Conrad Nelson (born 1963) is a British actor, composer and musical director, and he was the Artistic Director of the Northern Broadsides company until 2019. [1]
His acting roles have included Iago in the Northern Broadsides production of Othello when Lenny Henry played the lead, [2] and Leontes in the company's 2015 The Winter's Tale which he also directed. [3]
In 2013, he appeared as Sir John Middleton in Helen Edmundson's BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Sense and Sensibility . [4]
Nelson and his family now live in Newcastle-under-Lyme, where he is one of the dramatic directors at the New Vic Theatre where his latest production was of the musical farce One Man, Two Guvnors . He is also artistic director at the Claybody Theatre, [5] a Stoke on Trent drama group that specialises in local themes, including Arnold Bennett 's The Card . [6]
Nelson is married to playwright and actor Deborah McAndrew. [2] They have a daughter named Elizabeth [7]