artist profile

John Bett

Theatre

2010	THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR	The Governor	Gerry Mulgrew	Communicado/Tron Theatre/Tour
2009	ACCORDING TO BEN	Actor/Franklin	John Bett	Oran Mor Theatre, Glasgow
2009	THE RHYME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER	The Mariner	Dee Isaacs	Queen’s Hall
2008	LIBERTY	Maurice	Guy Retallack	Shakespeare’s Globe & Tour
2008	THE BACCHAE	Tiresias	John Tiffany	National Theatre of Scotland/ New York
2008	THE TABACCO MERCHANT’S LAWYER	One Man Show	Liz Crowther	Oran Mor Theatre
2008	TRANSLATIONS	Hugh	Andy Arnold	Glasgow Citizens’ Theatre
2007	WE THE PEOPLE	Benjamin Franklin	Charlotte Westenra	Shakespeare’s Globe
2007	LOVE’S LABOURS LOST	Sir Nathaniel	Dominic Dromgoole	Shakespeare’s Globe
2007	IN EXTREMIS (revival)	William of Champeaux	John Dove	Shakespeare’s Globe
2007	MRS. WARREN’S PROFESSION	Praed	Tony Cownie	Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh/Nottingham Playhouse
2006	IN EXTREMIS	William of Champeaux	John Dove	Shakespeare’s Globe
2006	ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA	Lepidus/ The Clown	Dominic Dromgoole	Shakespeare’s Globe
2005	THE CHRISTMAS CAROL	Scrooge	Jemima Levick	Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh	For this John recieved a Critic’s Circle Nomination
2005	GENESIS ROCK	CIA Agent	Alison Peebles	Oran Mor Theatre, Glasgow
2005	LAUGHING AT THE FUHRER	Geisel	John Bett	Oran Mor Theatre, Glasgow
2005	AS YOU LIKE IT	Jacques	Mark Thomson	Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh
2004	DAMAGES	Howard	Roxanna Silbert	Bush Theatre
2004	SCENES FROM AN EXECUTION	Urgentino	Dominic Hill	Dundee Rep	For this John was awarded Best Actor by the Scottish Critics
2004	TWELFTH NIGHT	Sir Toby Belch	Dominic Hill	Glasgow & Inverness
2003	TWELFTH NIGHT	Sir Toby Belch	Dominic Hill	Dundee Rep
2000/1	REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAST	Duc de Guermantes	Di Trevis	Royal National Theatre
1998	MATE IN THREE	Valerio	Irina Brown	Tron Theatre
1996	A SATIRE OF THE FOUR ESTAITES	Lord Merde	John McGrath	Wildcat for Edinburgh Festival
1996	BLITHE SPIRIT	Charles	Kenny Ireland	Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh
1996	ROUGH CROSSING	Turai	Kenny Ireland	Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh
1995	CELEBRATING MR. PURCELL	Thomas Betterton	Kate Brown	Scottish Early Music Consort (Glasgow & Covent Garden)
1990	A DAY DOWN A GOLDMINE		Ron Bain	Tramway Theatre, Glasgow
1990	JOHN BROWN’S BODY		John McGrath	Tramway Theatre, Glasgow
1990	BORDER WARFARE		John McGrath	Old Transport Museum, Glasgow
1988	TOWARDS MACBETH	Carlo Quartucci		Edinburgh & Sicily
1987/8	DICK WHITTINGTON	Sarah the Cook		Empire Theatre, Liverpool
1987	DR FAUSTUS	Dr Faustus	Michael Boyd	Tron Theatre
1986/7	THREE SISTERS	Vershinin	Ian Wooldridge	Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh
1986/7	MACBETH	Banquo		Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh
1984/5	ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF AN ANARCHIST	The Maniac	Ian Wooldridge	Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh
1978	THE MARRIAGE		Peter Ustinov	Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh
1977	WRITER’S CRAMP		Robin Lefevre	Edinburgh Festival, transferred to the Bush & revived 1980 at Hampstead
	THE WIZARD OF OZ		Clive Perry	Birmingham Rep
	CINDERELLA	Ugly Sister		Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh
	LITTLE RED HEN			Shaw Theatre
	WHEN DID YOU LAST SEE MY MOTHER?	Ian		Stirling
	A CHRISTMAS CAROL	Bob Cratchet		Perth
1984	THE CHEVIOT, THE STAG & THE BLACK BLACK OIL			Touring Company Scotland, Ireland, Belgium and Holland
	THE GAMES A BOGEY
	TWO GENTLEMAN OF VERONA			Young Lyceum, Edinburgh
	FINN MACOOL			Young Lyceum, Edinburgh
	SWEENEY AGONISTES			Ledlanet
	THE GREAT NORTHERN WELLY BOOT SHOW			Edinburgh & Young Vic

