Adrian Berry


Jacksons Lane rehearsals
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L-R Christian Lee, Adrian Berry, Gordon Warnecke
Adrian Berry is currently Artistic Director of Jacksons Lane, North London, one of London's most innovative arts venues for new Circus and visual theatre.

Prior to this he was Creative Programmer for Stratford Circus, Artistic Director of Trinity Theatre in Kent, Head of Education and Programming and later Director at The Bull Theatre (now Arts Depot) and was Education Manager at the Albany Theatre, London.

Additionally Adrian has programmed and produced for many UK venues including; the National Theatre, The Albany Theatre, London, The New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich, ARC Stockton on Tees, Under the Stars Festival (Stratford), The Pigalle Club, The West Wing Arts Centre. He is a member of the Advisory Panel of The Roundhouse, and has been a consultant for organisations including the Africa Centre, Covent Garden, Africa 95 International Festival, Mosaic (Brighton) as well an assessor and consultant for Arts Council England, currently leading a ten-venue outer-London consortium for the London office, curating UK and international festival trips and exchanges. He was a member of the pioneering Theatre Rites board for 5 years.

Adrian has directed over 30 productions including national tours of Beckett's Endgame, Vaclav Havel's Vanek plays, is the writer and director of the productions From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads, Jack Pleasure and Dye Young/Stay Pretty as well as several contemporary adaptations of productions for young audiences, including the recent circus/cabaret adaptation of Cinderella at Jacksons Lane.

Adrian is also a member of the group Alberteen who released their debut album It Felt Like Forever in 2008.