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'''Adam Brace''' (born 1980, London, England)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://unitedagents.co.uk/adam-brace |title=Adam Brace |publisher=United Agents |date= |accessdate=2015-12-12}}</ref> is a British playwright. His play ''Stovepipe'',<ref>[http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/42732/productions/stovepipe.html |
'''Adam Brace''' (born 1980, London, England)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://unitedagents.co.uk/adam-brace |title=Adam Brace |publisher=United Agents |date= |accessdate=2015-12-12}}</ref> is a British playwright and director. His play ''Stovepipe'',<ref>[http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/42732/productions/stovepipe.html] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090628185521/http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/42732/productions/stovepipe.html|date=June 28, 2009}}</ref> performed in promenade, premiered at the [[HighTide]] festival in Suffolk before transferring to London for an eight-week run in collaboration with the [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre]].<ref>[http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/43664/videos/stovepipe-trailer.html] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110617072916/http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/43664/videos/stovepipe-trailer.html|date=June 17, 2011}}</ref> The play is about corporate soldiers and Brace wrote it after a tour of [[Jordan]] where he conducted interviews with men in that job. The play was critically acclaimed, receiving numerous five star reviews and being called "rivetingly intelligent"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/theatre/article5889682.ece |title=Arts and entertainment |website=Entertainment.timesonline.co.uk |accessdate=2015-12-12}} {{Subscription required|date=December 2015}}</ref> by the ''[[Sunday Times]]'' and "exhilaratingly convincing<ref>{{cite news|last=Bassett |first=Kate |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/reviews/stovepipe-west-12-shopping-centre-londonbrover-there-royal-court-downstairs-londonbrberlin-hanover-express-hampstead-london-1645188.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104024959/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/reviews/stovepipe-west-12-shopping-centre-londonbrover-there-royal-court-downstairs-londonbrberlin-hanover-express-hampstead-london-1645188.html |archive-date=2012-11-04 |url-access=limited |url-status=live |title=Stovepipe, West 12 Shopping Centre, London | Reviews | Culture |publisher=The Independent |date=2009-03-15 |accessdate=2015-12-12}}</ref>' by ''[[The Independent]]''. The play was named at number 10 in ''[[The Times]]'' Top Twenty Plays of the Decade.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/theatre/article6951638.ece?token=null&offset=12&page=2 |title=Arts and entertainment |website=Entertainment.timesonline.co.uk |accessdate=2015-12-12}} {{Subscription required|date=December 2015}}</ref> |
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He has also written a play called ''A Real Humane Person Who Cares And All That'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arcolatheatre.com/?action=showtemplate&sid=369 |title=Arcola Theatre |publisher=Arcola Theatre |date= |accessdate=2015-12-12}}</ref> which was performed in Edinburgh in 2008, before transferring to the Arcola in London. |
He has also written a play called ''A Real Humane Person Who Cares And All That'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arcolatheatre.com/?action=showtemplate&sid=369 |title=Arcola Theatre |publisher=Arcola Theatre |date= |accessdate=2015-12-12}}</ref> which was performed in Edinburgh in 2008, before transferring to the Arcola in London. |
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Brace is currently directing ''One Woman Show'' at the [[Ambassadors Theatre (London)|Ambassadors Theatre]], London. This show previously played at [[Soho Theatre]] in 2021. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Adam Brace: 'Stand-up directing is hardcore dramaturgy' |url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/big-interviews/adam-brace-stand-up-directing-is-hardcore-dramaturgy-soho-theatre-one-woman-show-stovepipe |access-date=2022-12-09 |website=The Stage |language=En}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 16:27, 9 December 2022
Adam Brace (born 1980, London, England)[1] is a British playwright and director. His play Stovepipe,[2] performed in promenade, premiered at the HighTide festival in Suffolk before transferring to London for an eight-week run in collaboration with the National Theatre.[3] The play is about corporate soldiers and Brace wrote it after a tour of Jordan where he conducted interviews with men in that job. The play was critically acclaimed, receiving numerous five star reviews and being called "rivetingly intelligent"[4] by the Sunday Times and "exhilaratingly convincing[5]' by The Independent. The play was named at number 10 in The Times Top Twenty Plays of the Decade.[6]
He has also written a play called A Real Humane Person Who Cares And All That,[7] which was performed in Edinburgh in 2008, before transferring to the Arcola in London.
Brace is currently directing One Woman Show at the Ambassadors Theatre, London. This show previously played at Soho Theatre in 2021. [8]
References
- ^ "Adam Brace". United Agents. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
- ^ [1] Archived June 28, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ [2] Archived June 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Arts and entertainment". Entertainment.timesonline.co.uk. Retrieved 12 December 2015. (subscription required)
- ^ Bassett, Kate (15 March 2009). "Stovepipe, West 12 Shopping Centre, London | Reviews | Culture". The Independent. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
- ^ "Arts and entertainment". Entertainment.timesonline.co.uk. Retrieved 12 December 2015. (subscription required)
- ^ "Arcola Theatre". Arcola Theatre. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
- ^ "Adam Brace: 'Stand-up directing is hardcore dramaturgy'". The Stage. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
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