Graham Bickley
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Graham Bickley | |
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Born | Graham John Bickley 18 May 1958[1] Liverpool, England |
Nationality | British |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1978–present |
Television | Bread (1989–91) |
Website | Official site |
Graham John Bickley (born 18 May 1958) is an English actor and singer. He is best known for playing the role of Joey Boswell in Bread from 1989 until 1991, taking over from Peter Howitt, who played him from 1986 until 1989.
Early life
Bickley was born into a Welsh family in Liverpool, England. His father was a primary school deputy headmaster and his mother was a special needs teacher. His older sister Susan Bickley is an opera singer with the English National Opera and the Welsh National Opera. Bickley and his sister first began singing in church as children, accompanied by their father on the organ.[2] Bickley attended the Liverpool Blue Coat School,[3] and studied at The Liverpool Theatre School.[4]
Career
Bickley made his
In 1989, Bickley replaced Peter Howitt in the role of Joey Boswell on the BBC sitcom Bread. He played the role for three series, appearing in 35 episodes.[5]
Bickley has also appeared in regional theatre productions, including Sleuth, No Trams to Lime Street (Best Actor nomination, Manchester), the UK première of I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change and the world première of Black Goes With Everything. His revues include Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris and It's Better With a Band.
On the concert platform, Bickley has performed with orchestras throughout the United Kingdom, Europe and South America, including The
He has appeared in concert performances of Leonard Bernstein’s Wonderful Town playing the role of The Wreck with The Rotterdam Philharmonic, and Guys and Dolls, playing Nathan Detroit with The Vienna Konzerthaus, both conducted by Wayne Marshall. Bickley has also appeared in concert arena productions of Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita.
Bickley has also sung in the studio casts for Phantom of the Opera (1995) and Kiss Me, Kate (1996).[6]
Bickley regularly appears with the
Bickley completed two seasons for Grange Park Opera: Billy Crocker in Cole Porter’s Anything Goes (2002), and Robert Baker in Leonard Bernstein’s Wonderful Town (2004).
He was a guest artist for a gala concert in Leeds with Lesley Garrett and the Opera North Orchestra, and with orchestrator Martin Koch, he produced a concert to celebrate the work of Nelson Riddle, with The BBC Concert Orchestra and transmitted live on BBC Radio 2.
Throughout 2005–06 Bickley undertook a national tour of Cole Porter’s High Society playing the role of C.K. Dexter Haven,[7] culminating in a season at The Shaftesbury Theatre in the West End.
His concert engagements in 2007 included Good Thing Going, a celebration of the music of Stephen Sondheim at Cadogan Hall, and The Best of Broadway, two concerts at The Royal Albert Hall, both with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. He also performed in several gala concerts celebrating the music of Rodgers and Hammerstein, and was a special guest for Barbara Cook's 80th birthday concert at The London Coliseum: Barbara Cook and Friends.
He is a director of The Theatre Royal Drury Lane Theatrical Fund, founded in 1766.
Personal life
Bickley has been married to playwright Peggy Riley since 2000.
References
- ^ Researcha[permanent dead link]
- ISBN 978-1910151563.
- ^ Sunday Mirror 29 August 1993, page 35
- ^ Jones, Catherine (25 May 2016). "Graham Bickley - I'm being booed on stage...and I like it". Liverpool Echo.
- ^ Riley, Joe (19 September 2008). "A slice of Eric's". Liverpool Echo.
- ^ Block, Geoffrey (2009), Enchanted Evenings : The Broadway Musical From "Show Boat" to Sondheim and Lloyd Webber, Oxford University Press, p. W16
- ^ Wolf, Matt (16 October 2005). "High Society". Variety.
External links
- Official website
- Graham Bickley at IMDb