Bremner has translated three operas into English: "Der Silbersee" by Kurt Weill, "Carmen" by Georges Bizet, and "Orpheus in the Underworld" by Jacques Offenbach. In April 2007, he took part in "The Big Brecht Fest" at the Young Vic Theatre in London celebrating the work of German dramatist Bertolt Brecht, where a series of newly translated versions of some of Brecht's short plays were performed. One of the plays—the short comedy of manners "A Respectable Wedding"—was newly translated by Bremner, who also penned the title to the series. His translation drew a positive reception from critics, although it did draw the ire of some for the removal of any class conflict edge to the play, directed by Joe Hill-Gibbins as a squirming farce that relies heavily on the comic value of embarrassment.