{{Short description|British artistic director}} '''Felix Barrett''' is the artistic director of Punchdrunk,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2013/jul/14/felix-barrett-punchdrunk-theatre-stage|title=Felix Barrett: the visionary who reinvented theatre {{!}} Observer profile|last=Hoggard|first=Liz|date=2013-07-13|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-11-13|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> a British theatre company founded in 2000.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wired.co.uk/article/punchdrunk-kabeiroi-felix-barrett-interview-sleep-no-more-2018|title=Punchdrunk's next great act|date=2017-12-22|work=Wired UK|access-date=2019-08-21|issn=1357-0978}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/felix-barrett-up-to-his-ears-in-theatre-7833975.html|title=Felix Barrett: Up to his ears in theatre|date=2012-06-10|website=The Independent|language=en|access-date=2019-11-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturenews/11675468/Punchdrunks-Felix-Barrett-If-audiences-get-used-to-the-rules-change-them.html|title=Punchdrunk visionary Felix Barrett: 'If audiences get used to the rules, change them'|last=Kelly|first=Guy|date=2015-06-19|access-date=2019-11-13|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}</ref> In 2015, a new company was formed, Punchdrunk International, which produces a selection of Punchdrunk’s commercial productions for national and international audiences.
Barrett is a graduate and Honorary Doctorate in Drama of the University of Exeter and was one of the first recipients of a Paul Hamlyn Foundation Breakthrough Fund Award (supporting exceptional arts practitioners in the development of their vision).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.exeter.ac.uk/honorarygraduates/2018/timetable/ceremony8/|title=Felix Barrett MBE {{!}} Honorary graduates {{!}} University of Exeter|website=www.exeter.ac.uk|access-date=2019-08-21}}</ref> He was appointed Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2016 Queen’s Birthday Honours for services to theatre.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/530678/birthday_honours_list_2016.csv/preview|title=Birthday Honours 2016: the Prime Minister's list: CSV - GOV.UK|website=www.gov.uk|language=en|access-date=2019-10-14}}</ref>
Barrett is the creator and executive producer of ''The Third Day'', a co-production between Sky Studios and HBO, in partnership with Plan B Entertainment, writer Dennis Kelly and Punchdrunk International. It was the company's first TV production and aired in the UK and the US in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2019/punchdrunk-expands-into-tv-production-with-sky-series-starring-jude-law/|title=Punchdrunk expands into TV production with Sky series starring Jude Law|website=The Stage|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-21}}</ref>
In 2023, Barrett was announced as the Director for the new stage show ''Paranormal Activity'', based on the film franchise.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Paranormal Activity – Leeds Playhouse |url=https://www.leedsplayhouse.org.uk/event/paranormal-activity/ |access-date=2024-05-09 |language=en-GB}}</ref> The show is planned to debut in Leeds, transferring to London at a later date.
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