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)
• Vagrant/Semyonov Pishtchik, The Cherry Orchard (2017)
• Director, All My Sons (2017)
• Director/The mobiliser, Juno and the Paycock (2016)
• Harry Wilson, The Pitmen Painters (2015)
• Mr Waldo/Butcher Beynon, Under Milk Wood (2014)
• Set design/Director, 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)
• Set design/Doctor, The Miracle Worker (2012)
• Set design/Director, Equus (2011)
• Donny, The Lieutenant of Inishmore (2011)
• Director, Smile (2010)
• Director, Noises Off (2010)
• Director/Set design, The Memory of Water (2010)
• Director, Brassed Off (2009)
• Set design, Never the Sinner (2009)
• Director, The Beauty Queen of Leenane (2009)
• Waitwell/Cabbie, 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)
• Organ Morgan/Mr Waldo, 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)
• Judge Turpin/Co-director, 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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