Profile: Gus MacDonald
Loft credits (click a play title to view details)
- Pierrepoint, Hangmen (2019)
- Philly Cullen/Director, The Playboy of the Western World (2019)
- Director, Handbagged (2018)
- Semyonov Pishtchik/Vagrant, The Cherry Orchard (2017)
- Director, All My Sons (2017)
- The mobiliser/Director, Juno and the Paycock (2016)
- Harry Wilson, The Pitmen Painters (2015)
- Butcher Beynon/Mr Waldo, Under Milk Wood (2014)
- Director/Set design, Steel Magnolias (2014)
- Director/Set design/Liam, Calendar Girls - The Second Showing (2013)
- Liam/Director/Set design, Calendar Girls (2013)
- Lt. Schrank, West Side Story (2012)
- Director, Talking Heads (2012)
- Set construction, A View From the Bridge (2012)
- Doctor/Set design, The Miracle Worker (2012)
- Director/Set design, Equus (2011)
- Donny, The Lieutenant of Inishmore (2011)
- Director, Smile (2010)
- Director, Noises Off (2010)
- Set design/Director, The Memory of Water (2010)
- Director, Brassed Off (2009)
- Set design, Never the Sinner (2009)
- Director, The Beauty Queen of Leenane (2009)
- Cabbie/Waitwell, The Way of the World (2008)
- Seth Tallentire, The Hired Man (2008)
- Willie, Happy Days (2006)
- Professor Moriarty, The Final Problem for Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson (2005)
- Macbeth, Macbeth (2004)
- Mr Waldo/Organ Morgan, Under Milk Wood (2003)
- Macheath, The Threepenny Opera (2003)
- Director, Charley’s Aunt (2003)
- Sea Captain/Director, Twelfth Night (2002)
- Nicely-Nicely Johnson, Guys and Dolls (2002)
- Creon, The Theban Plays (2002)
- Lucky Eric, Bouncers (2001)
- Co-director/Judge Turpin, Sweeney Todd (2000)
- Director, No Sex Please, We’re British (2000)
- Pontius Pilate, Tongues of Fire (2000)
- Director, The Mai (1999)
- Director, A Little Night Music (1998)
- Seamus Shields, The Shadow of a Gunman (1997)
- Philly Cullen, The Playboy of the Western World (1995)
- Dr Rank, A Doll’s House (1994)
- Director, Privates on Parade (1994)
- Antipholus of Ephesus, The Comedy of Errors (1994)
- Christopher Roulston, Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme (1993)
- Company, Anthem for Doomed Youth (1993)
- CSM Rivers, The Accrington Pals (1992)
- Woyzeck, Woyzeck (1992)
- Director, Noises Off (1991)
- Emcee, Cabaret (1990)
- Director, Fur Coat and No Knickers (1989)
- Dafydd ap Llewellyn, A Chorus of Disapproval (1989)
- Sancho Panza, Man of La Mancha (1988)
- Company, Happy as a Sandbag (1986)
- Will Mossop, Hobson’s Choice (1986)
- Pompey, Measure for Measure (1985)
- Bad Angel, Blake (1985)
- Wally Rat, The Pied Piper (1985)
- Stanley Baldry, Funny Peculiar (1983)
- Labourer, Uncle Vanya (1983)
- Borg, Turn Again Dick (1982)
- Osric, Hamlet (1982)
- Antonio, Pinocchio (1982)
- Chief Weasel, Toad of Toad Hall (1981)
- Company, Saint Joan (1980)
- First Bystander, Pygmalion (1980)
- Attendant on Cassio/Soldier, Othello (1979)
- Antonelli, The White Devil (1979)
- Horse, Equus (1979)
Elsewhere
- Mr Van Daan, The Diary of Anne Frank (2016, Talisman Theatre)
- Falstaff, Oh, Puck! or What’s Up, Will? (2014, Lighthorne Drama Group/RSC Open Stages)
- Director, Noises Off (2007, Talisman Theatre)
- Captain Mainwaring, Dad’s Army (2006, Talisman Theatre)
- Benny Southstreet, Guys and Dolls (2005, Spa Opera Group)
- Julius Caesar, Julius Caesar (2005, Talisman Theatre)
- Dan, An Evening with Gary Lineker (2004, Talisman Theatre)
- Jigger, Carousel (1998, Spa Opera Group)
- Director, Cabaret (1996, Spa Theatre Company at the Loft Theatre)
- Director, Into the Woods (1996, MAC Productions at the Loft Theatre)
- Mysterious Man, Into the Woods (1996, MAC Productions at the Loft Theatre)
- Tobias, Sweeney Todd (1991, Leamington and Warwick Musical Society)
- Ali Hakim, Oklahoma! (1988, Spa Opera Group)
- 1st Gangster, Kiss Me, Kate (1987, Spa Opera Group)
- Director, Pack of Lies (1986, Priory Theatre)
- Protean, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1985, Priory Theatre)
- Assistant Director, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1985, Priory Theatre)
- Company, Anthony and Cleopatra (Talisman Theatre)
- 2nd Gangster, Kiss Me, Kate (Leamington and Warwick Musical Society)
- Nicely-Nicely Johnson, Guys and Dolls (Leamington and Warwick Musical Society)
- Dodson, Pickwick (Leamington and Warwick Musical Society)
- Company, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Talisman Theatre)
- Director, Hay Fever (Priory Theatre)
- Dogberry, Much Ado About Nothing (Talisman Theatre)
- Company, Godspell (Priory Theatre)
- Dr Nemur, Charlie and Algernon (Priory Theatre)
Notes
Gus is a former chairman and artistic director of the Loft Theatre Company.
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