Nigel Richards (actor)
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Nigel Richards is an actor and singer best known in England for his work in
Career
He spent four years in the
Other forays in the West End include The Phantom in
For over two years he toured in
Other theatre work has included: Ghosts (as Oswald opposite Sue Johnson), Macbeth, and Chris Monks' revisionist Mikardo (New Vic, Stoke), Blood Brothers (Olympia, Dublin), The Caucasian Chalk Circle & Cyclops (The Scoop), The Glass Menagerie (Oxford Touring Company- European Tour), Hair (National Tour), Ayckbourne's Me, Myself & I (Orange Tree, Richmond), MTL's The Marriage of Figaro (Drill Hall, Vienna & Stuttgart), and The World Goes Round (Stephen Joseph, Scarborough).
Nigel returned to Scarborough to be directed by Ayckbourne himself in the revival of By Jeeves. Subsequent theatre includes Frederick in A Little Night Music (Frinton), the lead in 'Son of a Preacher Man'(national tour), and The Ghost of Christmas Present for Antic Disposition's 'A Christmas Carol' at Middle Temple.
Richards' occasional TV work includes Holby City, Doctors, Judge John Deed, Moon & Sun (BBC), Virgin Birth (Granada), Sparkle Baby Sparkle (ITV). Richards co-wrote the award-winning short film The Crouch End Negotiator (48 Hour Smoke & Screen Challenge) in 2007 and co-starred in Lucky old Bag the following year. His newest short, Crime Central, was released in 2015.
Having seen Richards in The Black Rider, Scott Walker invited him to appear in London at the Barbican, performing with Jarvis Cocker and Damon Albarn in Drifting and Tilting: The Songs of Scott Walker in the songs Clara, Jolson and Jones, and Farmer in the City. He recorded his debut album in 2009, called A Shining Truth, a collection of previously unrecorded songs by Adam Guettel, Michael John LaChiusa, Conor Mitchell & Others, which was released on 3 August 2009. Prior to the launch Richards played Stryver in the HBO film of A Tale Of Two Cities.
Richards taught 'Acting through song' for 8 years at Arts Educational School in Chiswick, but now teaches around the world under the auspices of Dama Asia, based in Kuala Lumpur, and principally at The University of West London (London School of Music), and at The London School of Musical Theatre as a guest lecturer.
He is Honorary Patron of The Northern Musical Theatre Orchestra (NMTO) and BigLittle Theatre School.