George Isherwood was born on May 4, 1947. He grew up in suburban Philadelphia. He studied at The University of North Carolina and did post graduate studies in the theatre of Villanova University. George left the States after three years of teaching Latin at the Episcopal Academy to study theatre in London. George attended the London School of Dramatic Art. In his travels he learned German, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Portugues and a smattering of new Greek.

He first worked as a clown and as Gloria, a dancing gorilla in the Cheskoo Raree show that toured Sweden and Germany.

In 1976 he founded the group Sheer Madness. The group toured in England and Northern Ireland. After eight years in London he crossed the channel to work on the continent. In 1980 the group played his comedy Shakespeare's Greatest Hits in the Festival of Fools. This delightful fast paced comedy was played at international festivals throughout Europe and was awarded the Constantin Waechter award in Berlin 1981. Through most of the 1980’s Mr Isherwood worked with his own group Sheer Madness and guested with Lindsay Kemp in his Big Parade, about the silent movies. After a serious traffic accident with the Madness van outside of Barcelona, Mr Isherwood decided to pursue a career as a free lance director. He decided to move to Amsterdam where he worked with Michael Helmerhorst’s technical theater Perspect-Ragnorak.
 
He attended workshops with Jaques le Coq, Philip Gaulier, Augusto Boal, Puppet workshops in Dordrecht and Stephan Gorries (Object theater). For some 20 years he has given a comedy workshop in Graz, Austria.

Mr Isherwood has directed his own plays in Schauspielhaus Bochum (Robinson's Other Island) and in the Theater der Jugend (Odysseus). Mr Isherwood is the director of the N.N.Theatre of Cologne and was awarded the Cologne Theatre prize for the children's play Brötchenbraut und Pinselprinz in 1994. Most recently he has directed N.N. versions of Faust, Maria Stuart, Nosferatu and Midsummer Night's Dream. In Austria he has directed his version of Odysseus and Hunchback of Notre Dame in Enns. He collaborated on the puppet animation films of Ellen Meske as animator, lighting camera man and puppet maker (Schoon Genoeg and Capriccio). These short films appeared on television throughout Europe. Mr Isherwood has directed four programs of he cabaret group Die Tanten in Bamberg. Other cabaret programs include Wir Kellerkinder with Didi Jünemann in Cologne and Noch Kaas, Noch Couscous by PH Neutral in Amsterdam and Den Haag for Culture Coalition.
In 1999 he directed the group Vis-a-Vis in he show Picnic. This play was awarded the prize of "Mimographie" by the Amsterdam Fonds voor Kunst in July 2000. Picnic toured Europe and New Zealand and ran four seasons. In Brussels he directed Companie du Complot in Bal des Atrides and Genesis. In 2002 Mr Isherwood directed his version of Münchhausen in the Theater der Jugend in Vienna. He directed in Cologne the alternative carnaval-cabaret show Stunksitzung in 2003 and the Vis-a-Vis water location project Onderstroom which premiered in April in Rotterdam. Mr Isherwood's play In The Shadow Of The Dom is a radio play about the German occupation of Utrecht. It is based on a book by Willem Regenhardt.
George directed with Ute Kossmann Mord Wil Mord (The Oresteia) for N.N.Theater. He also directed most recently Nibelungen and a revised version of Einfach Courage.
In Holland Mr Isherwood directed a third Vis-a-Vis production Kooiboys that premiered at the Oeral Festival in June 2005.
In 2006 he directed the Rotterdam mime group Mimekry in their mask comedy Post-Macabre. He directed Smeedwerk in their location project Bloedbanket.

Mr Isherwood lives on a canal in central Amsterdam. He likes going to the movies and playing the concertina. He sings in a choir in the Waalse Kerk. He enjoys travelling and has visited most countires in Europe, St Lucia, Brazil, Bali, Egypt, Turkey, Thailand, Ankor Wat in Cambodia and most recently Singapore.

His plays are available through Hartmann und Stauffacher Verlag in Cologne, Germany.