Conrad Nelson

{{Short description|British actor, composer and musical director}}

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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.{{cite web|title=About us: Staff|url=http://www.northern-broadsides.co.uk/about-us/staff/|publisher=Northern Broadsides|accessdate=1 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622140539/https://www.northern-broadsides.co.uk/about-us/staff/|archive-date=22 June 2018|url-status=dead}}

His acting roles have included Iago in the Northern Broadsides production of Othello when Lenny Henry played the lead,{{cite news|last1=Ahad|first1=Nick|title=The Big Interview: Conrad Nelson|url=http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/yorkshire-living/arts/theatre-and-tv/the-big-interview-conrad-nelson-1-4845305|accessdate=26 October 2015|work=Yorkshire Post|date=20 August 2012}} and Leontes in the company's 2015 The Winter's Tale which he also directed.{{cite news|title=Review: The Winter's Tale, Northern Broadsides, on tour until November 28|url=http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/13788419.Review__The_Winter___s_Tale__Northern_Broadsides__on_tour_until_November_28/|accessdate=26 October 2015|work=The Press|date=28 September 2015}}

In 2013, he appeared as Sir John Middleton in Helen Edmundson's BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Sense and Sensibility.{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2013/32/r4-sense-sun | title=Sense And Sensibility | publisher=BBC | year=2013 | accessdate=14 January 2019 }}

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,{{cite web |title=Claybody People |url=https://www.claybodytheatre.com/about-us/claybody-people/ |website=www.claybodytheatre.com |publisher=Claybody Theatre |access-date=14 May 2024 |language=en-gb}} a Stoke on Trent drama group that specialises in local themes, including Arnold Bennett{{'s}} The Card.{{cite news |last1=Brennan |first1=Clare |title=The Card review – a sparkling adaptation of Arnold Bennett's rags-to-riches comic novel |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2023/jun/04/the-card-review-new-vic-newcastle-under-lyme-claybody-theatre |access-date=14 May 2024 |work=The Observer |date=4 June 2023}}