Welcome to GeorgeIrving.co.uk

GeorgeIrving.co.uk is a site dedicated to the work of British actor George Irving. He is probably most well known for his portrayal of Anton Meyer in Holby City. However, he has made regular appearances on TV since the 1970's and his first TV role in 'When the Boat Comes in' (1976).

Since then he has appeared in numerous classic series including The Sweeney, The Professionals, Dempsey and Makepeace and Bergerac. He has also had starring roles in Holby City, Dangerfield, The Best Man, Dalziel and Pascoe and the BAFTA nominated Wing and a Prayer.

More recently he has appeared in several theatre production including the 2006 touring production of The French Lieutenant's Woman, Shining City, The Dying of Today, All My Sons, Ghosts, Landscape and shortly he will be starring in the opening production of the Bolton Octagon's 2011-2012 season, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Manchester Theatre Awards Get-Together

The Manchester Theatre Awards is hosting a celebration of Manchester Theatre with a get-together of the winners and nominees from the 2011 awards.

The invitation only event is taking place at New Century House in Manchester on Friday 18 May 2012. The winners of the 2011 awards will be receiving their trophies.

See the Manchester Theatre Awards site for more details.

Daementia

George is to star in Daementia, directed by John Rackham, based on the one act play written by Philip L. Milne.

“For nearly a thousand years there have been, across Europe, ritualistic sacrifices with the victims being children and teenagers. Five years ago, a boy named Eric Frasier witnessed one of these sacrifices and the experience has driven him insane. He is now resident in a psychiatric home in a district where similar killings have suddenly become increasingly common. The investigation into the recent murders is being headed by DI Gabriel, assisted by DS Monroe, who has been looking into the pseudo-religious background of the sacrifices. They learn of Eric Frasier and a seemingly coincidental link between the recent murders and Eric’s psychotic episodes. Despite Dr Holmwood’s insistence that Eric’s behaviour could not possibly be linked to any of the murders, other than the one he witnessed, Gabriel reluctantly allows Monroe to investigate along those lines. Even in the face of overwhelming evidence, the detective constable refuses to believe that any of the suspects are guilty and instead starts hunting down a man that no-one else can see.” Written by Philip L Milne – IMDB

George plays the role of Dr Holmwood.

Promotional video on YouTube.

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Manchester Theatre Award Winners Announced

The winners of the Manchester Theatre Awards were announced at 10am on 14 March.

Margot Leicester won the accolade for best actress for her performance in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Full details of all the awards can be found at the Manchester Theatre Awards website

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Manchester Theatre Awards Nominations 2011

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? has secured a plethora of nominations in the newly revamped Manchester Theatre Awards.

Announced today at 10am Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? has nominations for the entire cast and production, as follows:

  • Best Production: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
  • Best Actor: George irving
  • Best Actress: Margot Leciester
  • Best Supporting Actor: Kieran Hill
  • Best Supporting Actress: Tammy Joelle

Full details of the nominations in all seventeen categories are available from The Manchester Theatre Awards.

Resources

Midsomer Murders

George starred in an episode of Midsomer Murders, series 14 episode 7, A Sacred Trust, broadcast on 26 October 2011 on ITV1 and ITV1HD at 20:00.

The series is also available to download from iTunes on a per episode basis or with a season pass.

When a nun is strangled to death in the cloistered world of Midsomer Priory Barnaby and Jones are faced with an investigation involving teenage trysts, missing antique silver, African art and holy orders.

Jones visits the local pub, where he learns that a woman was seen acting strangely on the day of the murder, and that teenagers in the area sneak into the priory grounds for romantic liaisons.

Later, the nuns discover that a valuable silver altar set has vanished, then the chaplain is found murdered. Can Barnaby and Jones work out the connection between the holy orders, the missing silver, the African art and uncover the killer?

Cast

Written by Rachel Cuperman & Sally Griffiths
Directed by Renny Rye

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

New theatre appearance added 13th May 2011

George is to star in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee, running from 22 September to 15 October 2011 at The Octagon Theatre in Bolton.

After the success of All My Sons and A Streetcar Named Desire launching his first two seasons David Thacker opens his third season as Artistic Director of the The Octagon Theatre with another classic contemporary American drama, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Opening at the Billy Rose Theatre, on Broadway, in October 1962, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is the multi award winning play written by Edward Albee.

A newly arrived professor and his wife are the unsuspecting guests inexorably drawn into the confrontational web of machinations arising from the volatile relationship between George (George Irving), a professor suffering a moribund career and his demanding, coquettish wife Martha (Margot Leicester).

