George Maguire (born 17 January 1985) is an English actor and musician, known for originating the role of Dave Davies in the musical Sunny Afternoon.
Career Maguire made his first appearance on stage, aged 9, in a small role in a pantomime production of Robin Hood and the Babes in the Wood at Guildford Civic Hall. When he was 10, he attended an open audition that landed him his West End debut in Oliver! at the Palladium.
While still appearing in Oliver! he began to attend Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts. During his time there he saw the first London production of Rent which proved a great inspiration for him. "It was raw, rocky and real and I remember thinking 'that's the kind of stuff I want to do'." In 2011, Maguire appeared as Richard Loeb in Thrill Me, first at the Tristan Bates Theatre in London and then at the Charing Cross Theatre. This was followed by his first of two stints as 1970s glam rock star Marc Bolan in 20th Century Boy which premiered at the New Wolsey Theatre in Ipswich in September 2011.
A planned tour of Hair with Maguire taking the lead role of Berger was cancelled with the exception of a two-week engagement at Deutsches Theater in Munich. A few months later, in July 2012, there was a one-off charity performance of this production at the Piccadilly Theatre in London in aid of Help for Heroes which featured Oliver Tobias, who portrayed Berger at the first London production of Hair in 1968. In September of the same year, George returned to 20th Century Boy, this time performing at Belgrade Theatre in Coventry. Early 2013 saw Maguire appear in a production called Lift, where he played a Busker, looking for cash and for the woman that always walks past him smiling every morning. Maguire said about the production: "I have always been passionate about new writing and love the chance to originate a role." Maguire then played Dave Davies in the Kinks musical, Sunny Afternoon, on which he commented: "It's quite rare and special to be able to see a piece through from the beginning." The show opened at the Hampstead Theatre in April 2014 and after a sold-out run of 6 weeks, transferred to the West End's Harold Pinter Theatre where it ran for two years. Maguire left the show in early October 2015. In April 2015, George Maguire won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actor in Sunny Afternoon, the musical simultaneously picking up three further awards, including Best New Musical.
In 2017, Maguire appeared as a guest character in the BBC One soap opera EastEnders as Felix Moore. Then in April 2020, he appeared in an episode of the BBC daytime soap opera Doctors as Greg Taylor-Smith.
In 2021, Maguire filmed the feature film adaptation of the musical Tomorrow Morning based on the stage show by Laurence Mark Wythe, directed by Nick Winston.
More recently, as well as continuing his acting Career, he has been teaching at Stageworks College in St Neots.
Stage Year(s) Production Role Theatre 1995 Oliver! Captain Palladium West End 2001 Quadrophenia Jimmy Nuffield Theatre Southampton 2006 Tonight's the Night Stuart Clutterbuck (understudy) UK Tour 2006 Rent Angel European Tour 2007 Fame Joe Vegas Shaftesbury Theatre West End 2009 Quadrophenia Jimmy Tough Guy UK Tour 2010 Bright Lights, Big City Tad Hoxton Hall London 2011 Thrill Me Richard Loeb Charing Cross Theatre West End/Tristan Bates Theatre London 2011 20th Century Boy Marc Bolan New Wolsey Theatre Ipswich 2012 Hair Berger Deutsches Theater Munich 2012 20th Century Boy Marc Bolan Belgrade Theatre Coventry 2013 Lift Busker Soho Theatre West End 2014–2015 Sunny Afternoon Dave Davies Hampstead Theatre London/Harold Pinter Theatre West End 2016 The Buskers Opera Macheath Park Theatre London 2016 Another Night Before Christmas The Guy Bridge House Theatre London 2017 35mm Man 3 The Other Palace (studio) London 2018 20th Century Boy Marc Bolan UK Tour 2022 Bonnie & Clyde Buck Barrow Arts Theatre 2023 Bonnie & Clyde Buck Barrow Garrick Theatre 2024-2025 Burlesque Vince Manchester Opera House/Theatre Royal/Savoy Theatre2026MidnightSylvesterSadler's Wells East, London
Filmography Year Title Role 1998 Killer Net Ben 2008 Boogeyman 3 Jeremy 2009 Terror and Utopia St. Just 2010 Spiderhole Toby 2011 Summer in Transylvania Ronnie Mutant 2014 Borgia Ferrante d'Este 2015 Violet City Zeb Cartwright 2017 Prime Suspect 1973 Duke 2017 EastEnders Felix Moore 2020 Doctors Greg Taylor-Smith 2021 Tomorrow Morning Nick
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