Maguire made his first appearance on stage, aged 9, in a small role in a pantomime production of
Robin Hood and the Babes in the Wood at Guildford Civic Hall. When he was 10, he attended an open audition that landed him his West End debut in
Oliver! at the Palladium. While still appearing in
Oliver! he began to attend
Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts. During his time there he saw the first London production of
Rent which proved a great inspiration for him. "It was raw, rocky and real and I remember thinking 'that's the kind of stuff I want to do'." In 2011, Maguire appeared as Richard Loeb in
Thrill Me, first at the Tristan Bates Theatre in London and then at the Charing Cross Theatre. This was followed by his first of two stints as 1970s glam rock star
Marc Bolan in
20th Century Boy which premiered at the New Wolsey Theatre in Ipswich in September 2011. A planned tour of
Hair with Maguire taking the lead role of Berger was cancelled with the exception of a two-week engagement at Deutsches Theater in Munich. A few months later, in July 2012, there was a one-off charity performance of this production at the Piccadilly Theatre in London in aid of Help for Heroes which featured
Oliver Tobias, who portrayed Berger at the first London production of
Hair in 1968. In September of the same year, George returned to
20th Century Boy, this time performing at Belgrade Theatre in Coventry. Early 2013 saw Maguire appear in a production called
Lift, where he played a Busker, looking for cash and for the woman that always walks past him smiling every morning. Maguire said about the production: "I have always been passionate about new writing and love the chance to originate a role." Maguire then played
Dave Davies in
the Kinks musical,
Sunny Afternoon, on which he commented: "It's quite rare and special to be able to see a piece through from the beginning." The show opened at the Hampstead Theatre in April 2014 and after a sold-out run of 6 weeks, transferred to the West End's Harold Pinter Theatre where it ran for two years. Maguire left the show in early October 2015. In April 2015, George Maguire won the
Laurence Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actor in
Sunny Afternoon, the musical simultaneously picking up three further awards, including Best New Musical. In 2017, Maguire appeared as a guest character in the
BBC One soap opera
EastEnders as
Felix Moore. Then in April 2020, he appeared in an episode of the BBC daytime soap opera
Doctors as
Greg Taylor-Smith. More recently, as well as continuing his acting Career, he has been teaching at Stageworks College in St Neots. == Stage ==