About us

Brass Works Theatre is South Gloucestershire’s first professional theatre venue and theatre arts producer.

As theatre makers we are dedicated to bringing high quality theatre arts to South Gloucestershire and its surrounding communities. We are passionate about creating theatre and telling stories from new writing, classical texts or stories with a local heritage flavour.

As a theatre company we are committed to bringing accessible, challenging, educational, political, fantastical but above all entertaining shows to the people of South Gloucestershire. We are also keen to engage all art forms, providing a space for training for actors, artists and playwrights through professional workshops, providing services as a venue for visiting theatre companies and engaging with the community through honest theatre productions.

For all enquiries about hiring our 1900 square feet (180 square metres) space for rehearsal purposes please email info@brassworkstheatre.com

We cannot accept unsolicited scripts. We advise that you checkout www.southwest-scriptwriters.co.uk

About the Artistic Director - Adrian Harris

Adrian is a British actor who graduated from the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts in London. He has recently appeared on Coronation Street as Knicker Manufacturer Jay Isaacs and has just finished shooting an episode of BBC’s Casualty where he’ll be appearing as nerdy paramedic Norman. He has also featured in Waking The Dead (Series 5) and Five Daughters for BBC1, the sitcom Clone for BBC3, and Teachers for Channel 4.

In the theatre roles include Cliff in Engineers’ Blue for Brass Works Theatre, Chan Tun in Salween for Bath Theatre Royal’s One Act Festival, Jimmy in Digits for The Tobacco Factory Theatre, Ryan in Drunks and Warriors at the Ustinov Theatre, Bath, Malvolio in RoughHouse’s Twelfth Night, Dr Rank in A Doll's House for SWAN and Laertes/Guildernstern/1st Player in Hamlet for Festival Players Theatre Company’s national tour.

As a writer Adrian is an active member of Southwest Scriptwriters and The Writers’ Forum @ The Tobacco Factory Theatre. His first theatre play Shoes was staged as part of Start Nights at Hampstead Theatre in 2005. In 2007 the double-bill of Call Me and Post Box were premiered at the Alma Theatre, Bristol, followed by Tommy’s Wait at Plays for the Pro Cathedral in Bristol. In that same year Adrian’s feature-length screenplay was runner up in the South West Screen Screenwriter Competition. In 2011 Adrian was commissioned by the Writers’ Forum at the Ustinov Theatre to write The Fairer Race for Game:play in conjunction with Bath Spa University, which was performed as February’s Script Factory. This was closely followed by Exit Only, which was Adrian’s play written for the 24 Hour Plays at the Theatre Royal Bath – Ustinov Studio. Most recently, with the support of The Peggy Ramsay Foundation and Arts Council England, Adrian was commissioned to write Engineers’ Blue for the premiere production at Brass Works Theatre.

As a producer his company Papercut Productions produced plays Call Me and Post Box at the Alma Tavern Theatre, co-produced Tommy’s Wait for Plays at the Pro Cathedral, and produced the 5 part radio comedy for BCFM. He has enjoyed several co-productions with Southwest Scriptwriters including Living Local an evening of bespoke pieces for the Kingswood Heritage Museum. Adrian’s latest hat to wear is the Artistic Director of South Gloucestershire’s first professional theatre. Creating the venue Brass Works Theatre from scratch has been his biggest challenge but one he feels worthwhile – creating theatre in Kingswood, about Kingswood, for Kingswood.

Adrian’s Spotlight CV can be viewed at:

http://www.spotlight.com/interactive/cv/5714-0168-8563

His agent is Michelle Holmes at Williamson and Holmes

51 St. Martin's Lane, London WC2N 4EA

Phone: 020-7240 0407

Fax: 020-7240 0408

E-mail: michelle@williamsonandholmes.co.uk