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'''Barrie Thomas Rutter''' [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] (born 12 December 1946) is an English actor and the founder and former artistic director of the [[Northern Broadsides]] theatre company based in [[Dean Clough]] complex, [[Halifax, West Yorkshire|Halifax]], West Yorkshire, England.
==Biography==
Rutter was born and brought up in [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]], [[East Riding of Yorkshire]], England,
Rutter was passed over for the 1967 production of [[Peter Terson]]'s football play Zigger Zagger, but Terson wrote a role for him in ''The Apprentices''. He was with the [[Nottingham Playhouse]] in 1968, then freelanced until joining the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]] in 1975.<ref name="Guar Mar 2012">[https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2012/mar/09/barrie-rutter-life-in-theatre A life in theatre: Barrie Rutter] ''The Guardian'', 9 March 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2020</ref><ref>Barrie Rutter (2016), Theatre Programme: [[The Merry Wives of Windsor|The Merry Wives]], [[Northern Broadsides]] and [[New Vic Theatre]] joint production.</ref>{{unreliable source?|date=February 2016}}
In the 1980s he performed in three adaptations by the poet [[Tony Harrison]].
Rutter founded [[Northern Broadsides]] in 1992 and the company performs at its Halifax base and on tour. Rutter has played major parts in many of its productions.<ref>{{cite web
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| archivedate = | He has appeared in many films and television programmes, including ''[[Countdown to War]]'', ''[[Queenie's Castle]]'', ''[[Minder (TV series)|Minder]]'' ("The Beer Hunter"), and a regular role in the early 1980s ITV sitcom ''[[Astronauts (TV series)|Astronauts]]'' and as armed robber Oakes in the 1979 film version of the BBC sitcom ''[[Porridge (
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In 2009 Rutter directed [[Lenny Henry]] in a production of ''[[Othello]]''.<ref>{{cite
| title =Lenny just a jealous guy... and it's no joke
▲ | publisher =''[[Yorkshire Evening Post]]''
| date =10 April 2008
| url = http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/Lenny-just-a-jealous-guy.4559128.jp
| accessdate =10 April 2008 }}</ref> He said of the decision to cast the comedian, "knives might be out at me or at Lenny. I don't care. This has come about from a completely genuine desire to do a piece of theatrical work. Bloody hell, how long has the Donmar had Hollywood stars going there for £200? He's six-foot five. He's beautifully black. And he's Othello."<ref>{{cite news
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| title =A new Moor for West Yorkshire
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| date =10 February 2008
| url = https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2008/oct/02/lenny.henry.othello
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After setting up the run of ''Othello'' in London, Rutter was invited to direct ''Richard III'' for the '[[Vanemuine]]' Theatre Company in [[Tartu]], [[Estonia]]. Though he suffered a heart attack, he completed the rehearsals for the first night at the Samadateater in Tartu on 17 October 2009. In the third quarter of 2010, Rutter also became a patron for the newly opened [[ALRA North]].{{
In June 2016 Rutter was the subject of [[BBC Radio 4]]'s ''[[Desert Island Discs]]''. His eight musical choices were works by [[Frank Sinatra]], [[Kay Starr]], [[Elvis Presley]], [[The Rolling Stones]], [[César Franck]], [[Eliza Carthy]] with [[Norma Waterson]], [[Tina Turner]] and [[The Band]]. Tina Turner's ''[[Proud Mary]]'' was his track to "rescue from the waves". He declined to take [[The Bible]] but accepted the complete works of [[Shakespeare]]; his chosen book was a collection of [[Tony Harrison]]'s poems and his luxury a pair of [[swimfin|swimming flippers]] so that "at the first sign of madness" he could swim out to sea and battle with a shark. In the programme he discussed his childhood and family and professional life, including the loss of a son by [[cot death]] at 14 weeks.<ref>{{cite web|title=Barrie Rutter|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07gcvms|website=Desert Island Discs|publisher=BBC iPlayer|accessdate=21 June 2016}}</ref>
In July 2017 Rutter announced that he would step down from the post of artistic director at Northern Broadsides in April 2018 after frustration at what he saw as inadequate [[Arts Council England|Arts Council]] funding for the company.<ref name="wiegand">{{cite news|last1=Wiegand|first1=Chris|title=Barrie Rutter resigns from Northern Broadsides due to stagnant funding|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/jul/20/barrie-rutter-resigns-from-northern-broadsides-25-years|accessdate=4 March 2018|work=The Guardian|date=20 July 2017}}</ref>
His final production with the company was ''The Captive Queen'', an adaptation of [[John Dryden]]'s ''[[Aureng-zebe]]'', at the [[Sam Wanamaker Playhouse]] in February and March 2018; as well as directing, he played the part of the emperor.<ref name="billington">{{cite news|last1=Billington|first1=Michael|title=The Captive Queen review – Rutter bows out with rhyming couplets and marital spats|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/feb/08/the-captive-queen-review-sam-wanamaker-playhouse|work=The Guardian|date=8 February 2018}}</ref><ref name="globe">{{cite web|title=The Captive Queen|url=http://www.shakespearesglobe.com/whats-on-2018/the-captive-queen|publisher=Shakespeare's Globe|accessdate=4 March 2018}}</ref>