Cast

Interviews

Reviews

Resources

Creating The Set

Creative Team

  • David Thacker – Director
  • Mark Gill – Assistant Director
  • Edward Albee – Author
  • Patrick Connellan – Designer
  • Mick Hughes – Lighting Designer
  • Andy Smith – Sound Designer
  • Lesley Hutchison – Associate Artist (Movement)
  • Sophia Horrocks – Deputy Stage Manager
  • Danielle Fearnley – Assistant Stage Manager

Who’s Afraid of Virgina Woolf? and Edward Albee

The Piper

George Irving in The Piper at Finborough Vibrant 2011

George starred in The Piper a new play by Colleen Murphy at Vibrant – A Festival of Finborough Playwrights on 12 July 2011

From the programme:

Rats take many forms in the corporate democracy of Hameln where an orchestrated chaos reigns and ghosts of dead children mingle with the living. Ruled by the tyrannical Mayor Pop, the Town Council sells off essential services so that they can buy more casinos. A gang of Rats, led by Kingsley – who reads Nietzsche and longs to be human – bristle at being forced to do naughty jobs in exchange for leftovers. Into this greedy landscape comes Piper, a meek musician who literally collides with Pink, the Mayor’s daughter, and they are instantly smitten…but their love is interrupted when the body of the Deputy Mayor’s son is fished out of the river. Moral outrage erupts, Kingsley is publicly tortured, and Hameln declares war on the Rats…then the fun begins. Beneath the theatrical merriment of this boisterous comic-tragedy lies an astute meditation on a self-destructing society and the anguish of children clinging to the notion of unconditional love.

For more details see the Finborough website

Creative Team

Written by Colleen Murphy
Directed by Fidelis Morgan

Cast

Jo Cameron Brown
Poppy Carter
Rupert Farley
Rupert Frazer
Hermione Gulliford
Bob Gwilym
Carsten Hayes
Philip Herbert
Robin Hooper
Angus Imrie
George Irving
Frances Lo
Katie Meekison
Pauline Moran
Peter Moreton
Olivia O’Shea
Emilie Patry
Dudley Sutton
Sian Thomas
Julian Wadham
Christopher Webber
Tristram Wymark

The Royal

New upcoming TV appearance added 17th November 2008 – Updated 12th July 2011

The Royal Logo

George’s episode of The Royal (Series 8, Episode 11) Beneath the Surface, is to be broadcast on 24th July 2011 on ITV1 and ITV1 HD at 19:00 and ITV1+1 at 20:00.

With kind thanks to ITV

Beware – Contains Spoilers!

The staff of The Royal are faced with multiple casualties at the scene of an explosion caused by a World War Two bomb disturbed by workers on a building site.

Doctors Ellis and Weatherill race to the scene to discover one of their own among the casualties. Theatre technician Alun Morris was passing the site on his scooter at the time of the explosion but escapes with only minor cuts and bruises. This is in stark contrast to a homeless man sleeping rough at the site who is trapped in the rubble and must face the fact that the only way to free him is to amputate his foot.

Despite warnings from the fire brigade that the building is in imminent danger of collapse Doctor Weatherill insists she will perform the necessary surgery herself. As she works another bomb is found …

Meanwhile back at the hospital, severely damaged in the previous episode when a water tank fell through the ceiling, the staff are still struggling to find a solution to the problems of the cash strapped casualty department. The health authority are refusing to pay for the work required and in the absence of funding it appears there may be little option but to close the department and make cost cutting redundancies.

However, just as Jean proposes closure, hope comes in the form of mystery benefactor, Terence Mavers, a wealthy local businessman who makes it known his company would like to donate the £20,000 required for repairs. Could there be strings attached to the offer?

Doctor Ralph Ellis is openly hostile to the generous offer and later confides in his girlfriend and nurse at The Royal, Carol, that Terence is his father. Ralph is unable to forgive his father for a incident in the past and his hatred for his father puts the entire deal at risk.

TV Listings

Updated 24th May 2011

Finally new news of The Royal after a two year hiatus!

George will be starring in the penultimate episode of ITV1′s The Royal to be screened in the summer of 2011.

ITV’s retro medical drama, The Royal, returns after a two year break with its last ever episodes and picks up where the series left off in 2009.

Series 8 opens with an episode entitled “Any Old Iron” on 5 June 2011 and continues with “Should I Stay or Should I Go Now?” the following week on 12 June 2011, the series will continue until the final episode on 31 July 2011.

Filmed in autumn 2008 this final run of episodes features a strong cast including Wendy Craig, Glynis Barber, Linda Armstrong, Michelle Hardwick and many guests. The opening episode also features veteran actor Ian Carmichael‘s last performance before his death early in 2010.

The Royal is screened on ITV1 and ITV1 HD.

The Extremists

George was part of an open rehearsed reading of The Extremists written and directed by Chris Goode (who also directed the recent Landscape at The Theatre Royal, Bath) in the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs at The Royal Court Theatre in London on Friday, 25th March 2011.

Cast

Resources

Landscape

New theatre appearance added 8th January 2011

George is to star in Landscape by Harold Pinter, running from 2nd February to 19th February 2011 at The Theatre Royal, Bath.

Reviews

Resources

Cast

Credits

  • Chris Goode – Director
  • Harold Pinter – Author
  • Naomi Dawson – Designer
  • Katharine Williams – Lighting