Pretty in Punk

Adrian Berry played in bands, studied sound and lighting, switched to acting, became a successful playwright, set up his own theatre company and has pursued a busy career as a producer. His latest show Dye Young/Stay Pretty takes us back to 1976 and charts the rise of New York’s music scene through the eyes of a Blondie obsessed teenager from Wolverhampton. When he’s not writing and produci
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Adrian Berry played in bands, studied sound and lighting, switched to acting, became a successful playwright, set up his own theatre company and has pursued a busy career as a producer. His latest show Dye Young/Stay Pretty takes us back to 1976 and charts the rise of New York’s music scene through the eyes of a Blondie obsessed teenager from Wolverhampton. When he’s not writing and producing, he is employed by theatre companies needing a little redirection themselves. Arts Hub tries to keep up with the man some know as “the theatre doctor”.

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Angela Meredith
About the Author
Angela Meredith is a freelance journalist/writer who covers the Arts, travel and leisure and consumer health. Her work has appeared on websites such as Men’s Health, Discovery Health and TravelZoo – and this year she worked on the launch of the website Moneypage.com as Travel/Leisure writer. She contributes accident and health and safety news to a personal injury website and has written extensively for the b2b journal Pharmacy Business. Angela is a former winner of Soho Theatre’s Verity Bargate Award for new playwrights and has written for BBC TV. In 2007 she was short listed for the Writers’ and Artists’ Yearbook’s New Novel Award. She began her career as an actress and still acts occasionally. She is a full member of the NUJ and Equity and has a BA (Joint Hons) in Literature & History of Art and an MA in Literature.