Nigel Barrett is an award winning actor and theatre maker.

He is a member of the shunt collective and has been working with Louise Mari since 2006, when they started the shunt lounge together – the infamous arts venue under London Bridge Station. He is also an associate director with Sulayman Al-Bassam Theatre and Sabab, with whom he made The Arabic Shakespeare Trilogy for the RSC, Peter Brooks Bouffe du Nord and BAM New York.

Theatre includes :-
THE MYSTERIES (Royal Exchange Manchester), 100: UNEARTHED (Wildworks), PARTY SKILLS FOR THE END OF THE WORLD (Manchester International Festival and Shoreditch Town Hall), KINGDOM COME (RSC), MARGATE/DREAMLAND (Shoreditch Town Hall), BLASTED (Barrel Organ / Styx), Big Bad Wolf in BADDIES the Musical (Unicorn Theatre), THE EYE TEST (National Theatre), EVERYONE (Chris Goode and Co), THE IPHIGENIA QUARTET (The Gate), CYRANO DE BERGERAC (Northern Stage Co), PRAXIS MAKES PERFECT (NTW / Berlin Festspiele), MAD MAN (Theatre Royal Plymouth), THERE HAS POSSIBLY BEEN AN INCIDENT (Royal Exchange Manchester), GET STUFF BREAK FREE ( National Theatre), THE PASSION (National Theatre Wales/Wildworks ), PERICLES (Regents Park) and RICHARD III – An Arab Tragedy (RSC).

Film and television includes :-
DOCTORS , CYCLES , THE GOSPEL OF US, THE BOAT, HELLO YOU, CASUALTY, MEET THE PILTDOWNS, HAIRY EYEBALL, DAWSON’S CREEK SPECIAL, THE MYSTERIES, DEADLINE, THE LENS, SEXUAL HEALING, ENGLAND MY ENGLAND