Television

2008	NEW TOWN	Archie	Annie Griffin	Pirate Productions Ltd
2006	REBUS	Eddie	Roger Gartland	Scottish Media Group
2005	CASUALTY	Perry Acerman	Paul Wroblewski	BBC TV
2005	THE STRANGE CASE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES & ARTHUR	Charles Doyle	Richard Downes	BBC Scotland
1999	THE CREATIVES	Hugo	John Birkin	Absolutely Productions
1999	MURDER ROOMS	Charles Doyle	Paul Seed	BBC Scotland
1998	SECRET SCOTLAND	Prosecution Solicitor		Caledonia Sterne & Wilde
1998	VANITY FAIR	Dr. Clump	Mark Munden	BBC
1998	RAB C. NESBITT	Magistrate	Colin Gilbert	BBC
1995	TRUTH OR DARE	Malcolm	John Madden	BBC
1994/6	THE BALDY MAN	Boss/ Back Slapper	Colin Gilbert	BBC
1994	WOODCOCK		Mike Leggo	BBC
1993	PARAHANDY	Prosecutor	Morag Fullerton	BBC
1993	JUTE CITY		Stuart Orme	BBC
1993	DOWN AMONG THE BIG BOYS	Charles Gormley		BBC
1992	INSPECTOR MORSE	Nealy	Stuart Orme	Zenith
1991	I, LOVETT			BBC
1991	JOHN BROWN’S BODY			Freeway Films/ STV
1991	BORDER WARFARE			Freeway Films/ STV
1990/1	RAB C. NESBITT		Colin Gilbert	BBC
1989/91	SCOTCH AND RYE			BBC Scotland
	CITY LIGHTS			BBC Scotland
	UP LINE		Bob Spiers	Zenith (4 Part TV Film)
	RUDE HEALTH	Dr Pink	Greg Smith	Channel 4
	VIDEO STARS			BBC
	THE CHEVIOT, THE STAG & THE BLACK, BLACK OIL			BBC
	THE TRIALS OF OSCAR SLATER			BBC
	ABLE’S WILL		Stephen Frears	BBC

FILMS

	TAMARA DREWE	Diggory	Stephen Frears	Ruby Films (Tamara Drew) Ltd.
	THE GOLDEN COMPASS	Thorold	Chris Weitz	New Line Films
	DOCTOR SLEEP	Administrator	Nick Willing	Kismet Films
	MISTGATE	The Duke	Mike Slee	Mistage Loch Lomond Ltd
	MY LIFE SO FAR	Crawford Haig	Hugh Hudson	Miramax Films
	SHALLOW GRAVE	Brian McInley	Danny Boyle	Figment Film
	THE YOUNG VISITERS	Earl of Clincham	James Hill
	SACRED HEARTS	The Doctor		Channel 4
	TANK MALLING	James Marcus		Points Lane Films
	THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
	BRITANNIA HOSPITAL	Lady Felicity	Lindsay Anderson
	SCOTCH MYTHS	Byron/Scott/McPherson	Murray Grigor	Viz Films
	GREGORY’S GIRL		Bill Forsyth
	TESS		Roman Polanski
	THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY	Railway Guard
	GESTURES		Devised & Performed Smithsonian Institute	New York
	BLAST	Wyndham Lewis	Murray Grigor
	THE CALEDONIAN ACCOUNT	Sir Walter Scott	Brian Crumlish

Radio and Voice

John has voiced over a hundred programmes – schools series, children’s programmes, drama, comedy, poetry, short stories and presenting. He has also written six radio plays, two poetry programmes, short stories and 40 episodes of daily serial.

2009	A SECOND LIFE	Father Caldos	Bruce Young	BBC R4
2009	THE HYBERNACULUM	Gilbert White	Matt Thompson	BBC R3
2005	ALIAS GEORGE ELIOT	Blackwood	Marilyn Imrie	BBC
2004	GILES WEMMBLEY HOGG GOES OFF	Various	David Tyler	BBC R4
2003	THE BOOK OF LOVE	Cranstoun	Marilyn Imrie	BBC R4
2002	McLEVY STORY	Various	Patrick Rayner	BBC R4
2001	THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES: Star of the Adelphi	The Prince	Patrick Rayner	BBC R4
1999	THE LAST DAYS OF MANKIND	Reverend	Dave Batchelor	BBC R3
1998	THE NOSE	Reader	Gaynor McFarlane	BBC

Directing

	MACBETH ON INCHCOLM	Edinburgh Festival
	THE WEE BOATS	Texaco Summer School
	THE CHEVIOT, THE STAG & THE BLACK BLACK OIL	Clyde Theatre
	CHIC MURRAY STORY	Pavilion
	WOMEN AT WAR	Athens
	MARGARET – SAINT OR QUEEN	Dunfermline Abbey
	OH WHAT A LOVELY WAR	Glasgow Citizens
	THE SILVER DARLINGS	Glasgow Citizens
	PANTOMIME	Pavilion
	THE JOLLY BEGGARS	Wildcat
	WRITER’S CRAMP	Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh
	A HAPPY MEDIUM	Pavilion, Glasgow
	LAUGHING AT THE FUHRER	Oran Mor Theatre, Glasgow
	NIGHT OUT	Oran Mor Theatre, Glasgow
	DOUBLE YELLA	Oran Mor Theatre, Glasgow
	A GOOD NIGHT OUT	Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh
	NIGHT HAWKS – A Jazz Opera	Oran Mor Theatre, Glasgow
	TEQUILA SUNRISE	Oran Mor Theatre, Glasgow
	THE LASSES O	Rowantree Theatre Company		This production received the Scottish Critics Award for Best Use of Music

John also worked on five shows with Dorothy Paul all of which were televised, with one winning the Scottish BAFTA for Best Light Entertainment Programme.