Brendan Cowell is a renowned actor, director, and playwright born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
He has written and directed several award-winning plays over the years. Please take a read to explore more.
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Cowell earned a Bachelor of Arts degree after studying theatre and media at Charles Sturt University in Bathurst.
In Londonderry, the acclaimed writer worked as creative director of the Belvoir St Theatre. For his third play, Bed, he won multiple awards, including the Patrick White Playwrights Award.
In 2011, David Berthold and Gyton Grantley staged a brand-new production of his play Ruben Guthrie at the La Boite Theatre. In addition to being a cast member of Bell Shakespeare’s 2008 production of Hamlet, he appeared in an Australian production of True West.
He wrote and directed the play Happy New, which was performed in London in 2013. Another play he co-wrote and directed, The Sublime, made the 2015 New South Wales Premier’s Literary Awards finalist list.
