Client details
Russell Barr
Actor/Writer
| Ruth Young | Associate Agent: Jess Alford |
The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama B.A. in Dramatic Art (1991-94) Winner of the Carol Tamber Award 2004 at The Edinburgh Festival for SISTERS SUCH DEVOTED SISTERS. |
| Production / Character | Director | Company |
|---|---|---|
| KINKY BOOT FACTORY | Julian Jarrold | Harbour Pictures |
| PURE Nurse | Gillies MacKinnon | Kudos Little Wing Productions |
| THE GATHERING STORM Guard | Richard Loncraine | Labrador Film Productions |
| ABOUT A BOY Maitre D | Paul & Chris Weitz | About A Boy Productions |
| THE MATCH Nancy | Mick Davis | Football Films |
| LAND GIRLS Jamie | David Leland | Skreba Films |
| REGENERATION Siegfried's Soldier | Gillies MacKinnon | Shellshocked Films |
| THE SLAB BOYS Spanky Farrell | John Byrne | Skreba Films |
| Production / Character | Director | Company |
|---|---|---|
| PA'S Cruella da Thrill | Ashley Way | 2AMTV for BBC 3 |
| RIVER CITY Jake Munro | BBC Scotland | |
| THE BRIEF David Waite | Jack Gold | Carlton Productions |
| AUF WIEDERSEHEN PET Waitress | Paul Seed | BBC |
| INSPECTOR REBUS - DEAD SOULS Darren Rough | Maurice Phillips | Clerkenwell Films/STV |
| CASUALTY Terry Mills | Julian Holmes | BBC |
| Production / Character | Director | Company |
|---|---|---|
| A DISH OF TEA WITH DR JOHNSON Boswell and others | Out of Joint | |
| SISTERS, SUCH DEVOTED SISTERS Bernice | Michael Imperioli | Studio Dante, New York |
| SISTERS, SUCH DEVOTED SISTERS Bernice | The Drill Hall | |
| THE SUPER SLASH NAUGHTY XXXMAS STORY Doddie | Wilton's Music Hall | |
| SISTERS SUCH DEVOTED SISTERS Bernice | Max Stafford Clark | |
| BLOWN Luke | Jimmy Fay | Theatre Royal, Plymouth |
| SOME EXPLICIT POLAROIDS Tim | Max Stafford Clark | Out of Joint & WE |
| SHOPPING AND F**KING | Max Stafford Clark | Out of Joint & WE |
| THE TRIAL Joseph K | Robin Wilson | |
| ANIMAL | Eve Jamieson | Bepop |
| VOICES FROM SPAIN | Phillip Howard | Royal Court Upstairs |
| WOLF'S KISSES Luciano | ||
| STIFF Babe | Caroline Hall | |
| THE NIGHT I GROOVED Bobby | Caroline Hall | |
| THE BARBER OF SEVILLE Don Bazile | Caroline Hall |
| Production / Character | Director | Company |
|---|---|---|
| CONFESSIONS OF A JUSTIFIED SINNER Drummond | Don Taylor | BBC Radio 4 |
| St John Donald |
Russell has worked as an actor for over ten years. he has worked extensively in film and theatre. He trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. His first play SISTERS, SUCH DEVOTED SISTERS, was first performed at the Traverse in an Out of Joint production directed by Max Stafford Clark. It won the Carol Tambor/ Scotsman award for the best production at the Edinburgh Festival 2004, and when on to do two runs in London at the Drill Hall, and two runs off broadway. His recent plays include a musical about a deaf drag queen, DIVA DANNY, which premiered at the Manchester Royal Exchange in September 2008, VANTASTIC and LOBSTER which was commissioned for Queer up North 2009. A double bill of VANTASTIC and LOBSTER were performed at the Oval House Theatre in Autumn 2009 He is a recipient of multiple awards from the Peggy Ramsay Foundation. His most recent play, A DISH OF TEA WITH DR JOHNSON, co-written with Ian Redmond and directed by Max Stafford Clark, enjoyed a UK tour in Winter Spring 2011. A Summer 2011 remount saw runs at the Traverse, Edinburgh and te Arts Theatre, london. |
