Brendan Healy (comics)

Brendan Healy
Website brendanhealy.co.uk

Brendan Healy is an entertainer from North East England. Beginning as a musician (on keyboards and occasional trombone), he worked in television, becoming an actor, theatre writer and producer, and, later, a comedian.[1]

He played keyboards on the children's television series Razzamatazz, and toured as a musician with several acts,[2] including John Miles and Goldie and folk rock group Lindisfarne in the 1990s.[3][4] He also wrote television signature music for Tyne Tees Television.[1]

As an actor, Healy has appeared in several television programmes, including the Catherine Cookson adaptation, The Black Velvet Gown, Badger, Boon, Spender, and Quayside. As a supporter of Sunderland, his character Andy antagonised Newcastle-supporter Oz in an episode of Auf Wiedersehen, Pet.[5]

Healy then embarked upon a career as a stand-up comic.[3] He released a solo-DVD, Tall Stories, in 2005, recorded at The Customs House, South Shields.[6] As part of his Little Theatre Tour, he played several venues in the North East in 2012.[1]

He produces the annual pantomime at the Tyne Theatre in Newcastle, usually also writing and performing in the show.[1][7] He has written a musical with Brian Johnson, from rock band AC/DC, with a script by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, called Face of a Woman, based on Helen of Troy.[1]

Healy has performed at all of the Sunday for Sammy concerts, established to support new talent in North East England.[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Stephenson, John-Paul (13 October 2012). "Interview: Brendan Healy". Giggle Beats. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  2. 1 2 Davies, Katie (23 December 2011). "Brendan Healy takes kids to meet panto cast". Evening Chronicle (Newcastle upon Tyne). Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  3. 1 2 Barr, Gordon (8 August 2007). "Bren’s back for solo gig". Evening Chronicle (Newcastle upon Tyne). Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  4. ↑ "Goldie". BBC Music. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
  5. ↑ Writers: Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, Director: Roger Bamford (1983-11-25). "The Girls They Left Behind". Auf Wiedersehen, Pet. Series 1. Episode 3. ITV.
  6. ↑ "BRENDAN HEALY - TALL STORIES". MWM. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  7. ↑ Weatherall, Robert (24 December 2010). "Comic Brendan Healy rescues panto show". Evening Chronicle (Newcastle upon Tyne). Retrieved 13 October 2012.

External links

Brendan Healy D.O.B. 18/12/1956

Career Brendan has been a comedian for the last twenty years and is in great demand on the after-dinner and corporate circuit throughout Great Britain. He has also performed in Germany, Portugal, Spain, the Canary Islands and regularly in The United States. He is a director of Newcastle Panto Ltd. a columnist in the Sunday Sun and performs his solo show in theatres. Brendan is proud to be a member of the Grand Order of the Water Rats.

Television Razzmatazz (3 Series) Presenter Producer: Andrea Wonfor Sunday Sundae (2 Series) Presenter Producer: Malcolm Gerrie The Lambton Worm Storyteller BBC The Black Velvet Gown Lead Actor Director: Norman Stone Last Train to Palmersville Lead Actor Tyne Tees TV Badger (2 Series) Lead Actor BBC Auf Weidersehen Pet (Series) Actor Director: Roger Bamford Boon (Series) Actor Central TV Spender (Series) Actor Director: Roger Bamford Quayside (Series) Actor Director: Matthew Robinson Coronation Street Actor Granada TV United Kingdom Actor Director: Roland Joffe Come Into The Parlour Actor Director: Gavin Taylor Full Stretch Actor BBC The Girl Actor World Wide TV Tilly Trotter Actor World Wide TV A Dinner of Herbs Actor World Wide TV Max & Paddy Actor Director: Peter Kay Byker Grove (Series) Actor / MD Director: Robin Midgeley Supergran MD Tyne Tees The Richard Morton Show MD (Musical Director) Channel 4 Tom O’Connor Show Guest Comedian / MD Tyne Tees TV That’s Entertainment (2 Series) Series Host & Comedian Granada TV Spoof (Game show Series) Team Captain Tyne Tees TV

