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= Alan Magor =

Alan Magor (born 14 October 1986) is an English actor and theatre director. In 2019 he made his West End debut playing Detective Sergeant Trotter in Agatha Christie's 'The Mousetrap' - The longest running play in the world. As a Director, he worked with music, lyric and book writer Adrian Kimberlin to stage the world premiere of a brand new musical - 'The Stars That Remain' - at the Old Joint Stock Theatre, Birmingham - which went on to win 'Best New Work' at the Love Midlands Theatre Awards.

Early Life
Magor was born in Middlesbrough, Teesside, and spend all of his childhood there, attending Captain Cook's Primary School and Nunthorpe Comprehensive. He left the North East at 16 to study a BTEC National Diploma in Drama at Halesowen College.

Career
Magor trained at the Birmingham School of Acting (now the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire - Acting) between 2007 and 2010. Upon graduating drama school he embarked on many Theatre in Education tours with Box Clever Theatre, touring the UK and Europe in contemporary and classical plays including Macbeth, Romeo & Juliet and Frankenstein. 2013 saw Magor make his professional debut on a British stage, playing the role of John in David Mamet's comedy 'A Life In The Theatre' alongside the late Adrian Lloyd-James for Tabs Productions at the Chesterfield Pomegranate and in Magor's hometown at the Middlesbrough Theatre. In 2014 he return to Tabs Productions after being cast in the long-running Colin McIntyre Classic Thriller Season - a weekly rep season of plays performed at the Nottingham Theatre Royal, and additionally at the Windsor Theatre Royal for the 2014 season. In this season Magor appeared in 'The Ghost Train' (Ridley), 'The Shadow of The Ghost' (Ponka), 'Fatal Encounter' (Durbridge) and 'Murder Weapon' (Clemens).

Magor spent the next few years working professionally in theatre and community projects around the UK, before understudying the roles of Sergeant Trotter and Christopher Wren in 'The Mousetrap' (Christie) on both the UK Tour in 2016 and the India Tour in 2018. Upon returning to the UK, Magor took the role of Reverend Tony Ferris in David Hare's 'Racing Demon' at the Coach House Theatre, Malvern, before making his West End debut as Detective Sergeant Trotter in 'The Mousetrap' at the St.Martin's Theatre in London's West End between April and October 2019.

Magor is represented my Michael Gattrell at Chris Davis Management Ltd.