Gary Tushaw

Gary trained as an actor at RADA.  Gary has had a long association with PHA, both as a performer and director; and, most recently, had the great pleasure of directing Beauty and the Beast at the Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone, last season.   Prior to this Gary has directed shows for PHA at the Bridlington Spa Theatre and Marina Theatre, Lowestoft and performed in variety of panto roles up and down the country.

Gary teaches and directs at a number of London drama schools, including London Studio Centre and the London School of Musical Theatre (LSMT) and has devised and directed work for the Big Little Theatre School in Bournemouth.

As an Actor, West End Theatre includes: Sunset Boulevard (Coliseum/English National Opera), Sweeney Todd (Coliseum/English National Opera), The Mousetrap (St Martins Theatre), Les Misérables(Queens Theatre), Romeo and Juliet (Piccadilly).

Opera:  Puck in Benjamin Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires).

Other Theatre includes: Richard III (OVO Roman Theatre, St Albans); Turning the Screw (New Wimbledon Theatre and King's Head)); The Rocky Horror Picture Show (International Tour); Amour (Charing Cross Theatre); Allegro (Southwark Playhouse); Ragtime (Charing Cross Theatre); Thérèse Raquin (The Park Theatre and The Finborough), The Liberation of Colette Simple (Jackson’s Lane); The Hired Man (Leicester Curve Theatre); Return of the Solider(Landor Theatre); Bonnie and Clyde (Kings Head Theatre); Billy Chickens is a Psychopath Superstar (Theatre 503 at the Latitude Festival); Hacked (Theatre 503); Bel Ami  (White Bear); A Christmas Carol (Southwark Playhouse); Our Miss Gibbs (The Finborough); The Melancholy Hussar (King's Head); The Beggars Opera and Taming of the Shrew (Changeling Theatre Company touring); The Tempest (New Wolsey); The Picture of Dorian Gray (Pomegranate Theatre, Chesterfield); As You like It and Hamlet (National Tour); Fumed Oak and Red Peppers, The Importance of Being Earnest (REL/Cunard Productions);  The Devil’s Disciple(RADA Festival).

Gary also devises and performs programmes of song and poetry (RADA, National Portrait Gallery and for Cherub Theatre Company).

Television and Film includes: Thanks for the Memories (Memories Productions Ltd); Glow and Darkness (Dreamlight International Productions); Jolly Good Christmas (Hallmark).