gary cook
theatre director & producer

Formerly a resident in Sussex, now based in York, Gary directed for the SOUTHWICK PLAYERS (and was President for a time). The Players are one of the UK's oldest Amateur Theatre companies,
based in the beautiful Barn Theatre - ​southwickplayers.org.uk
Identity Theatre, mounted productions mostly at Brighton Open Air Theatre, all co-directed and produced by Gary and his Identity partner Nettie Sheridan.
A link in the menu above gives details of all of Identity's acclaimed productions.

COMING SOON!
In December 2026 I'll be adapting and directing a skewed vision of Dickens'
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
for PAPERMOUSE THEATRE
at the MICKLEGATE SOCIAL, YORK - link here!

CV AS DIRECTOR

(For full CV - backstage, props, sound, print, etc - see link in menu..)
Co-Director/Producer
Blue Remembered Hills (Dennis Potter) (two productions),
The Crucible (Arthur Miller), 
Wuthering Heights (April de Angelis,  based on the novel by Emily Brontë),
Dracula (Liz Lochhead, based on the novel by Bram Stoker), 
Under Milk Wood (Dylan Thomas),
Oliver Twist (Neil Bartlett, based on the novel by Charles Dickens),
Oh! What A Lovely War (Joan Littlewood/ Theatre Workshop)
The Welkin (Lucy Kirkwood)
Author and Producer
Pity (Gary Cook)
Director
Turn of the Screw (Ken Whitmore from the story by Henry James),
Taken (Winsome Pinnock)
Muswell Hill (Torben Betts),
Abigail's Party (Mike Leigh)
Assistant Director
The Shepherds, York Mystery Plays 2026