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Mike Bradwell

Known for

Directing

Born

June 14, 1948

Birthplace

Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, UK

Died

April 7, 2025 (aged 76)

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.

Best known work

Bleak Moments

Bleak Moments

1972
Play for Today

Play for Today

1970
Screen One

Screen One

1989
Mike Leigh: Making Plays

Mike Leigh: Making Plays

1982
Hard Feelings

Hard Feelings

1984
Playhouse

Playhouse

1974
4 Play

4 Play

1989
Rat in the Skull

Rat in the Skull

1987
Happy Feet

Happy Feet

1991
Games Without Frontiers

Games Without Frontiers

1980

Filmography

  1. 1991

    Happy Feet

    Director, Writer

  2. 1989

    4 PlayTV

    Director, Writer

  3. 1989

    Screen OneTV

    Director, Writer

  4. 1987

    Rat in the Skull

    as Fat Policeman

  5. 1984

  6. 1982

    Mike Leigh: Making Plays

    as Self (archive footage)

  7. 1981

  8. 1980

    Games Without Frontiers

    Writer, Director

  9. 1974

    PlayhouseTV

    Director, Writer

  10. 1973

    Second City FirstsTV

    Director, Writer

  11. 1972

    Bleak Moments

    as Norman

  12. 1970

    Play for TodayTV

    Director

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