Guy Unsworth
Director & Writer
Guy is a freelance theatre director and writer working in the UK and internationally. He grew up in Southport, Lancashire, and after studying Industrial Economics at the University of Nottingham, trained as a theatre director at the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. Guy worked as Assistant and Associate Director on numerous productions in the West End and at the Royal Shakespeare Company. His award winning career now spans a wide range of genres, from new musicals to Shakespeare to theatre films.
Awards and Nominations
Broadway World nomination for Best Director of a Play for Farragut North
Broadway World nomination for Best New Production Off West End for Farragut North
MTM UK Award for Best New Musical for Fresher The Musical
Broadway World nomination for Best Off West End Musical for Fresher The Musical
BroadwayWorld.com Award nomination for Cool Rider
West-End Wilma Award nomination for Best Solo/Cabaret Show for A Night with Bonnie Langford
Great British Pantomime Award nomination for Best Panto for Snow White
OnComm nomination for Digital Theatre for Being Mr Wickham
Broadway World Spain nomination for Best Theatre Event for My Fair Lady
Three Singapore Life Theatre Award nomination for Julius Caesar
Edinburgh Fringe Arden Award for The Bear Who Paints
Director’s Guild Award For Best New Director for Proof
Stage Electrics Award for Best New Designer for Proof
New Theatre Award for Best Direction for Proof
Broadway World nomination for Best Director of a New Production of a Play for Stumped
Broadway World nomination for Best New Regional or Touring Production for Stumped
ST Life Theatre Awards, Singapore nomination for Production of the Year for A Midsummer Night's Dream
Great British Pantomime Award nomination for Best Director for Cinderella
Great British Pantomime Award nomination for Best Panto for Cinderella
Winner of two other Pantomime Awards for Cinderella
Independent Film Awards Semi-finalist for Best British Picture for The System
Lonely Wolf Intl. Festival nomination for Best Experimental Film for The System
Latitude Film Awards Silver Award for Best Director for The System
Latitude Film Awards Bronze Award for Best Feature for The System
OnComm Finalist for Digital Theatre Live Recorded for The System
Sensei, Tokyo Film Festival nomination for Best Young Filmmaker for The System
Sensei, Tokyo Film Festival nomination for Best Feature Film for The System
Sensei, Tokyo Film Festival nomination for Best Directing for The System
Sensei, Tokyo Film Festival nomination for Best Original Concept for The System
Hawaii Magma Film Festival nomination for Best Feature Film for The System
Hawaii Magma Film Festival Semi Finalist for Best Directing for The System
Hawaii Magma Film Festival Semi Finalist for Best Young Film Maker for The System
List Of Productions
2024
COOL RIDER | Original Director | London Palladium
BEING MR WICKHAM | Jermyn St Theatre
JOYRIDE | Adaptor & Director | Malmo Opera
2023
BEING MR WICKHAM | 59e59, New York
JACK AND THE BEANSTALK | Manchester Opera House
STUMPED | Hampstead Theatre
MISS SAIGON | Scenekvelder, Oslo
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM | Singapore Reperatory Theatre
2022
PETER PAN | The Opera House, Manchester
STUMPED | Original Theatre Online
SOME MOTHERS DO 'AVE 'EM | Writer & Director | UK Tour
2021
THE SYSTEM |Original Theatre Company
MY FAIR LADY CONCERT | Liceu Opera Barcelona
BRING IT ON | Selladoor, Southbank Centre
BEING MR WICKHAM | Original Theatre Company & UK Tour
2019
CINDERELLA | Nottingham Theatre Royal
SNOW WHITE | Opera House, Manchester
THE FOOD OF LOVE | Royal Festival Hall
YES, PRIME MINISTER | Theatr Clwyd
AN EVENING WITH BONNIE LANGFORD | Richmond Theatre
LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL | Trinity Laban
2018
SOME MOTHERS DO 'AVE EM | Writer & Director | UK Tour
MOVING STORIES | Houses of Parliment
CINDERELLA | Opera House, Manchester
JULIUS CAESAR | Fort Canning Park, Singapore
OF MICE AND MEN | UK Tour
2017
HAND TO GOD | Singapore Repertory Theatre
MADE IN DAGENHAM | Trinity Laban
MOVING STORIES | Theatre Royal Haymarket, West End
2016
THE FOOD OF LOVE | Cadogan Hall
AN EVENING WITH BONNIE LANGFORD | London Hippodrome
A WHIRLIGIG OF TIME | Royal Shakespeare Company
2015
DEATH AND THE MAIDEN | English Theatre Frankfurt
BILLY | Mountview
2014
COOL RIDER | Lyric Theatre & Duchess Theatre, West End
THE COLLECTOR | English Theatre Frankfurt
PREVIOUS PRODUCTIONS
FARRAGUT NORTH | Southwark Playhouse
MARGUERITE | Tabard Theatre
PLAY-IN-A-DAY SERIES | London Bridge Tunnels
SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS | Arts Ed
COMPANY | Arts Ed
THE GHOST TRAIN | The Lost Theatre
SOMEONE WHO'LL WATCH OVER ME | Cockpit Theatre
FRESHER THE MUSICAL | Pleasance Theatre and Edinburgh
HUMBLE BOY | Nottingham New Theatre
PROOF | NSDF Finals
METAMORPHOSIS | British American Drama Academy
DISCO PIGS | The Karamel Club
THE BEAR WHO PAINTS | Pleasance, Edinburgh
AS ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
THE 90TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS FOR HER ROYAL MAJESTY THE QUEEN | Windsor Castle
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING & LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST | Dir. Christopher Luscombe | Royal Shakespeare Theatre and West End
SPAMALOT | Dir. Christopher Luscombe | West End & UK Tour
TRAVELS WITH MY AUNT | Dir. Christopher Luscombe | Menier Chocolate Factory
DANDY DICK | As Resident | Dir. Christopher Luscombe | UK Tour
MEGAN MULLALLY AND THE SUPREME MUSIC PROGRAM | Creative Associate | West End
AS PRODUCER
70TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS FOR HRH PRINCE CHARLES | Buckingham Palace