- Tribute
A tribute to Giles Havergal
We were deeply saddened to hear about the passing of Giles Havergal.
Giles was Artistic Director of the Citizens Theatre from 1969 – 2003. He presided over one of the most celebrated periods in the theatre’s history, where alongside his co-directors Robert David MacDonald and Philip Prowse, he ensured the Citz became a European creative powerhouse.
Dominic Hill, Artistic Director, shares his own tribute:
I was profoundly sorry to hear about the passing of Giles Havergal, all the more poignant in that it occurred on the same day we reopened the Citizens Theatre after 7 years – a theatre that he worked tirelessly over more than 30 years to make internationally renowned. He always took great interest in how the theatre was faring and the work we were presenting, even after leaving Glasgow.
I hugely enjoyed our chats over dinner and lapped up his stories as well as his immense wisdom and knowledge.
We had been in touch earlier in the summer and he was looking forward to coming up to the opening of our first show Small Acts of Love, which he described as ‘the next step in a long journey for me…I first went to the Citz in 1953.’
I am sorry that he will never see the newly restored theatre but his legacy is hard-wired into the fabric of the building and his name will always be associated with it.”
