Stuart Brennan
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Stuart Brennan in 2014
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8 October 1982 Barnstaple, North Devon |
| Occupation | Actor, Film maker |
Stuart Brennan (born 8 October 1982, Barnstaple, North Devon) is a BAFTA winning British actor, writer, producer and director. He is an advocate for independent film, helping set up and establish film festivals across the world.
He was born 8 October 1982, Barnstaple, North Devon the second son of Nigel & Lorraine Brennan and has five brothers, Rob, Ollie, Clive, Leo & Kit.
Brennan attended Pilton Infants School, Pilton Bluecoats School, Pilton Community College, North Devon College then went on to study drama at the University of Winchester (formerly known as King Alfreds College). Brennan's love of drama started at school starring in school plays, as well as Gang Show as a cub and scout then while at University Brennan was the lead in several productions.
Brennan was awarded a WBC Championship belt and made an honorary World Champion by the World Boxing Council in recognition of the five years he spent training for his portrayal of Howard Winstone in 'Risen', a part for which he also had to lose two stone (28 pounds). In 2011 he was awarded a BAFTA Wales for Best Actor for the portrayal.
Brennan’s graduation theatre performance ‘A Little Silhouette of a Man’ which he co-wrote and performed in with two other actors, was selected to premiere for the public at the prestigious Theatre Royal Winchester, to a sell out crowd. The play is a comedic tragedy, starting with three friends waiting in a hospital for news of their friend, intercut with flashbacks of them waiting for their friend to arrive at their house, earlier in the day. The witty banter back and forth between the characters drives the plot and saw the three performers receive the highest marks of their graduating class for the piece.
His next play Coffee Mornings was produced and directed by Peter Snee and premiered at the Stoke Repertory Theatre in a professional production for Theatre Giant. The play had strong reviews and the writing was described by one critic as ‘Pinter-esque’. The uplifting comedy takes place over a series of coffee mornings between two working women. It explores the Hamlet quote "to be or not to be", as one woman suffers the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, yet speaks nothing of it, whilst the other takes arms against a sea of troubles and by opposing them, ends them - but to what benefit?
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