Chris is an utterly committed team-player, with an infectious enthusiasm for theatre and a commendable level of professional discipline that enables him to make the most of challenges set him and see them as opportunities rather than obstacles’
Christopher Brookes is a professional Actor, performer, and voice over artist. He has contributed to a wide range of projects in the theatre, radio, and television.
His most recent theatre credits include Agatha Christie's Spiders Webb (Theatre Royal Nottingham) as well as, Father Brown, The Murderer in the Mirror (UK Tour), The Black Veil (UK Tour), Billy Liar, An Evening with Gary Linekar, The Titfield Thunderbolt, Funny Money, and Rattle of a Simple Man (Chesterfield Theatres).
Among his other credits include summer seasons at the Cambridge Shakespeare Festival, where he played Lucentio in The Taming of the Shrew and Sebastian in Twelfth Night, as well as Lysander in Nick Winston’s adaptation of Midsummer Night's Dream at the Curve Theatre Leicester.
2015 saw Christopher's Master of Arts graduation from the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, where he received his training. Chris is also skilled as a puppeteer, having worked closely with Matthew Forbes (Associate Director of WAR HORSE). Experience includes, Parade Style Puppetry, Rod and Bunraku.
‘Chris Brookes as Lucentio was an absolute delight, coupling a winsome charm and a boyish enthusiasm to a fine sense of comic timing – joyous’
‘The young lovers Lysander (Chris Brookes) and Helena (Lauren Jones) work beautifully together and their comedy is spot on perfect, neither one overshadowing the other.’
shows that Agatha Christie can do comedy as well as drama.’
‘Brookes is an energetic and charming Sebastian, delivered with considerable élan, demonstrating a developed sense of stage craft’
The energy was infectious
“Brookes Gives An Outstanding Performance”
Billy Liar – Chesterfield Theatres
