Havergal's production of Travels with My Aunt, adapted from the Graham Greene novel of the same title, was first presented in Glasgow in 1989 and then played in the West End where it won a Laurence Olivier Award in 1993, and off Broadway in 1995.
Havergal's production of his and Robert David Macdonald's adaptation of Death in Venice by Thomas Mann was first presented in Glasgow in 2000.
Havergal was the recipient of the 1994 St Mungo Prize, awarded to the individual who has done most in the previous three years to improve and promote the city of Glasgow.
[1] In recent years Giles has directed Jack and the Beanstalk at the Barbican Centre, The Merry Widow (2010, 2019) and Albert Herring (2013) at Opera North and played Nagg in Endgame at the American Conservatory Theater, San Francisco.
He also teaches at Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, RADA, the National Opera Studio and the American Conservatory Theater, San Francisco.