George Irving was a founder member of the South Shields Youth theatre in 1966, and a director from 1968 - 69.
He worked at the National Youth Theatre from 1966 - 73, and attended Birmingham University Drama department , graduating in July 1973, with B.A.Hons in Drama.
He has appeared in repertory in Newcastle, Exeter, Birmingham and Leicester, and a season at the Open Space.
| year | play | role | author | venue | other cast members | review | |
| 1991 | The Second Mrs Tanqueray | Aubrey Tanqueray | Pinero | Salisbury Playhouse | Michael Sheldon, Daniel Tobias. |  |
'George Irving's slightly deadpan delivery sounds dull at first, but then becomes an integral part of the character of Tanqueray, making all the more moving his final anguished breakdown' |
| 1991 | The Winters Tale | Leontes |
Shakespeare | Salisbury Playhouse | Richard Howard | ||
| 1992 | White woman street | Blakely | Barry | Bush theatre and Abbey theatre | David Yip | ||
| 1992 | The Professional | Teya | Dusan Kovacevic | Offstage Theatre | Illona Linthwaite | ||
| 1992 | Walpurgis night | Prokorov | Erofeyev | Gate theatre | Nicholas Farrell |  |
"Dalia
Ibelhauptaite deploys a high calibre cast to present a stark, gripping
production, pack with harrowing truths and fierce intelligence....
the production is flawless." CRITIC'S CHOICE - "Time Out" |
| 1994 | Hamlet | Claudius | Shakespeare | Old Rep Birmingham | Russell Boulter, Celia Montague | ||
| 1996 | The Last Yankee | Leroy Hamilton | Miller | Colchester Mercury | Cheryl Campbell, Peter Laird, Heather Canning | 'a splendid production,' (The Times) 'George Irving is much more reticent.. he is imbued with a terse defensiveness... often making crucial points with his eyes glancing off to eight o'clock of his interlocutor's face. ' | |
| 1996 | Hamlet | Claudius | Shakespeare | Greenwich Theatre | Michael Maloney, Dinah Stabb |  |
'George Irving's quiet, reptilian Claudius seems unrelaxed at first, but soon gains authority: his account of the king at bay is harrowing.' Sunday Times |
