Gavin is a graduate of York University, and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
Musical directing credits include The Snow Queen and Hi, My Name Is Ben (Dundee Rep/Goodspeed); My Left RIght Foot (NTS/Birds of Paradise), Oor Wullie, and No Love Songs (Dundee Rep/Selladoor) But First This, and The Witches of Eastwick (Watermill Theatre, Newbury); Beauty and the Beast and Hansel and Gretel (Citizens Theatre); Wasted Love and The Improvised Musical (Edinburgh Fringe); Room (Stratford East/NTS) and Glasgow Girls (RAW Materials).