Playing George Smiley – John Ramm Interview

2026-01-01

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In this episode, I talk with John Ramm, who is currently portraying George Smiley in the play The Spy Who Came in from the Cold at Soho Place. We talk about how he ended up with the role, differences between the Festival run and the run on the West End, and working with the cast. In addition, we get into his process for inhabiting George Smiley and insights he’s had into the character. Plus, John’s podcast The Strange Tales of Virgil Kaylock! All that and much more in this episode. John’s podcast T...

In this episode, I talk with John Ramm, who is currently portraying George Smiley in the play The Spy Who Came in from the Cold at Soho Place.

We talk about how he ended up with the role, differences between the Festival run and the run on the West End, and working with the cast.

In addition, we get into his process for inhabiting George Smiley and insights he’s had into the character.

Plus, John’s podcast The Strange Tales of Virgil Kaylock!

All that and much more in this episode.

John’s podcast The Strange Tales of Virgil Kaylock is here.

Get tickets for the West End show here – https://sohoplace.org/shows/the-spy-who-came-in-from-the-cold/

Find the upcoming Audible release of The National Theater of Brent here.

Jeff’s site – SpyWrite.com

Jeff’s twitter – @spywrite

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