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George Irving 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.
George will be starring in one of the new episodes of ITV1's The Royal to be screened in 2009.
Twelve new episodes of The Royal are currently being filmed and together with two specials, made in Ireland, these will be broadcast in 2009.
George is starring in The Dying of Today at the Arcola Theatre in London.
The Dying of Today is written by Howard Barker, directed by Gerrard McArthur and presented at the Arcola by The Wrestling School.
The play runs until the 22nd of November 2008.
HOWARD BARKER SPECIAL An illuminating symposium on the playwright's work, chaired by critic Mark Brown, with contributions from Howard Barker, Hugh Hodgart (Head of Acting, Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama) and Liam Brennan (actor and co-director, with Hodgart, of a revival of Wounds to the Face). Recorded at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Glasgow, on 24th May 2008.
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Close on the heels of his starring role in the 2006 national tour of The French Lieutenant's Woman, George Irving returned to the theatre for his next project. He starred in Shining City, a chilling urban ghost story set in Dublin.
Shining City is written by Conor McPherson, the subject of critical acclaim for the National Theatre production of The Seafarer and the multi-award winning author of The Weir and Dublin Carol.
Shining City tells the story of Ian, a former priest who's leaving his vocation to be with Neasa, the mother of his daughter. In an attempt to support his new responsibilities Ian begins work as a therapist in Dublin. It is here he meets John who's haunted by the ghostly figure of his wife, killed in a car crash.
As John begins to open up Ian slowly comes to realize the parallels that exist between his life and John's, both haunted by their own ghosts.
In addition to George the cast of four included Paul McCleary, Mairead Conneely and Conor Michael Ryan.
Previously playing to packed audiences in London, Dublin and on Broadway, it ran for three weeks at Bolton's Octagon Theatre, from Thursday, 17th May 2007 to Saturday, 9th June 2007.
In November 2007 George was nominated in the Best Actor category of the Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards for his portrayl of John in Shining City.
George's nomination was one of eight for The Octagon Theatre in their 40th anniversary season.
The awards ceremony took place on 5th December at a star-studded lunch in Manchester and ... while "George Irving shone in Conor McPherson's atmospheric ghost story Shining City" (Kevin Bourke) it was Elliot Cowan who won the Manchester Evening News Theatre Award for Best Actor for his performance in Henry V at the Royal Exchange.
Writer - Conor McPherson
Director - Mark Babych
Writer Conor McPherson is best-known for his award-winning play, The Weir. He talks to Mark Lawson about his latest work, The Shining City, which opens with a man in Dublin seeking help from a counsellor - because he's being haunted by his dead wife.
Antonio's Breakfast is a powerful short film from Daniel Mulloy produced in 2005 and winner of several awards.
Living on the fourteenth floor of a London tower block and unable to dress, eat, move or even breathe unaided, Antonio's father is completely dependant upon Antonio for his very existence. Increasingly desparate, Antonio is unable to let himself excape.
United Kingdom, 16 minutes
Director: Daniel Mulloy
George starred in "The French Lieutenant's Woman" adapted by Mark Healy from the John Fowles novel in it's 2006 UK premiere and tour.
Directed by Kate Saxon the production premiered at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre in Guildford on 30th August 2006 before going on a 13 week tour to 12 locations around the UK until 25th November 2006.
| Theatre | Location | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Yvonne Arnaud Theatre | Guildford | 30 August 2006 - 9 September 2006 |
| Theatre Royal | Glasgow | 11 September 2006 - 16 September 2006 |
| Theatre Royal | Windsor | 18 September 2006 - 23 September 2006 |
| Theatre Royal | Brighton | 25 September 2006 - 30 September 2006 |
| Milton Keynes Theatre | Milton Keynes | 2 October 2006 - 7 October 2006 |
| Arts Theatre | Cambridge | 9 October 2006 - 14 October 2006 |
| Everyman Theatre | Cheltenham | 16 October 2006 - 21 October 2006 |
| Richmond Theatre | London | 23 October 2006 - 28 October 2006 |
| The Lighthouse | Poole | 30 October 2006 - 4 November 2006 |
| Churchill Theatre | Bromley | 13 November - 18 November 2006 |
Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford - 30 August 2006
Nestling between a gently flowing river and a bank of late blooming trees the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre provided the perfect venue for the UK premiere of The French Lieutenant's Woman. Large enough to accommodate the capacity audience the theatre proved to be surprisingly intimate, the stage being only inches from the front row.
A desk adorned with the tools of a writer's trade, gently lit with a lamp, set in the centre of a multilevel stage is the first glimpse of the evening ahead. To the excited mutterings of the opening night crowd the lights dim and George Irving playing The Writer takes his place on the stage. The sound of a typewriter and the image of a writer struggling with his art open the play. The Writer is soon joined by an assembly of his disparate characters playing in his mind. The Writer screams "Stop" and tells the audience "I don't know where to begin ..." and so opens The French Lieutenant's Woman.
It inspired, Jane Austen and John Fowles to write about it and the image of Meryl Streep in the French Lieutenant's Woman standing, hooded and windswept, at its end is unforgettable.
The Cobb at Lyme Regis has inspired artists and writers since its creation in Medieval times and sheltered seafarers for centuries. Generations of children have enjoyed the innocent pleasure of dangling baited string over the stone shelter's walls, in search of its many crabs.
The Best Man from Touchpaper Television was shown in two 90 minute epsiodes on ITV1 on 20th and 21st March 2006 at 21:00
The Best Man is according to RDF "a thriller in the tradition of Hitchcock's most atmospheric movies" with George turning in a "powerful" performance according to sources who have seen the programme.
First of a two-part psychological thriller about the intense and claustrophobic relationship between two childhood friends. Peter, a suave yet neurotic member of the upper classes, seems to dominate Michael, whose poor background leaves him lacking in confidence. During a spell at a psychiatric rehabilitation centre, Michael falls in love with Kate. He summons up the courage to move in with her and break away from Peter, but will he be able to escape from their troubled past?
Richard Coyle, Keeley Hawes, Toby Stephens, George Irving, Aaron Johnson, Michael Gabriel
Kate and Michael are happily settling into married life, putting their ruined honeymoon and Peter behind them. But when Peter's father dies, leaving a cottage to Michael, he is drawn back into their lives. A contrite Peter manages to persuade Michael that he has changed - although Kate is less than convinced. Miller continues to haunt all of them and Kate finds herself in mortal danger. Only when she confronts the secrets of the past does she come to understand - and the truth is terrifying.
Richard Coyle, Keeley Hawes, Toby Stephens, George Irving
After over 2 years of talk and much hype about THAT film and not much action to be honest, no cinema release, a missed DVD release date and even unthinkable talk about George's appearance being left on the cutting room floor ... well never fear, I have finally seen Things To Do Before You're 30 in it's entirety and George's role as Montgomery is still very much intact.
Things To Do Before You're 30 was released in India on 18 October 2005 and in the UK in June 2006.
If you've not had a chance to catch George's latest advert for the Renault Modus, view the streaming version here.
After an absence of over two and a half years George Irving returned to our screens in February in a Dalziel and Pascoe story entitled 'The Dig'. Broadcast in two parts on 13th and 14th February 2005 George played a character called Robin Blake.
