Callum Brodie

Callum is a Producer, Writer and occasional Director.

Locations: Auckland

Bio

Callum moved to Aotearoa New Zealand from the UK in 2021, and is the Artistic Director and Producer of production companies 'Figment' and 'B&B Productions.' Currently he is producing a 30 show tour of 'Waiting for Waiting for Godot' directed by Michael Hurst.

Over his career he has been involved in the creation of 14 productions, working alongside practitioners from the Royal Shakespeare Company, The Globe, the Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company, LBP, The Young Vic and Adam Spiegel Productions, amongst others.

In the UK he was a founding member, Producer and Associate Director of award winning, sustainable Shakespearean touring theatre company 'The HandleBards'. This company has toured over 13 countries, winning critical acclaim along the way: 4 men on 4 bikes cycle their entire tour carrying all their props, set and costume, whilst performing all the roles of 2 different Shakespeare shows between them.

He trained in physical theatre at Circomedia, Bristol and learnt producing as the Assistant to the Artistic Director of the Old Vic Tunnels, London. There, he gained invaluable experience working alongside numerous production companies, including Olivier-award-winner Marisa Carnesky and Olivier-nominated company Les Enfants Terribles.
Passionate about producing theatre for social good, he has worked alongside BAFTA-nominated Sarah Brocklehurst as associate producer on political theatre extravaganza ‘Theatre Uncut’ (Young Vic London); theatre promoting sustainability with The HandleBards; and theatre tackling the preconceptions of homelessness in ‘Down and Out: Live’ directed by Hannah Price.

He is also a writer, with some of his work coming to New Zealand in 2024 (project currently embargoed).

Experience

Year	Production	Role	Company / Director
2023	Waiting for Waiting for Godot	Producer	B&B Productions, National Tour - NZ
2019	GAMEM	Co-writer & Director	Stubble Arts, SSP - London
2018	Down and Out Live : In London and Paris	Assistant Director	LBP, Stone Next, London / La Générale, Paris
2018	Romeo and Juliet	Associate Director	The Handlebards, UK and International Tour
2017	The Taming of the Shrew	Associate Director	The Handlebards, UK and International Tour
2017	Much Ado About Nothing	Associate Director	The Handlebards, UK and International Tour
2016	Make Believe Festival	Writer of Immersive game within festival	Guerrilla Zoo, London, UK.
2016	Richard III	Associate Director	The Handlebards, UK and International Tour
2015	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Co-producer	The Handlebards, UK and International Tour
2015	Hamlet	Co-producer	The Handlebards, UK and International Tour
2014	The Comedy of Errors	Producer	The Handlebards, European Tour
2012	Theatre Uncut	Associate Producer	They Young Vic, London
2012	After Magritte	Co Director	Spotlight, Winston Theatre, Bristol


2022	Practical Filmmaking	Training	South Seas Film School, Tutor: Dulith Anthony Gunasekera

	Editorial Team Whatsonstage.com (UK leading Theatre goers website.)	Training	Part of the team that interviewed Artistic Directors such as Nicholas Hytner when he was at the National regarding the changing landscape of theatre following the Austerity cuts. Personally interviewed the Artistic Director of Cirque Du Soleil.

	Shadowed Leah Hausman	Training	Movement Director of Benvenuto Cellini for the English National Opera.

	Old Vic Tunnels	Training	assistant to Artistic Director Hamish Jenkinson. Worked with various producers from production companies including Punchdrunk productions.

	Casting assistant to Anne Vosser	Training	Worked on 3 productions- West End, London.

	The HandleBards	Training	with hundreds of shows across multiple countries, being part of this company meant I learnt a lot during my 20’s

	Circomedia	Training	Trained in Physical Theatre, equilibristics and manipulation. I also created shows as a movement director and writer. One of my walk about acts did the festival circuit in the UK.