Mike Bradwell (1948-2025) was a leading theatre director. He founded Hull Truck Theatre Company in 1971, was Artistic Director of the Bush Theatre from 1996 until 2007, and subsequently worked widely as a freelance director. His book on alternative theatre, The Reluctant Escapologist, won the Society for Theatre Research's Theatre Book Prize for 2010.
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Mike Bradwell was an influential theatre director, writer, and actor who founded the Hull Truck Theatre Company and served as artistic director of the Bush Theatre.
He is best known for pioneering British fringe and alternative theatre, directing dozens of new plays, winning the Theatre Book Prize, and appearing in early independent films such as Bleak Moments.
He was closely associated with Hull Truck Theatre, the Bush Theatre, the Royal Court Theatre, and trained at East 15 Acting School.
