Person
Mike Bradwell
Directing · 1948–2025 · Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Biography
Mike Bradwell (1948-2025) was a leading theatre director. He founded Hull Truck Theatre Company in 1971, was Artistic Director of the Bush Theatre from 1996 until 2007, and subsequently worked widely as a freelance director. His book on alternative theatre, The Reluctant Escapologist, won the Society for Theatre Research's Theatre Book Prize for 2010.
Known for
Play for Today
Director
Playhouse
Director
Screen One
Director
Second City Firsts
Director
4 Play
Director
Games Without Frontiers
Director
Hard Feelings
Director
Rat in the Skull
Fat Policeman
Bleak Moments
Norman
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
Self (archive footage)
Filmography
- 1991Happy FeetDirector
- 19894 PlayDirector
- 1989Screen OneDirector
- 1987Rat in the SkullFat Policeman
- 1984Hard FeelingsDirector
- 1982Mike Leigh: Making PlaysSelf (archive footage)
- 1981The Day War Broke OutDirector
- 1980Games Without FrontiersDirector
- 1974PlayhouseDirector
- 1973Second City FirstsDirector
- 1971Bleak MomentsNorman
- 1970Play for TodayDirector
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