Cal McCrystal is the brother of the journalist Damien McCrystal and the son of the journalist and writer Cal McCrystal.
16 Facts About Cal McCrystal
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Cal McCrystal trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, winning a contract with Yorkshire TV upon graduation in 1981 to present young people's programmes.
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Cal McCrystal has performed multiple stage roles, including Hans in Spring Awakening at the Young Vic in 1984 and Florindo in The Servant Of Two Masters at the Sheffield Crucible in 1995.
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On film, Cal McCrystal has appeared in George Sluizer's Crimetime and as Principal Conway opposite Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone in Marc Webb's The Amazing Spider-Man 2.
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Cal McCrystal's first show was Let The Donkey Go with the innovative theatre company Peepolykus.
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In 2003, Cal McCrystal directed an acclaimed production of Joe Orton's Loot at the Derby Playhouse.
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In 2011, Cal McCrystal was invited by Nicholas Hytner to work alongside him as Associate Director on the National Theatre's production of Richard Bean's One Man, Two Guvnors, a reworking of Carlo Goldoni's 18th century Commedia dell'arte play The Servant Of Two Masters.
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In 2012, Cal McCrystal became the first director since 1977 to be granted permission by Alan Ayckbourn to stage his play Mr Whatnot for a 50th anniversary revival at the Royal Theatre.
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In 2014, Cal McCrystal directed his first opera, Life On The Moon, an adaptation of Joseph Haydn's Il Mondo Della Luna, for English Touring Opera.
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Since 2012, Cal McCrystal has been director of Giffords Circus, the traditional English touring circus.
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In February 2018, McCrystal made his English National Opera debut with Gilbert and Sullivan's satirical fantasy Iolanthe, which received extensive press coverage before the production opened.
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Cal McCrystal was interviewed by The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Times and The Times among others, and wrote a piece for The Guardian outlining his approach to Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta.
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Cal McCrystal was brought in by Andrew Garfield and Marc Webb to help devise comic sequences for The Amazing Spider-Man 2.
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Cal McCrystal appeared in the sequel film Paddington 2, as Sir Geoffrey Wilcott.
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Cal McCrystal helped to create multiple scenes in the first Paddington film using a motion-capture suit.
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Cal McCrystal has directed a feature version of The Bubonic Play, adapted from a stage production he devised for the 2005 Edinburgh Fringe Festival with a cast including Mathew Baynton.