Brett Brown is an internationally acclaimed actor and baritone. A graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, he holds a Licentiate in Singing from the AMEB and is a Fellow of the Guild of Musicians and Singers. Brett began his career with Opera Australia at the age of eight in Cavalleria Rusticana, Pagliacci, The Magic Flute, and A Midsummer Night's Dream. His repertoire now spans the Baroque to present day, with concerts including Brett Brown sings Handel; Bach's Ich Habe Genug; Vivaldi: Lovers and Warriors (St Stephen's Macquarie Street); To Sleep Perchance to Dream; Postcards; and You Say You Want A Revolution (Art Gallery of NSW). He was a Guest Artist for the Italian Opera Foundation Gala and World Parks Congress Closing Ceremony (Sydney Olympic Park). For OperaUpClose he created the role of Schaunard in their Olivier award winning production of La Boheme. As an actor, Brett's film credits include the Academy Award winning The Theory of Everything and leading roles in Orbit and Home. On stage, Brett has played leading roles with the Royal Shakespeare Company, Shakespeare's Globe, and the BBC. Shakespeare also includes the title role of Hamlet (Gangdong Arts Centre, Seoul South Korea); Hamlet (Kronborg Castle, Elsinore Denmark); Macbeth (Little Angel Theatre); The Tempest (Lightwork, Gdansk Poland); and Dream On (Cooltour, Ostrava Czech Republic). Brett has represented Australia with his award-winning solo production of Shakespeare's Henry V at the Gyula Shakespeare Festival, Hungary; Ostrava Shakespeare Festival, Czech Republic; Gdansk Shakespeare Festival, Poland; York International Shakespeare Festival, United Kingdom; Itaka Shakespeare Festival, Serbia; Craiova International Shakespeare Festival, FEST(in) pe Bulevard Festival, Romania; and Midsummer Scene Festival, Croatia. His West End credits include: Dear World directed by Dame Gillian Lynne; the leading role of Ben in Fishskin Trousers, a role written for him by award-winning playwright, Elizabeth Kuti; and Man in Rather Lovely Thing (Soho Theatre). Off West End credits include: Winterlove (Omnibus); Tiresias (Bloomsbury Festival); Last Seen (Almeida); Coalition: Westminster Side Story (Theatre 503); Oh! What a Lovely War (Haymarket, Basingstoke); The Poetry Show (UK Tour); Gentleman (Theatre Royal Stratford East); Despatches (The Drill Hall); Last Easter (GBS Theatre), and his solo production of Phaedra (London Festival of Emerging Artists). Future engagements include: Wagner and Ludwig (Andrew McKinnon Fine Entertainment); Troilus and Cressida (York Theatre Royal); and Henry V (Bitola Shakespeare Festival, Macedonia). Currently in development: Henry Purcell is Dead in the Doorway (Independent). His debut album with music producer Chong Lim AM is set for release in 2020.
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