Gareth Cassidy

For the New Vic: Astley’s Astounding Adventures and Treasure Island

Theatre credits include: The Hobbit, Beauty and the Beast, Hansel and Gretel, The Life and Times of Mitchell and Kenyon, A Christmas Carol, Pierrepoint – the Hangman’s Tale, Peter Pan and Treasure Island (The Dukes, Lancaster); Spring and Port Wine (Oldham Coliseum); Little Shop of Horrors (Salisbury Playhouse); Heidi and We Are Three Sisters (Northern Broadsides); Beauty and the Beast, ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore, Vincent in Brixton and She Stoops to Conquer (Theatre by the Lake, Keswick); Cinderella (LBT Huddersfield); Hard Times (Library Theatre, Manchester); Around The World In 80 Days (Chipping Norton Theatre and tour); The Wild Adventures of Robin Hood (Sticks Theatre); Crying in the Chapel (Contact Theatre, Manchester); In the Picture (M6 Theatre); Hamlet, The Merchant of Venice (Demi Paradise Theatre at Lancaster Castle); Pinocchio (Oldham Children’s Theatre) and Cell (24/7 and Re:Play festivals).

Television credits include: South Riding (BBC); The Great Train Robbery (BBC) and 7 Days That Rocked Elton (Channel 5).

Radio and audio book credits include: Keep the Home Fires Burning, And Is There Honey Still for Tea and The Kraken Wakes (BBC Radio 4); and he is the voice of all the Meerkat Madness audio books.

Gareth trained at Manchester Metropolitan University.