Peter Bramley (

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, England) is an actor, director and theatre maker. He held the post of Head of Movement at

Rose Bruford College Rose Bruford College (formerly Rose Bruford College of Theatre & Performance) is a drama school in the south London suburb of Sidcup. The college has degree programmes in acting, actor musicianship, directing, theatre arts and various discipli ...

, a drama school in

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, for 12 years. He is the artistic director of theatre company Pants on Fire. Bramley trained in drama at Doncaster College and

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, before going to train at the

L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq École internationale de théâtre Jacques Lecoq is a school of physical theatre located on Rue du Faubourg-Saint-Denis in the 10th arrondissement of Paris. Founded in 1956 by Jacques Lecoq, the school offers a professional and intensive two-ye ...

in Paris. During Bramley's second year at the school in 1999

Jacques Lecoq Jacques Lecoq (15 December 1921 – 19 January 1999) was a French stage actor and acting movement coach. He was best known for his teaching methods in physical theatre, movement, and mime which he taught at the school he founded in Paris known as ...

died, making him one of the final ever students to have trained with Lecoq himself. In addition, Bramley has trained with both the

Gardzienice Centre for Theatre Practices "Gardzienice" was founded in 1977 by Włodzimierz Staniewski, and formally registered in 1978. The name comes from the village where the theatre is located. The group gained international critical acclaim, and is clas ...

company in

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and Song of the Goat, and has an MA in theatre practices. As a teacher, Peter Bramley has worked in many leading Uk Drama schools, including Central School of Speech and Drama, LAMDA and LIPA, and has given workshops internationally at Yale University, the Moscow Arts Theatre School in Russia, DAMU Prague, Institut del Teatre Barcelona, Spain, and for the Jerwood Programme at Glydbourne Opera. In 2010 Bramley's highly acclaimed production of

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's ''

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'' won the

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and th
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In January 2011 the production transferred to the Off-Broadway Flea Theater in New York, and has since toured extensively. Peter is the artistic director of the Arjac Arts and Cultural Centre, a residential retreat venue for singers, actors, writers and artists in South West France.

References

External links

Peter Bramley's official website
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