Brad Cook is a theatre creator, actor, puppeteer, movement specialist and co-artistic director of Blue Bird Theatre Collective. Selected creations include; Maanomaa, My Brother (BBTC/Canadian Stage), Body 13 (MT Space), Frankensteins Ghosts (Inter Arts Matrix) and BBTC’s upcoming creation Bush of Ghosts. As an actor and puppeteer selected credits include; the head of Joey in War Horse (National Theatre of Great Britain/Mirvish), King Lear (Cosmic Fishing), Charles Dickens Writes a Christmas Carol, Pearl Gidley, Radio Leacock, Twelfth Night (Lost & Found), The Importance of Being Earnest (Guild Theatre Festival).
Selected movement and puppetry direction credits include; Richard III, Death and the King’s Horseman, The Breathing Hole, Treasure Island, Breath of Kings: Rebellion and Redemption (Stratford Festival), The Neverending Story (Stratford Festival/NAC), Western (Next Stage), Lord Sword (Inter Arts Matrix), The Lark, The Trojan Women (Lost & Found Theatre), King Lear (Cosmic Fishing Theatre).
Cook has taught movement at the National Theatre School of Canada, University of Waterloo, Randolph College for the Performing Arts and The Birmingham Conservatory for Classical Theatre and has supported the company at the Stratford Festival for 8 seasons as a movement coach.