In April 2023 he performed a one-man one-night show titled ''Shakespeare's Royals'' in Halifax.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wilkinson |first1=Sue |title=Barrie Rutter returns with a new, very fitting, one-man, one-night show, Shakespeare's Royals, to the Viaduct, Halifax, later this month. |url=https://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/arts-and-culture/theatre-and-stage/northern-broadsides-founder-barrie-rutter-returns-to-halifaxs-viaduct-for-night-of-shakespeare-4108400 |access-date=15 July 2023 |work=Halifax Courier |date=18 April 2023}}</ref> He toured the same show in 2024 to venues including [[The Dukes, Lancaster|The Dukes]] in [[Lancaster, Lancashire|Lancaster]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Blade |first1=Michelle |title=The Dukes in Lancaster announces new season in 2024 to include two week family festival |url=https://www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/news/national/the-dukes-in-lancaster-announces-new-season-in-2024-to-include-two-week-family-festival-4454301 |access-date=25 February 2024 |work=Lancaster Guardian |date=21 December 2023}}</ref> [[Stephen Joseph Theatre]] in [[Scarborough, North Yorkshire|Scarborough]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wild |first1=Stephi |title=Barrie Rutter OBE Brings One-Man Show Shakespeare's Royals to Scarborough's Stephen Joseph Theatre |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/uk-regional/article/Barrie-Rutter-OBE-Brings-One-Man-Show-SHAKESPEARES-ROYALS-to-Scarboroughs-Stephen-Joseph-Theatre-20240206 |access-date=25 February 2024 |work=BroadwayWorld.com |date=6 February 2024 |language=en}}</ref> and the [[Georgian Theatre Royal]] in [[Richmond, North Yorkshire]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Willis |first1=Joe |title=Tickets on sale for Georgian Theatre Royal's spring/summer season |url=https://www.richmondshiretoday.co.uk/tickets-on-sale-for-georgian-theatre-royal-spring-summer-season/ |access-date=25 February 2024 |work=Richmondshire Today |date=18 January 2024}}</ref> In October 2024 he had a role in long-running radio series ''[[The Archers]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 - The Archers, 01/11/2024 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0024fnp |website=BBC |access-date=29 October 2024 |date=1 November 2024}}</ref>
==Personal life==
He married American Carol Chillington in 1978, and moved near to [[Stratford-on-Avon]] when Chillington got a job at [[Warwick University]]. They have two daughters,<ref name="Guar Mar 2012"/> and were divorced before 2009.<ref name="arnot">{{cite news |last1=Arnot |first1=Chris |title=Her heart upon her sleeve |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2009/jan/27/professor-carol-rutter |access-date=25 February 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=27 January 2009}}</ref> Carol Chillington Rutter is Professor of Shakespeare and Performance Studies at Warwick and was director of the CAPITAL Centre from 2006 to 2011.<ref>[https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/english/people/rutterprofcarol/ Professor Carol Chillington Rutter] Warwick University, Retrieved 3 January 2020</ref>
In January 2020 ''[[The Yorkshire Post]]'' said that Rutter had been diagnosed with [[throat cancer]].<ref name="ahad 2020jan">{{cite news |last1=Ahad |first1=Nick |title=Stage star Barrie Rutter faces cancer fight |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/people/stage-star-barrie-rutter-faces-cancer-fight-1-10228326 |accessdate=30 January 2020 |work=Yorkshire Post |date=30 January 2020}}</ref> By October 2020 he reported "Well, they don't call it the 'all-clear', they call it fully tested, but yes, I am back to normal" and was planning a performance of ''An Evening with Barrie Rutter'' at [[Holbeck Working Men's Club|The Holbeck]] in Leeds.<ref name="ahad 2020oct">{{cite news |last1=Ahad |first1=Nick |title=Barrie Rutter: "As soon as I got the all-clear, I bought £600 of wine" |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/barrie-rutter-as-soon-as-i-got-the-all-clear-i-bought-ps600-of-wine-3005424 |access-date=25 February 2024 |date=18 October 2020}}</ref>
==Awards and honours==
In 2000 he won the title 'Creative Briton 2000', with a cheque for £100,000.<ref>{{cite news
| title =Theatre pioneer receives welcome broadside
| work =BBC News
| date =29 June 2000
| url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/811818.stm
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▲ | accessdate =2 October 2007 }}</ref> He was nominated for it by, amongst others, [[John Prescott]], then [[Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Deputy Prime Minister]], who said "Barrie's northern accent, fast action, factory floor Shakespeare is as far from elitism as can be, though it has never, never dumbed Shakespeare down."<ref>{{cite news
| title =Top prize for 'factory floor Shakespeare'
| work =BBC News
| date =28 July 2000
| url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/810139.stm
| accessdate =2 October 2007
▲ | accessdate =2 October 2007 }}</ref> In 2003 he received the [[Sam Wanamaker Award]] jointly with [[Stephen Unwin (director)|Stephen Unwin]] for their work promoting Shakespeare in the regions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shakespeares-globe.org/information/samwanamakeraward/|title=The Sam Wanamaker Award|work=Shakespeare's Globe|accessdate=22 May 2008| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20080511181353/http://www.shakespeares-globe.org/information/samwanamakeraward/| archivedate= 11 May 2008 | deadurl= no}}</ref>
In 2005 he received the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters from the [[University of Bradford]],<ref>{{cite web
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Rutter was appointed [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) in the 2015 New Year Honours for services to drama.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=61092|supp=y|page=N14|date=31 December 2014}}</ref><ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/391413/New_Year_Honours_List_2015.pdf 2015 New Year Honours List]</ref>
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080725044235/http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/otherresources/interviews/BarrieRutter.htm Interview with The British Theatre Guide]
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7650432.stm Interview alongside Lenny Henry on BBC News]
*{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/theatre/actors/barrie-rutter-theres-still-the-feeling-that-all-these-bloody-nor/ | title=Barrie Rutter: "There's still the feeling that all these bloody northerners should just shut up": interview | last=Cavendish | first=Dominic | work=The Telegraph | date=11 September 2016}}
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