation

    Nov 17 2025

    * Version française ci-dessous *
    As you know, 2026 will be the 100th anniversary of John’s birth ! During this coming year, many events will take place to celebrate John Berger’s work and collaborations. Exhibitions, performances, lectures, screenings, theatre creations, publications and more are to be expected. From small alternative initiatives to bigger national institutions, the range of events will be l…
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  • Questions for John

    Aug 19 2025

    1st date : 19th of August 2025 at Edinburgh International Festival (EIF).
    A Complicité ProductionConceived & Performed by Simon McBurneyProduced by Tim BellSound design by Ross FlightDramaturg/Creative Associate: Jaz Woodcock-Stewart
    Questions for JohnA work in progress from Complicité Artistic Director Simon McBurney.
    Why is it so easy for us to look away?How did we get here? What have we allowed to …
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JOHN BERGER

Storyteller, essayist, novelist, screenwriter, playwright, painter and critic, John Berger (1926-2017) is one of the most internationally influential writers of the last fifty years. Solo or in collaboration with Jean Mohr for example, he published more than 30 titles, the Booker Prize winning novel G and the best-seller Ways of Seeing. He has also published articles in the most important newspapers around the world.

He used to work and live in Quincy, a small French peasant community, the setting for his trilogy Into their Labours.

Painters, cineasts, writers, dancers, curators have been and are still inspired by his work, this website is a window on these TODAY creations.