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Brian John Shaw (born 14 March 1969) is an English Actor and Entertainer. He is best known for his work in vintage entertainment writing and producing performances throughout the UK.

Shaw was inspired to become an actor at an early age but started life working in a theatre box office in the West End of London. After performing in Amateur Productions for a few years, Shaw studied part time at drama school and turned professional in 2010 with his first role playing the part of buttons in a touring production of Cinderella. A year later, while working for the same company, he was nominated for an award for comic lead for his role as Barmy Bosworth in Jack and the Beanstalk. By 2012 Shaw had started his own production company "PD Entertainments, later to be called "Brian Shaw Entertainments", and began writing and producing plays around the country.

Early Life
Shaw was born in Hackney, London and brought up in Southend-on-Sea, Essex. When he was a boy he took classes at Ridley Drama School in Leigh-on-Sea at the weekends. He attended St Thomas More High School for Boys and after leaving went on to study drama and theatre arts at Southend College.

Early Work
After many years in different jobs, Shaw started to take small television roles appearing as a supporting artist in soap operas and various TV series along with performing in plays and musicals at an amateur level. While doing this Shaw studied part time at Central School of Speech and Drama and landed his first professional role on tour in 2010 in the pantomime Cinderella. (to be continued... Will add more later)

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