Gary Lagden

Gary comes from Port Talbot, South Wales and trained as an actor at RADA. Since graduating in 1994 he has acted in over 80 productions. He has toured nationally and internationally, including work in Russia, Denmark and Azerbaijan. He has worked for many companies including Manchester's Royal Exchange, Theatre Centre, The Touring Consortium, Tangere Arts, The Young Vic, The Royal Court, Hull Truck and Nottingham Playhouse Roundabout. His first job was a season of weekly rep at Frinton on Sea summer theatre.

Gary’s play Fly Half opened the RADA Festival in 2018 and as well as receiving 5 star reviews and critics choice awards has toured to theatres, rugby clubs and community venues ever since.

Since 2015, he has directed many Shakespeare plays for the different courses at RADA these include Timon of Athens, The Tempest, Coriolanus, Othello, Hamlet, As You Like It, Romeo and Juliet, Much Ado About Nothing, King Lear, A Winters Tale and Macbeth. He has also directed T.I.E shows for Tangere Arts and Shakespeare and Ibsen productions for Mountview Academy.

Gary is an Associate Tutor at RADA and along with Michelle Chadwick is Course Director of the four-week Shakespeare Summer School.