Film Stormy Monday Actor Director: Mike Figgis The Dark Knight Actor Director: Martin L, Anderson In Fading Light Actor Director: Murray Martin Purely Belter Actor Director: Matthew Brabin

DVD ‘Tall Stories’ Solo stand up. ‘Sunday for Sammy’ X 6 Comedy, sketches, keyboards, MD. ‘Big River Songs’ Piano ‘Sir Bobby Robson another (K)night to remember’ Comedy ‘The Story of the Hoppings’ Presenter Music Lindisfarne Keyboards Touring inc. Russia, Hong Kong John Miles Band Keyboards Festivals, touring and TV Brendan Healy Band Vocals / Keyboards Festivals, touring and TV Over 40 T.V. signature tunes to date. Co-Writer of the Musical ‘Face of a Woman’ with Brian Johnson of AC/DC, Dick Clement and Ian la Frenais

Theatre Taming of the Shrew Actor / MD No. 1 Tour The Three Musketeers Actor / MD / Composer No. 1 Tour The Sons Of the Musketeers Actor / MD / Composer No. 1 Tour Frankenstein Actor / MD / Composer No. 1 Tour Dracula Actor / MD / Composer No. 1 Tour Merry Wives of Windsor Actor Chichester Festival Theatre Strippers Actor West End of London Invisible Man MD / Composer West End of London A Taste of Honey MD / Composer Royal Exchange Theatre Katie Mullholland Actor Repertory Theatre Man in a Bottle Actor Repertory Theatre Yesterday’s Children Actor Repertory Theatre The Pirate Queen Composer Repertory Theatre The Silver Chair Composer Repertory Theatre Supergran Composer Repertory Theatre Tight at the Back Actor / MD Repertory Theatre Up and Running Actor / MD Repertory Theatre Nightmare Rock Actor / MD Repertory Theatre Andy Capp Actor / MD Repertory Theatre Little Shop of Horrors Actor / MD Repertory Theatre Hotel Dorado MD / Composer Repertory Theatre The Geordie Gentleman MD / Composer Repertory Theatre Volpone MD / Composer Repertory Theatre The Lion Witch & The Wardrobe MD / Composer Repertory Theatre The Gambling Man MD / Composer Repertory Theatre Voyage of the Dawn Treader MD / Composer Repertory Theatre Peter Pan MD / Composer Repertory Theatre Henry IV Part 1 Actor / MD / Composer Repertory Theatre Yellow Rain Actor / MD / Composer Repertory Theatre Death of a Salesman Actor / MD / Composer Repertory Theatre West Side Story Fight Arranger Repertory Theatre Sweeney Todd (2x) Fight Arranger Repertory Theatre

Advertising (Series only) Heinz Spaghetti TV Campaign Director: Nicolas Roeg Bass Best Scotch TV Campaign Odeon Imax TV Campaign Federation Best Scotch Radio Campaign Volvo Radio Campaign Storey Carpets Radio Campaign Mill Volvo Radio Campaign

Pantomimes Cushy Butterfield Actor Aladdin (Four times) Actor / Producer / Writer / Director / MD / Composer Dick Whittington (Four times) Actor / Producer / Writer / Director / MD / Composer Cinderella (Five times) Actor / Producer / Writer / Director / MD / Composer Sleeping Beauty (Four times) Actor / Producer / Writer / Director / Musician Babes in the Wood (Three times) Actor / Producer / Writer / Director / MD / Composer Jack and the Beanstalk Producer / Writer / Director Robin Hood Producer

Comedy Shows Mill Volvo Tyne Theatre Customs House South Shields Whitley Bay Playhouse Phoenix Theatre Blyth Alnwick Playhouse Consett Empire Billingham Forum Theatre by the Lake Keswick Durham Gala Theatre Palace Theatre Newark Milton Keynes Theatre

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