McAlister also starred as Horace Vandergelder in the 2008 stage revival of
Hello, Dolly!! For 5 years he played Dennis Richardson in Channel 4’s
Hollyoaks (British Soap Nomination as Best Villain). He was active in various areas of the entertainment industry such as Opera at Covent Garden (Pazzariello in Franco Zeffirelli’s production of
Pagliacci), TV comedy (
Harry Enfield & Chums), Radio Drama (
The Archers) and classic TV (
Brideshead Revisited). In musical theatre he was the original Harry in the National tour of Stephen Sondheim’s
Company, whilst in London’s West End
The Sound of Music (Palace Theatre) as 12-year-old Freidrich Von Trapp, Ernest Simpson in
Always (Victoria Palace),
A Month in the Country (Cambridge),
Oh Kay! (Westminster), and Christian Brent in
Peg (Phoenix) He also played Kurt Weill in Ken Russell’s
Weill & Lenya and Noël Coward in Sheridan Morley’s
Noel & Gertie. He spent a year as the lead in the West End production of
The Mousetrap (St Martins), and starred in the Ivor Novello role in
Kings Rhapsody (National tour) and created the role of Alan in the European premiere of the Maltby/Shire musical
Baby. In 2005 he was flown to Doha to entertain The Emir Of
Qatar as Leading Player in
Aspire (a circus-style musical entertainment). He created the role of Sinclair Platt in
Dreams from a Summerhouse (written and directed by Alan Ayckbourn) in Scarborough. ==Television==