{"id":25,"date":"2014-05-20T20:27:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-20T20:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulfeatherstone.com\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2026-05-18T19:54:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T19:54:31","slug":"actor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/paulfeatherstone.com\/?page_id=25","title":{"rendered":"Actor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Prior to becoming an opera singer, Paul worked for several years as a professional actor in Scotland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center western\">THEATRE CREDITS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left western\">DUNDEE REP<br>Debienne in \u201cTHE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA\u201d by Ken Hill \u201887<br>Algernon in \u201cTHE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST\u201d by Oscar Wilde \u201887<br>Tristan Tzara in \u201cTRAVESTIES\u201d by Tom Stoppard \u201887<br>Smith in \u201cMURDER ON THE NILE\u201d by Agatha Christie \u201887<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulfeatherstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Sandy-in-Hay-Fever-e1400883212323.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"175\" src=\"http:\/\/www.paulfeatherstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Sandy-in-Hay-Fever-e1400883212323-300x175.jpg\" alt=\"As Sandy in &quot;HAY FEVER&quot; at the Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh with Martyn James, David Tennant, Irene Macdougall, Louise Delamere, Michael Mackenzie, Edith Macarthur &amp; Emma Dingwall.\" class=\"wp-image-114\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.7143494954906688;width:644px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paulfeatherstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Sandy-in-Hay-Fever-e1400883212323-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/paulfeatherstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Sandy-in-Hay-Fever-e1400883212323-1024x597.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>As Sandy (about to perform cushion trick) in &#8220;HAY FEVER&#8221; at the Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh<br> with Martyn James, David Tennant, Irene Macdougall, Louise Delamere, Michael Mackenzie, <br>Edith Macarthur &amp; Emma Dingwall.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"western\">ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE, EDINBURGH<br>Jerry Devine in \u201cJUNO &amp; THE PAYCOCK\u201d by Sean O\u2019Casey \u201890<br>Sandy Tyrell in \u201cHAY FEVER\u201d by Noel Coward \u201892<br>Baayo &amp; Prince Fomfoma in \u201cSLEEPING BEAUTY\u201d by Stuart Paterson \u201896<br>Various roles in \u201cWORDS BEYOND WORDS\u201d play readings co-ordinated by Tom McGrath \u201889<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"western\">GLASGOW CITIZENS THEATRE<br>Baloo in \u201cTHE JUNGLE BOOK\u201d by Myles Rudge \u201892<br>Assistant Director \u201cTHE LION, THE WITCH &amp; THE WARDROBE\u201d by Myles Rudge \u201893<br>Assistant Director \u201cPINOCCHIO\u201d by Myles Rudge \u201895<br>Torquato Tasso (cover) in \u201cTORQUATO TASSO\u201d by Goethe \u201894<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulfeatherstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Not-About-Heroes.-Stephen-Macdonald-author-director-Paul-Featherstone-Siegfried-Sassoon-Cal-Macaninch-Wilfred-Owen.-Craiglockhart.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" src=\"http:\/\/www.paulfeatherstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Not-About-Heroes.-Stephen-Macdonald-author-director-Paul-Featherstone-Siegfried-Sassoon-Cal-Macaninch-Wilfred-Owen.-Craiglockhart-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"As Siegfried Sassoon in &quot;NOT ABOUT HEROES&quot; with author &amp; director Stephen Macdonald and Cal Macaninch (Wilfred Owen) at Craiglockhart.\" class=\"wp-image-112\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.428603318699308;width:565px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paulfeatherstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Not-About-Heroes.-Stephen-Macdonald-author-director-Paul-Featherstone-Siegfried-Sassoon-Cal-Macaninch-Wilfred-Owen.-Craiglockhart-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/paulfeatherstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Not-About-Heroes.-Stephen-Macdonald-author-director-Paul-Featherstone-Siegfried-Sassoon-Cal-Macaninch-Wilfred-Owen.-Craiglockhart.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>As young Siegfried Sassoon in &#8220;NOT ABOUT HEROES&#8221; <br>with author &amp; director Stephen Macdonald (older Sassoon) <br>and Cal Macaninch (Wilfred Owen) at Craiglockhart.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"western\">HEROES THEATRE COMPANY<br>Siegfried Sassoon in \u201cNOT ABOUT HEROES\u201d written &amp; directed by Stephen MacDonald.<br>Performed at Craiglockhart where the play is set (with Stephen MacDonald as the older Sassoon)<br>and then on tour (with Paul as Sassoon young &amp; old). \u201888<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"western\">ARCHES THEATRE, GLASGOW<br>Putnam in \u201cTHE CRUCIBLE\u201d by Arthur Miller \u201894<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulfeatherstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/closer-than-ever-e1400884844656.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"205\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/www.paulfeatherstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/closer-than-ever-e1400884844656-205x300.jpg\" alt=\"As Man 1 in &quot;CLOSER THAN EVER&quot; with David Greer, Val Munro &amp; Alicia Devine.