[2] He was briefly a journalist for The Irish Post, but was fired after publicly disparaging a film at a Q-and-A held for the press screening.
[2][3] His play Stovepipe, performed in promenade, premiered at the HighTide festival in Suffolk in 2008,[3] before transferring to London for an eight-week run in collaboration with the National Theatre.
Stovepipe garnered critical acclaim, receiving numerous five star reviews, and was deemed "rivetingly intelligent" by The Sunday Times[6] and "exhilaratingly convincing" by The Independent.
He also collaborated as a director or script editor with acts including Jessie Cave, Ahir Shah, Ruby Wax and Sh!t Theatre, the latter a theatrical duo consisting of Louise Mothersole and Brace's partner, Rebecca Fuller.
[3][1] At the time of Brace's death, he was preparing a Broadway production of his one-man show Just for Us, set to run at the Hudson Theatre in the summer of 2023, with Alex Edelman starring.