Guy Woolf
Acting
Acting
Guy is an actor, director and composer based in London.
His acting credits include AS YOU LIKE IT (The Globe), DENIM (Soho Theatre, Arts Theatre, British Summer Time @ Hyde Park, Glastonbury and Bethnal Green Working Men's Club with Florence and the Machine, the Underbelly Edinburgh Fringe and others), BECOMING ELECTRA: A QUEER MITZVAH (Nottingham Playhouse, Hope Mill Theatre, the Roundhouse and others), YANKL AND THE BEANSTALK (The Pleasance), THE CHER SHOW (UK & ROI Tour Original Cast, directed by Dame Arlene Phillips, in which he was nominated for a Broadway World Award), TRIGONOMETRY for the BBC, BROKEN TOYS (Cervantes Theatre), 3 GUYS NAKED FROM THE WAIST DOWN (Finborough Theatre), THRILL ME (The English Theatre of Hamburg and Jermyn Street Theatre), CHILDREN OF EDEN (Union Theatre) and Romeo in ROMEO AND JULIET (Bridewell Theatre).
He was Creative Director and Co-Founder of theatre company REPRESENT dedicated to redressing the socioeconomic imbalance in the arts and recently associate director on NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL A MUSICAL, directed by Craig Revel Horwood.
Guy has directed productions at Southwark Playhouse, Jackson’s Lane, The Roundhouse, Tristan Bates Theatre and three sell-out productions at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Guy has written the music for SIXTH FORM ROMEO, a musical by Nigel Williams (Elizabeth I with Helen Mirren, The Wimbledon Trilogy novels) and GREAT AGAIN (Tristan Bates and VAULT Festival, winner MIRO magazine pick of the festival, finalists for Mercury Theatre Songwriting award sponsored by Tim Minchin) with Isla van Tricht. He was also commissioned by Ice&Fire theatre company to compose songs for THE SEX ED MUSICAL, a verbatim musical for young people about sex education which toured schools and venues across the UK.
For voice clips, visit https://soundcloud.com/guywoolf
Stage
Production | Character | Director | Company |
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As You Like It | Dennis | Ellen McDougall | The Globe |
Dorin | Raymi Ortuste Quiroga | Cervantes Theatre | |
THE CHER SHOW | Sonny | Arlene Phillips | ROYO |
DENIM: WORLD TOUR | Electra Cute | Jess Edwards and Steve Marmion | Soho Theatre and United Agents |
DENIM TITANIQUE | Electra Cute | Jess Edwards | Granville and Parham Productions |
THYESTES | Atreus | Joseph Cunningham | Courtyard Theatre |
HIV VOICES | Man | Hugh Wyld | The King's Head Theatre |
ROMEO AND JULIET | Romeo | Ollie Kaderbhai | Bridewell Theatre |
THE TEMPEST | Ferdinand | Sarah Redmond | Waterloo East Theatre |
A TIME TO SPEAK | Man | Hugh Wyld | Lost Theatre and Various |
CHRISTOPHER AND HIS KIND | Heinz | Katherine Timms | The Space |
MEASURE FOR MEASURE | Claudio | Charlie Parham | American Tour / Jackson's Lane Theatre |
ANGELS IN AMERICA PART 1 : MILLENNIUM APPROACHES | Louis Ironson | Hugh Wyld | CUADC |
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE | Shylock | Celine Lowenthal | European Tour/The Cockpit Theatre |
WAITING FOR GODOT | Lucky | Charlie Parham | Fletcher Players |
AS YOU LIKE IT | Oliver | Charlie Parham | Edinburgh Festival Fringe / Lion & Unicorn Theatre |
THE CURSE OF MACBETH | Macbeth | Max Barton | Edinburgh Festival Fringe |
Television
Production | Character | Director | Company |
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Trigonometry | Drag Queen | Athina Rachel Tsangari | House Productions for BBC2 |