{{Short description|English actor, playwright and director}} {{EngvarB|date=October 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}}
'''Adrian Harris''' (born Adrian Michael Harris; 4 April 1970) is an English actor, playwright and director.
== Early life == Harris was born in Kingswood, near Bristol, and attended Kingsfield School. Later he trained as an actor at the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts in London.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.equity.org.uk/directory-of-members/adrian-harris/|title=Adrian Harris – Actor – Equity<!-- Bot generated title -->|author=|date=|publisher=|access-date=23 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20100802044801/http://theatrebristol.net/adrian-harris Theatre Bristol {{!}} Adrian Harris]}}</ref>
== Career == ===Actor=== He has appeared in roles on TV productions such as ''Waking The Dead'' (Series 5) and ''Five Daughters'' for BBC1, the BBC3 sitcom ''Clone'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/clone/episodes/1/3/|title=Clone Series 1, Episode 3 - The Line - British Comedy Guide|first=British Comedy|last=Guide|date=|website=British Comedy Guide|access-date=23 August 2018}}</ref> and ''Teachers'' for Channel 4. More recently he was the stage manager in transatlantic sitcom ''Episodes'' (series 4, episode 9), Jay Isaacs in ''Coronation Street''<ref>[http://www.alra.co.uk/index.php/item/graduates-coronation-street-appearance-tonight.html Graduates Coronation Street appearance tonight!<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140320174342/http://www.alra.co.uk/index.php/item/graduates-coronation-street-appearance-tonight.html |date=20 March 2014 }}</ref> and Norman Burnton in BBC1's ''Casualty as Norman'' Burnton – the rather nerdy paramedic at ''Holby ED''.<ref>[http://theweekin.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Issue_0261.pdf "Adrian lands 'Casualty' role"], ''The Week In'', 21 March 2013</ref>
Theatre roles include Jonathan Crew in ''Deep Pit'' and Cliff in ''Engineers' Blue'' at Brass Works Theatre (both directed by Anna Girvan), Jimmy in ''Digits'' at the Tobacco Factory,<ref>[http://www.castingcallpro.com/uk/cview.php?uid=3707 Tobacco Factory Theatre Company<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Ryan in ''Drunks and Warriors'' at the Ustinov Theatre, Bath, Malvolio in RoughHouse's ''Twelfth Night'',<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110817173518/http://theatrebristol.net/roughhouse-theatre Theatre Bristol {{!}} Roughhouse Theatre]}}</ref> Dr. Rank in ''A Doll's House'' for SWAN and Laertes/Guildernstern/1st Player in ''Hamlet'' for Festival Players Theatre Co – national tour.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spotlight.com/interactive/cv/5714-0168-8563|title=Spotlight: ADRIAN HARRIS|author=|date=|website=www.spotlight.com|access-date=23 August 2018}}</ref>
===Director=== As a director Harris has directed ''Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle'' and ''The Mystery of the Hound'' ''of the Baskervilles'' at Brass Works Theatre, ''The Fairer Race for Game:play'' at the Ustinov Theatre/Bath Spa, Scripts @ Starbucks for Southwest Scriptwriters, Saturday Shorts at the Bristol Folk House and the radio series The Adventures of Heronimous Verdi for BCFM.
In 2012, he created Brass Works Theatre – South Gloucestershire’s first professional theatre venue – and he is the current Artistic Director.,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mykingswood.co.uk/kingswood/history/heritage_museum|title=Kingswood Heritage Museum - MyKingswood|author=|date=|website=www.mykingswood.co.uk|access-date=23 August 2018}}</ref><ref>[http://activateperformingarts.org.uk/brass-works-theatre Activate Performing Arts {{!}} Brass Works Theatre] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140320173631/http://activateperformingarts.org.uk/brass-works-theatre |date=20 March 2014 }}</ref> The first production was ''Engineers' Blue'',<ref>Brien, Jeremy, [https://archive.today/20130628034103/http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/36765/engineers-blue "Engineers’ Blue"]. ''The Stage Reviews'', 13 July 2012</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://theatrewag.wordpress.com/2012/07/19/females-in-the-factory-harris-world-war-ii-drama-brings-the-home-front-to-life/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130628034024/http://theatrewag.wordpress.com/2012/07/19/females-in-the-factory-harris-world-war-ii-drama-brings-the-home-front-to-life/|url-status=dead|title=Females in the factory: Harris' World War II drama brings the home fr…|date=28 June 2013|archive-date=28 June 2013|access-date=23 August 2018}}</ref><ref>[http://www.bristol247.com/2012/07/03/top-5-theatre-shows-in-bristol-july-2012-2012/ Top 5 theatre shows in Bristol – July 2012 – Bristol24-7<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140320174531/http://www.bristol247.com/2012/07/03/top-5-theatre-shows-in-bristol-july-2012-2012/ |date=20 March 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thisissomerset.co.uk/Engineer-s-Blue-Bassworks-8-10/story-16581245-detail/story.html|title=Engineer's Blue Bassworks 8/10 - This is Somerset|author=|date=|publisher=|access-date=23 August 2018}}{{Dead link|date=September 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England and South Gloucestershire Council. It was followed by ''The Mystery of the Hound of the Baskervilles .''<ref>[https://archive.today/20130628034106/http://bristolculture.wordpress.com/2012/12/18/review-the-mystery-of-the-hound-of-the-baskervilles-brass-works-theatre/ "Review: The Mystery of the Hound of the Baskervilles, Brass Works Theatre"]. ''British Culture'', 18 December 2012.</ref>
===Writer=== As a writer Harris is a 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,<ref>Roche, Theresa. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/bristol/content/articles/2007/07/27/rev_papercut_feature.shtml "Alma Tavern debut for new playwright"]. BBC Bristol, 30 July 2007.</ref> followed by ''Tommy's Wait'' at Plays for the Pro Cathedral in Bristol. In that same year Harris's feature-length screenplay was runner up in the South West Screen Screenwriter Competition. In 2011, Harris was commissioned by the Writers' Forum at the Ustinov Theatre to write ''The Fairer Race for Game:play'' with Bath Spa University, which was performed as February’s Script Factory. This was followed by ''Exit Only'', which was Harris’s play written for the 24 Hour Plays at the Theatre Royal Bath – Ustinov Studio. In 2012, Harris received a grant from the Peggy Ramsay Foundation to write ''Engineers' Blue''. His play ''Deep Pit'' was long listed and made the readers' top 40 in the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting in 2013. ''Deep Pit'' was then successfully produced at Brass Works Theatre with a Grants for the Arts from Arts Council England.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bristol247.com/channel/culture/theatre/reviews/review-deep-pit-brass-works-theatre|title=Review: Deep Pit, Brass Works Theatre|date=22 October 2014}}</ref> Adrian graduated from Royal Holloway University of London with a Master’s degree with Merit in Screenwriting.
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== External links == *{{IMDB name|1711524}} *www.adrianharrisblog.wordpress.com *http://www.spotlight.com/interactive/cv/5714-0168-8563
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