Guy Masterson
Director/Playwright
Film, TV & Theatre
Guy Masterson was educated at Christ's Hospital School, Cardiff University, UCLA and LAMDA. He became an actor in 1985 while in Hollywood where he appeared in over twenty plays before returning to London in 1990. He formed his own theatre company (Theatre Tours International) in 1991 and has since presented and/or directed and/or performed in and/or written over 50 productions originating mainly at the Edinburgh Festival and garnering over 30 awards and nominations. Guy continues to produce shows prolifically at the Edinburgh Festival and produced and directed MORECAMBE (a celebration of the life of Eric Morecambe and starring Bob Golding) which transferred to the West End and won the Olivier Best Entertainment Award. MORECAMBE also toured extensively in the UK.
Guy also produced and performed in the one-man show SHYLOCK at Edinburgh in 2011. Written by Gareth Armstrong (and previously performed and directed by Gareth) the story is told by Tubal, Shylock's friend. SHYLOCK has toured extensively at home and abroad. At the 2012 Edinburgh's Fringe, Guy gave a solo performance in THE HALF by Richard Dormer and adapted and directed THE SOLDIER'S SONG by Ken Lukowiak. He then directed THE ODD COUPLE for Belfast's Theatre at the Mill along with ABSOLUTION and BILL CLINTON HERCULES which showcased at Park Theatre London. Earlier this year, Guy directed the hugely-successful world premiere of the musical THE MARVELLOUS ELEPHANT MAN at the Adelaide Fringe and Melbourne International Comedy Festival in Australia. Back in the UK and following on from his successful 2019 season at the Fringe, Guy’s critically acclaimed production of THE SHARK IS BROKEN, a play highlighting the behind-the-scenes drama of JAWS, opened at the Ambassadors Theatre London in October ’21. The production will now open at the Golden Theatre on Broadway on August 10th. 2023.
See Guy's website for his prolific productions
Theatre
Production | Company | Notes |
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The Shark is Broken 2023 | Broadway 2023 | Directed by Guy Masterson |
The Marvellous Elephant Man - Musical 2023 | Adelaide Fringe 23; Melbourne International Comedy Festival 23 | Directed by Guy Masterson |
Picasso: Le Monstre Sacré 2023 | Playground Theatre, London Assembly Festival 2023 | Directed by Guy Masterson |
Nine Circles 2022 | Park Theatre | Directed. |
The Shark is Broken 2021 | Ambassadors Theatre | Directed, Written by Ian Shaw & Joseph Nixon |
Guys, Dolls & Pies 2019 | Theatre Tours International | Directed, Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh |
Shaving the Dead 2019 | Theatre Tours International | Directed, Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh |
The Shark is Broken 2019 | Theatre Tours International | Directed, Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh |
The Marilyn Conspiracy 2018 | Assembly George Square Studios / Edinburgh Fringe Festival | Written by Vicki McKellar & Guy Masterson |
Absolution 2016 | Theatre Tours International at Park Theatre London | written and performed by Owen O'Neill and directed by Guy Masterson |
Bill Clinton Hercules 2014 | Theatre Tours International | Rachel Mariner with Guy Masterson/directed by Guy Masterson/venue Assembly Rooms 2014/National & International Tour thru 2016 |
Animal Farm 2014 | Tumanishvili Film Actors Theatre of Tblisi, Georgia | George Orwell Adapted and directed by Guy Masterson |
Sleeping Beauty 2014 | The Hawthorne Theatre Welwyn GC | by Nicholas Collett at the Hawthorne Theatre Welwyn Garden City |
Samsung Unpacked 2013 Ep 2 2013 | Jack Morton PLC for Samsung | 4 minute version show director |
Beauty & the Beast 2013 | Theatre Tours International and the Hawthorne Theatre Welwyn GC | Adapted and directed by Guy Masterson |
The Odd Couple by Neil Simon 2012 | Theatre at the Mill/Hawthorne Theatre Welwyn GC | Guy Masterson directs |
The Soldier's Song 2012 | Theatre Tours International | Guy Masterson adapts and directs the book by Ken Lukowiak |
The Half by Richard Dormer 2012 | Theatre Tours International | Guy Masterson performs in this solo comedy at the Edinburgh Fringe |
Shylock 2011 | Theatre Tours International | Guy Masterson performs Gareth Armstrong''s SHYLOCK |
Shylock | Theatre Tours International | CIT ADELAIDE |
Morecambe 2009 | Edinburgh Fringe Festival | Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh 2009 |
Austen's Women (Jane Austen) 2009 | Edinburgh Fringe Festival | |
2008 Scaramouche Jones | Edinburgh Festival | |
2008 Reasonable Doubt | Edinburgh Fringe Festival | |
2007 Under Milk Wood | Edinburgh Fringe Festival | |
2007 Playing Burton | Edinburgh Fringe Festival | |
2007 An Age of Angels | Edinburgh Fringe Festival | |
2007 Snowball | Edinburgh Fringe Festival | |
2007 Adolf 2007 | Edinburgh Fringe Festival | |
2007 Follow Me 2007 | Edinburgh Fringe Festival | |
2007 The Mistress | Edinburgh Fringe Festival | |
2007 Animal Farm, Under Milk Wood & Ferne Hill | International Tour | |
2006 Levelland | Melbourne International | |
2005 Swift | Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh | |
2005 The Odd Couple | Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh | |
2004 12 Angry Men | Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne | |
2003 12 Angry Men | Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh, Adelaide, Perth and New Zealand International Festival 2004 | |
2002 Goeing's Defence | Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh | |
2002 A Slight Tilt to the Left | Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh | |
2001 - Present Resolution (Pip Utton | Assembly Rooms and World Tour | |
2001 Playing Burton | Circa Theatre, Wellington and Australia and New Zealand Tour 2003 | |
2000 All Words for Sex | Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh ; Soho Theatre 2001 | |
1997 - Present Adolf | Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh and World Tour | |
1997 Bye Bye Blackbird | Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh and World Tour 1997-99 | |
1994 - 1997 Playing Burton | Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh 1994 & 97, World Tour 1997-99 | |
1992 The Private Ear and The Public Eye | Bird's Nest, London |