Richard has been writing for the theatre for several years, has had success at festivals and competitions and has had his work produced in and outside of London, including The Pleasance, Theatre 503, The Old Red Lion, The Bread and Roses, The Chiswick Playhouse, and in Brighton, Chelmsford and Bedford.
His most successful play to date is Room Service, which had five-star reviews and received an Offie commendation. In the same year he had four-star reviews for The Great Escapers.
In 2023 he staged a play called Vinegar and Brown Paper – a Child’s Journey with Dickens, which, besides garnering four-star reviews, lead to an exchange of emails with Gerald Dickens (the great great grandson of Charles). He also had a glittering review in The Dickensian, a magazine which was first published in 1905.
His most recently staged play was Starfish at The Bread and Roses in November 2025.
He has St Patrick’s week booked in 2027 at The Bread and Roses for Albert Mooney, a comedy drama about the Irish diaspora, religion and abortion – actually inspired by his family history. He is also planning to stage a play in April/May 2027 about a possible/imagined meeting when Georgette Heyer accused Barbara Cartland of plagiarism. He has been hoping to stage a play in 2026 about Randolph Turpin, the first black British boxer to win a world title, but failed to get the necessary funding. He is hopeful that he can find a way of funding that in 2027. Randolph came from Leamington Spa. Richard was brought up in a nearby village and always wanted to write about Randolph.
With other members of AWL involved, he is coming up for a hat-trick of shows at The Lambeth Fringe in 2026.
Vinegar and Brown Paper
Old Red Lion 2023
Room Service (excerpt)
The Chapel Playhouse venue launch 2019
Room Service (excerpt)
The Bread and Roses Platform Evenings 2018
The Reunion
AB Drama at The Hen and Chickens 2018
Starfish
A Covert Accomplice Production at The Marlborough, Brighton 2018
Swag (excerpt)
The Antelope, Tooting 2018 (Wandsworth Arts Festival)
Tooting Shorts
The Antelope, Tooting 2018 (Wandsworth Arts Festival)
Day of the Undead
Time to Talk about mental health at The Water Rats 2018
The Ticket Barrier
Stockwell Playhouse 5-Minute Festival 2017
Tattle Bank
Unbroken at Theatre503 2017
Daisy Bell
Mad Apple Collective at ACanteen Chelmsford 2017
The Prize
Stockwell Playhouse One Act Festival 2017
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