Gordon Meredith

Gordon is a writer, actor, designer, and interpretive planner with a unique blend of experience spanning many years across the disciplines of theatre and museums.


Background

Having trained in exhibition, museum, and theatre design, he spent more than 25 years as an interpretive planning and design consultant before moving into theatre, where he now works extensively as a writer and actor.

He combines his passion for history and theatre by writing (and sometimes performing in) a range of performance-related heritage projects, including Folk Theatre, Audio-visuals, and Living History.

Through his experience working with best practice principles in the museum sector, Gordon understands how to structure a narrative to meet a set of key learning outcomes.

His writing style is broad. Having been a scriptwriter for both interpretive copy and audio-visuals during his time as a design consultant, he now writes scripts for plays, audio-visuals, and living history events.

Gordon has acted in theatre, film, audio-visuals, historic buildings, and for voice. By training, he is an interpretive designer, and in addition to his work in museum planning, his design work includes graphic design through Shift Key Theatre’s sister company, Silent Type.

Actor Bio

Gordon turned professional as an actor in 2010 after a change in career and has gained experience since then in both theatre, film, corporate events, storytelling and street theatre, learning and developing his acting skills through working with some very skilled and respected professionals. He enjoys physical theatre, character acting, multi-roles and can perform in many accents and dialects.

Acting experience (stage / film / living history / AV):

Dec 2025: A Victorian Christmas with Scrooge (stage) St Mary's Church
Sep 2025: Dead but not Forgotten (living history) Hull Minster
July 2025: Kitchen Sink Drama (film) Fool Story Films, Hull
Mar 2025: The Canvas (film) Harrison McCoid, Hull
Dec 2024: The Lion, Unicorn & Me (stage) St Mary's Church
Nov 2024: Festival of Christmas (living history) Hull Museums
Aug 2024: Bhajis (film) Rona Reid (East Yorkshire)
Feb 2024: Spurn Lightship (voice over) Hull Maritime City Project
Dec 2023: Through the Wardrobe (stage) St Mary's Church
Nov 2023: Festival of Christmas (living history) Hull Museums
Sep 2023: Back to Life (living history) Hull Minster
Aug 2023: Beningbrough Hall (voice over) National Trust
May 2023: Lord Leycester Hospital (voice over) Heritage Interactive
May 2023: Under Milk Wood (stage) East Riding Theatre
Apr 2023: East Riding Libraries (audio-visual) East Riding Council
Feb 2023: North Yorkshire Moors NP (voice over) Heritage Interactive
Dec 2022: A Dickens of a Christmas (stage) East Riding Theatre
Jun 2022: Paint the Town Fred (stage) Shift Key Theatre
Dec 2021: Winter Wonderland (living history) Hessle Mill - ERYC
Nov 2021: The Catch (stage) Other Lives Productions
Jun 2021: The Trawlerman (living history outreach) Bridgeview School
Jun 2021: The Time Traveller's Theatre Trail (voice over) ERT
Apr 2021: The Chalk Walk (audio-visual) East Riding Council
Aug 2021: Skidby Mill (audio-visual) East Riding Council
Aug 2021: Beverley Guildhall (audio-visual) East Riding Council
Oct 2020: Maritime Tales (audio-visuals) Hull Maritime City
Jul 2020: Hessle Whiting Mill (audio-visual) East Riding Council
Feb 2020: Stealing Seven Hens (stage) Shift Key Theatre
Nov 2019: Landmarks (stage) Other Lives Productions
Sep 2019: 'What if' (audio-visual) Mosaic Publicity for UK Power
Aug 2019: Twilight Radio Show (stage) Shift Key Theatre
Jul 2019: Deception (film) George Brignal MacDougal
Aug 2019: Twilight Radio Show (stage) Shift Key Theatre
Jun 2019: Carers Stories (educational outreach) CHCP
Apr 2019: Narnia (immersive theatre) Hull Community Church
Feb 2109: Life of a Trawlerman  (audio-visuals) Hull Maritime City
Feb 2019: Swinging the Lamp (stage) Shift Key Theatre
Dec 2018: Goodnight Mr Tom (stage) ERT
Nov 2018: Fallen Leaves (stage) Other Lives Productions
Jul 2018: Bottom's Dream (stage) Other Lives Productions
Nov 2017: Festival of Christmas (living history) Hull Museums
Nov 2017: B-Negative (film) Mollusc Films
Sep 2017: Wilberforce Speaks (living history) Hull Museums
Aug 2017: Cabinet of Curiosities (living history) Hull Museums
May 2017: International Hanse Day (living history) Hull Museums
Dec 2016: Great Expectations (stage) ERT
Sep 2016: Hamlet (stage) ERT
Jul 2016: The Hard Sell (film) Mindmap Productions
Jun 2016: Leaving Life and Love (stage) Other Lives Productions
Mar 2016: The Bagpipe Maker's Baby (film) Dead Bod Films
Dec 2015: Oliver (stage) ERT
Jul 2015: Toads Redux (film) Ensemble 52
Jun 2015: I am Will (stage) Other Lives Productions
Dec 2014: A Christmas Carol (stage) ERT