Categories: LivingCulture

Gavin Drea: My Life in Culture


by Gavin Drea
02nd May 2025

Irish actor Gavin Drea stars in the current series of Surface on Apple TV+ and has an impressive body of work that includes Daisy Jones and the Six, Baby Reindeer, Love/Hate, Rebellion and Wedding Season, for which he was nominated for Outstanding Comedy Actor at the National Comedy Awards. He’s currently playing John Proctor in The Crucible at Shakespeare’s Globe, which opens May 8, and marks the first modern classic drama to be staged at the Globe Theatre. He shares his life in culture, from the album he has to listen to in full to the overlooked TV show everyone should have on their radar.

Gavin Drea is currently playing John Proctor in The Crucible at Shakespeare’s Globe, which opens May 8, and marks the first modern classic drama to be staged at the Globe Theatre.

Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, directed by Ola Ince (Othello, 2024), is the first modern classic drama to be staged at the Globe Theatre and runs from May 8 to July 12. Book tickets here.

Photography by Marc Brenner and Shakespeare’s Globe.