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Alan Cumming

Alan Cumming, OBE, is a Scottish stage, television and film actor, singer, writer, director, producer and author. His roles have included The Master of Ceremonies in Cabaret, Boris Grishenko in GoldenEye, Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler in X2: X-Men United, Mr. Elton in Emma, and Fegan Floop in the Spy Kids films. He has also appeared in independent films like The Anniversary Party, which he co-wrote, co-directed and co-starred in;Ali Selim's Sweet Land, for which he won an Independent Spirit award as producer; and in 2012 in the lead role of Rudy Donatello in Travis Fine's Any Day Now.
His London stage appearances include Hamlet, the Maniac in Dario Fo's Accidental Death of an Anarchist, for which he received an Olivier Award, the lead in Martin Sherman's Bent, and as Dionysus in The National Theatre of Scotland's The Bacchae. On Broadway he has appeared as Mac the Knife in The Threepenny Opera, The Master of Ceremonies in Cabaret, for which he won a Tony Award in 1998, and Design for Living. Cumming also introduces Masterpiece Mystery! for PBS. He currently appears as Eli Gold on The Good Wife, for which he has been nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and Satellite Award.

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  • Antigone – Technical Director

    20:15, Tue 22nd – Sat 26th December 2026 at Crucible Theatre

    Antigone is a tragedy by Sophocles written in or before 441 BC. Chronologically, it is the third of the three Theban plays but was written first. The play expands on the Theban legend that predated it…

  • Billy Elliot the Musical – Sound Designer, Carpenter

    20:00, Mon 28th – Thu 31st December 2026 at Royal Opera House, London

    Billy Elliot the Musical is a musical based on the 2000 film Billy Elliot. The music is by Elton John, and book and lyrics are by Lee Hall, who wrote the film's screenplay. The plot revolves around moth…

  • The Full Monty – Production Manager

    19:45, Sun 7th November 2027 at Random Venue 77

    The Full Monty is a musical with a book by Terrence McNally and score by David Yazbek.
    In this Americanized musical stage version adapted from the 1997 British film of the same name, six unemployed Buff…

  • Tartuffe – Mariane

    19:30, Fri 19th November 2027 at Random Venue 92

    Tartuffe, or The Impostor, first performed in 1664, is one of the most famous theatrical comedies by Molière, and the characters of Tartuffe, Valère, and Dorine are considered among the greatest classic…

  • The Cherry Orchard – Pishchik

    19:45, Wed 8th – Mon 13th December 2027 at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane

    The Cherry Orchard is Russian playwright Anton Chekhov's last play. It premiered at the Moscow Art Theatre 17 January 1904 in a production directed by Constantin Stanislavski. Chekhov intended this play…

  • Henry V – Duke of York

    19:15, Sun 2nd January 2028 at Chichester Festival Theatre

    Henry V is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in approximately 1599. It tells the story of King Henry V of England, focusing on events immediately before and after the…

  • The Sound of Music – Viola

    19:15, Wed 5th – Mon 10th January 2028 at Royal Exchange, Manchester

    The Sound of Music is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It is based on the memoir of Maria von Trapp, The Story of…

  • Miss Saigon – Costume Designer

    20:00, Thu 20th – Mon 24th January 2028 at Royal Opera House, London

    Miss Saigon is a musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil, with lyrics by Boublil and Richard Maltby, Jr. It is based on Giacomo Puccini's opera Madame Butterfly, and similarly tells the…

  • Medea – Producer

    20:45, Tue 22nd – Mon 28th February 2028 at London Palladium

    Medea is an ancient Greek tragedy written by Euripides, based upon the myth of Jason and Medea and first produced in 431 BC. The plot centers on the barbarian protagonist as she finds her position in…

  • Shrek the Musical – Technical Director, Bass

    19:45, Thu 9th – Mon 13th March 2028 at Almeida Theatre

    Shrek the Musical is a musical with music by Jeanine Tesori and book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire. It is based on the 2001 DreamWorks film Shrek and William Steig's 1990 book Shrek!. After a tryou…

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