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The Award Winners! Just announced ... 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.
5 December 2007 Preview of the Theatre Awards Lunch from Manchester Evening News
George has been nominated in the Best Actor category of the Manachester Evening News Theatre Awards for his portrayl of John in Shining City at The Octagon Theatre earlier this year.
George's nomination is one of eight for The Octagon Theatre in their 40th anniversary season.
The awards ceremony takes place on 5 December at a star-studded lunch in Manchester.
More details:
Latest news - 15 October 2007 George is to play William Kingston in episodes 9 and 10 of series 2 of The Tudors to be shown on BBC2 in 2008.
Filming of series 2 began in the summer of 2007 in Dublin and George's scenes were completed in early October.
A trailer is already available for series 2 via YouTube, below:
If you need to catch up on series 1 of this great drama the DVD set is released on 10 December.
Latest news - 1 May 2007 Close on the heels of his starring role in the 2006 national tour of The French Lieutenant's Woman George Irving is returning to the theatre for his next project. He is to star in Shining City, a chilling urban ghost story set in Dublin.
Shining City is written by Conor McPherson, the subject of recent critical acclaim for the National Theatre production of The Seafarer and the multi-award winning author of The Weir and Dublin Carol.
Running for three weeks at Bolton's Octagon Theatre, the play 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 hauted by the ghostly figure of his wife, killed in a car cash.
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 includes Paul McCleary, Mairead Conneely and Conor Michael Ryan.
Previously playing to packed audiences in London, Dublin and on Broadway, Shining City is at The Octagon Theatre from Thursday, May 17, to Saturday, June 9. Tickets cost from £7.50 to £17.50 and can be booked online from The Octagon Theatre or by ringing 01204 520661.
Writer - Conor McPherson
Director - Mark Babych
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.
Best Live Action Short (winner) - 2005 British Academy Awards
Short Film Jury Prize (winner) - 2006 Newport International Film Festival
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.
Latest news - announced 13 June 2006 - George is to star in "The French Lieutenant's Woman" adapted by Mark Healy from the John Fowles novel.
Directed by Kate Saxon the production premieres at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre in Guildford on 30 August 2006 before going on a 13 week tour to 12 locations around the UK until 25 November 2006.
Theatre |
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| Yvonne Arnaud Theatre | Guildford | 30 August 2006 - 9 September 2006 | Details » |
| Theatre Royal | Glasgow | 11 September 2006 - 16 September 2006 | Details » |
| Theatre Royal | Windsor | 18 September 2006 - 23 September 2006 | Details » |
| Theatre Royal | Brighton | 25 September 2006 - 30 September 2006 | Details » |
| Milton Keynes Theatre | Milton Keynes | 2 October 2006 - 7 October 2006 | Details » |
| Arts Theatre | Cambridge | 9 October 2006 - 14 October 2006 | Details » |
| Everyman Theatre | Cheltenham | 16 October 2006 - 21 October 2006 | Details » |
| Richmond Theatre | London | 23 October 2006 - 28 October 2006 | Details » |
| The Lighthouse | Poole | 30 October 2006 - 4 November 2006 | Details » |
| Churchill Theatre | Bromley | 13 November - 18 November 2006 | Details » |
George Irving is probably most 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 and the BAFTA nominated Wing and a Prayer.
The DVD of Things To Do Before You're Thirty is now scheduled for release on 18 September 2006. The DVD is currently available on pre-order from Play.com.
TV and Satellite Week - 14 March 2005
Total TV Guide - 14 March 2005
TV Choice - 14 March 2005
TV Quick interview - 14 March 2005
Radio Times interview - 14 March 2005
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
At last!
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.
Latest News: the latest news from the production company is that Things To Do Before You're 30 will be released in June 2006
Things To Do Before You're 30 was released in India on 18 October 2005
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.
