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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  • All Centenary events

    Jun 29 2026

    * 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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  • Lausanne: Théâtre Vidy and Complicité

    Jun 15 2026

    From 22nd of October to 8th of November in Lausanne, Théâtre Vidy and partners propose a wide range of events around the Simon McBurney solo show Questions for John, a Complicité production.
    Actor and director, Simon McBurney was a close friend of John Berger. He founded the renowned maverick theatre company Complicité, with which they created in 1995 The Three Lives of Lucie Cabrol adapted from John Berger…
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  • Événements francophones du centenaire

    Oct 15 2026

    Voici 5 rendez-vous inédits en France et en Suisse voisine. L’occasion de faire découvrir les multiples facettes de John Berger dans ses deux pays d’adoption où il est pourtant encore méconnu par rapport au reste du monde, comme l’évoquait si bien son éditeur Olivier Cohen au micro de France Culture.
    Retrouvez les événements du centenaire à travers le monde sur cette page.
    Meyrin (…
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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.