SIZE OF COMPANY
Varies

SCALE OF VENUE
Small to large

PERMANENT STAFF
Director/Performer/Producer
Guy Masterson
General Manager
Rebecca Vaughan

ARTISTIC POLICY
Guy Masterson and company are dedicated to creating challenging, powerful, pared-down domestic and International theatre. The company uses minimal props and sets for touring viability, augmenting performances with high quality lighting and sound. The company’s award winning reputation is built on consistency of communication, strong new writing, and undeniable performance and directorial clarity.

REVIEW EXTRACTS
A feat of multiple characterisation, impeccable timing, vocal dexterity and precise physical control, performed with tremendous sensitivity and panache!
Guardian (Under Milk Wood)
Brilliant adaptation delights with its physical grace, artistry. Complex, entirely theatrical; bravura acting and poetic storytelling, milking new nuance and meaning!
Scotsman (Animal Farm – solo)
A masterpiece of solo magic realism, impeccably written, perfectly performed and superbly directed. One of the finest performances of the Fringe
British Theatre Guide (Scaramouche Jones)

CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
Under Milk Wood
Guy Masterson’s brilliant, physical, multicharacter solo tour de force of Dylan Thomas’ enduring masterpiece with over 1500 performances in over 40 countries in 15 years, has to be seen to be believed!
1 Cast, 1 Crew. Suitable for all ages. No challenging language. 105 mins. Interval optional. Technically simple. Black box. SFX supplied on laptop. One wooden chair.
Animal Farm
Gary Shelford’s amazing solo performance of Guy Masterson’s adaptation of George Orwell’s allegorical masterpiece. The entire barnyard is recreated with stunning vocal and physical characterisations. Over 1000 performances worldwide!
1 Cast, 1 Crew. Suitable for all ages. No challenging language. 110 mins. Interval optional. Technically simple. Black box. One Wooden Box
Goering’s Defence
Ross Gurney-Randall furnishes an acute anatomy of fascism, playing the man behind the concentration camps, the Luftwaffe and the Gestapo using the transcripts from the Nuremberg Trials. A chilling warning from history. Directed by Guy Masterson.
1 Cast, 1 Crew. Suitable for ages 12 upwards. Mild challenging language. 90 mins. No interval. Technically simple. Black box. 1 Wooden Chair.
Follow Me
Albert Pierrepoint – Her Majesty's Chief Executioner, meets Ruth Ellis, the last woman in the UK to be hanged. Award-winning, insightful, powerful drama encompassing an event that started the end of capital punishment. Directed by Guy Masterson.
2 Cast, 1 Crew. Suitable for ages 12 upwards. Mild challenging language. 80 mins. No interval. Technically simple. Black box. 2 Wooden Chairs & Tables.

WRAP-AROUND
Guy Masterson can give 1, 2 or 3 hour masterclasses in physical performance storytelling, performance confidence, voice and movement techniques, directing and adapting; and lectures in producing at Fringe festivals, as well as leading discussions and forums with young professionals.
Discussions of poetry and playwrights and post show discussions for all shows are available.
Justin Butcher gives physical theatre workshops with Scaramouche Jones
Gary Shelford gives physical theatre workshops with Animal Farm
Ross Gurney-Randall (also a trained historian) can give discussions on Albert Pierrepoint (Follow Me) and Hermann Goering (Goering's Defence)
For further details, please contact the company directly or visit the website: www.theatretoursinternational.com

RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
2006 Holland, Australia: Under Milk Wood
2007 Australia, Eire, Poland: Fern Hill, Under Milk Wood
2007 Australia, Germany, Eire, Holland: Animal Farm
2008 Australia, Eire: Under Milk Wood, Follow Me, Goering’s Defence, American Poodle

TOURING AVAILABILITY
All shows are easily tourable and available at short notice upon request.