Richard has worked as an actor, singer, writer and facilitator for 25 years.  Theatre credits include York Theatre Royal, Fidget Theatre, Tonguetied Theatre, Leeds Playhouse, Badapple Theatre, Nottingham Playhouse, archipelago arts, Red Ladder and North Country Theatre. TV credits include Emmerdale, Hollyoaks, Coronation Street, Michael McIntyre’s Big Show, Gladiators Epic Pranks and various commercials. He also works as a storyteller and has written and produced story shows for museums, festivals and visitor attractions including Ripon Theatre Festival, York's Castle Museum, Sustrans York Greenways, York Maze and NT Brimham Rocks. As Associate Artist for Badapple Theatre, Richard has directed 7 productions, included his own pantomime script, run their youth theatre and has written and produced a radio play. 

Richard was a member of the York Philharmonic Male Voice Choir for over 20 years, serving on their musical team for most of that time, and has been the Musical Director of Harrogate Male Voice Choir since 2021. During the Covid lockdowns he led several choirs over Zoom: primarily to combat feelings of isolation amongst its members but ultimately incorporating full virtual concerts. As part of this process, Richard recorded the 4-part harmonies for over 200 choir songs, including some of his own compositions. He continues to record practice tracks for his choirs which he also enjoys performing himself as a ‘one-man-choir’. As a result of his work with choirs, Richard was commissioned to write and perform his song ‘For the Love of Singing’ for York Theatre Royal, which explored the questions of how and why people love to sing. In 2026 he has spearheaded a standalone fundraising challenge called 'Sing When You're Winning' which has invited 30 men with little-to-know experience of singing in harmony to learn to sing and perform in a charity concert within 10 weeks.

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