\" class=\"wp-image-119\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.6833524325450567;width:341px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paulfeatherstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/closer-than-ever-e1400884844656-205x300.jpg 205w, https:\/\/paulfeatherstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/closer-than-ever-e1400884844656-700x1024.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 205px) 100vw, 205px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>As Man 1 in &#8220;CLOSER THAN EVER&#8221; with David Greer, Val Munro &amp; Alicia Devine<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"western\">GOLDEN AGE THEATRE COMPANY Tour<br>Man 1 in the musical revue \u201cCLOSER THAN EVER\u201d by Richard Maltby Jr &amp; David Shire \u201895<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"western\">RAMSHORN THEATRE, GLASGOW<br>Goldberg in \u201cTHE BIRTHDAY PARTY\u201d by Harold Pinter \u201896<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"western\">ORIGINAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY<br>Balthasar the singer &amp; Conrad in \u201cMUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING\u201d by Shakespeare,<br>Cottier Theatre, Glasgow &nbsp;\u201895<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"western\">ANNEXE THEATRE CO., Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh<br>Robert Rattray in \u201cAN AUDIENCE WITH THE BARD\u201d by Alan Hayton \u201888<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"western\">FIRE EXIT, Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh<br>Lawyer One in &#8220;HORIZONTAL COLLABORATION&#8221; by David Leddy, 2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"western\">&nbsp;BURNS MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY Tour<br>Erskine &amp; Cover Burns in \u201cSCOT FREE\u201d by John Cairney &amp; Geoff Davidson \u201888<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"western\">FIFTH ESTATE, Edinburgh Fringe<br>Maclean in the musical \u201c1820\u201d by Patrick Evans &amp; Gordon Dougall \u201896<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"western\">SCOTTISH EARLY MUSIC CONSORT<br>Irish Cleric in &#8220;LA VITA HUMANA&#8221; by Giulio Rospigliosi &amp; Marco Marazzoli,<br>Tramway Theatre, Glasgow &#8217;90<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"western\">Irish Cleric in &#8220;LA BALTASARA&#8221; by Giulio Rospigliosi &amp; Antonio Maria Abbatini,<br>Tramway Theatre, Glasgow &#8217;92<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center western\">FILM &amp; TELEVISION<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left western\">Newspaper reporter in &#8220;TAKE THE HIGH ROAD&#8221; Scottish Television &#8217;88<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left western\">Photographer in &#8220;TAKE THE HIGH ROAD&#8221; Scottish Television &#8217;90<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left western\">Laird in &#8220;THE GOOD GUYS&#8221; (Ep.3: &#8220;The MacQuarrie Treasure&#8221;) London Weekend Television &#8217;92<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left western\">Policeman in &#8220;JOYRIDE&#8221; BFI\/Channel Four Films\/Sidewalk &#8217;95<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">EARLY ROLES (Student &amp; non professional)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">GREAT WESTERN THEATRE COMPANY<br>Figaro in &#8220;THE BARBER OF SEVILLE&#8221; by Beaumarchais<br>The Doctor in &#8220;WOYZECK&#8221; by Buchner<br>Voltore in &#8220;VOLPONE&#8221; by Ben Jonson<br>John Jasper in &#8220;THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD&#8221; by Charles Dickens, adapted by Leslie Crook<br>Oronte in &#8220;MOLIERE&#8217;S THE MISANTHROPE AMENDED&#8221; by Leslie Crook<br>Willie Curry in &#8220;CUTTIN&#8217; A RUG&#8221; by John Byrne<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">TRYST THEATRE COMPANY<br>Davies in &#8220;THE CARETAKER&#8221; by Harold Pinter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">CHANNEL 5 THEATRE COMPANY<br>Leonato in &#8220;MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING&#8221; by Shakespeare<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW<br>Henry VIII in &#8220;HENRY VIII&#8221; by Shakespeare<br>Claudius in &#8220;HAMLET&#8221; by Shakespeare<br>Menenius in &#8220;CORIOLANUS&#8221; by Shakespeare<br>Hepple &amp; MacLeish in &#8220;REVENGE&#8221; by Howard Brenton<br>Tolen in &#8220;THE KNACK&#8221; by Ann Jellicoe<br>Wilson in &#8220;THE RUFFIAN ON THE STAIR&#8221; by Joe Orton<br>Leonardo in &#8220;BRISTO&#8221; by Antonio Ferreira<br>Ralph Roister Doister in &#8220;RALPH ROISTER DOISTER&#8221; by Nicholas Udall<br>Various Committee men in &#8220;ARE YOU NOW OR HAVE YOU EVER BEEN?&#8221; (Transcripts from the<br>House Unamerican Activities Committee hearings)<br>Duke in &#8220;THE LYTSTERES PLAY: Trial Before Herod&#8221; (from the York Mystery Plays)<br>One of the 3 Marys (along with Peter Mullan &amp; Cal Macaninch)<br>rolling away the stone in a 13th Century Liturgical drama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">SCOTTISH YOUTH THEATRE<br>Duke of Ephesus in &#8220;THE COMEDY OF ERRORS&#8221; by Shakespeare, music by Guy Woolfenden.<br>Dir: Joan Knight MD: John Scrimger.<br>Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prior to becoming an opera singer, Paul worked for several years as a professional actor in Scotland. 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