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BIOGRAPHY
 
Musical direction credits include DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN (AMD, Novello Theatre. London), CORRUGATION ROAD (Black Swan Theatre, Australian National Tour), THE SMALL POPPIES (Company B, Australian National Tour), 2 PIANOS 4 HANDS (StageWorks,  Australian/New Zealand/Hong Kong Tour), THE MIKADO (ICA, Australian National Tour), THE MIDNIGHT GANG (WASO/Spare Parts Theatre, Australia), SOME ENCHANTED EVENING, MARRY ME A LITTLE, BRANDIE AND NAN (Effie Crump Theatre, Australia), MUSIC FROM THE WHIRLWIND (Hole In The Wall Theatre, Australia), PACIFIC OVERTURES, ASSASSINS, THE CRADLE WILL ROCK, MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG, JONAH  (WAAPA, Australia), WIND IN THE WILLOWS (Sevenoaks Playhouse, UK), THE MUSICAL OF MUSICALS (King’s Head, London), MAKE ME A SONG (AMD, New Players Theatre, London) and THE LITTLE PRINCE (AMD, Hampstead Theatre, London). Professional workshop productions include NOSTRADAMUS (StageWorks, Australia), ORLANDUS, GAY POETS IN MUD, DANCE OF THE DRAGON, INSOMNIA and THE AMBITION BIRD (IFMT, Cardiff).

Composition credits include THE CENTRE, OLD MOTHER HUBBARD, THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS, THE ADVENTURES OF SINBAD THE SAILOR, THE LEGEND OF SNOW WHITE, THE CENCI (Hayman Theatre, Australia), SUNRISE (WAAPA, Australia), FAMILY FOX (Foxtel Australia), PROBE (Hong Kong Fringe), KISS OF THE SPIDERWOMAN, WIND IN THE WILLOWS, THE RAILWAY CHILDREN (Sevenoaks Playhouse, UK) and DEADLY GAME (Vienna's English Theatre, Austria). Publications include THE RAILWAY CHILDREN (Samuel French Ltd), OLD MOTHER HUBBARD (Black Swan Press), THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS and THE ADVENTURES OF SINBAD THE SAILOR (The Australian Script Centre).
 

Richard is a member (Professional Writer Associate) of Mercury Musical Developments, established in 1992 to support, develop and initiate new musical theatre in the UK and worldwide. http://www.mercurymusicals.com