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Cal trained at The Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama and at École Philippe Gaulier, he has worked extensively as an actor, writer and director in theatre, TV, film and radio. He was Comedy Director for the Royal National Theatre's award-winning West End and Broadway hit show, One Man, Two Guvnors and for the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Don Quixote.
Cal directed the original Mighty Boosh stage shows, winning a Perrier Award, and has recently directed Noel Fielding's international tour An Evening With Noel Fielding and productions for British repertory theatres working regularly for companies such as Peepolykus, The Comedians Theatre Company, Garry Starr and the celebrated British clown troupe Spymonkey. He collaborated for many years with the singer Kate Dimbleby with the last of their cabarets, Beware Of Young Girls, transferred to New York in 2014. He spent many years as Comedy Director for Cirque du Soleil and created clown routines for their touring show, Varekai, and their erotic cabaret, Zumanity: Another Side of Cirque du Soleil, which ran for 15 successful years in Las Vegas. He recently returned to Las Vegas to direct OPIUM at The Cosmopolitan Hotel and create a new resident show for The Venetian Hotel, Atomic Saloon Show. For the last decade, Cal has written and directed the annual touring shows for Giffords Circus.
Cal is a leading Comedy Consultant for the movie industry where recent work includes: The Dictator, Matilda, The Worlds End, Man Up, The Nice Guys, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Cats and the Paddington films.
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