Richard Piper

Richard has spent forty-four years of his career on stage. Trained in London, he was soon performing on the West End in Grease and Elvis, and came to Australia in 1987 with cult cabaret band The Bouncing Czecks. Most recently, Richard appeared in Seventeen for Melbourne Theatre Company and Death of a Salesman for Red Line Productions. For Melbourne Theatre Company, he's appeared in over forty productions, including: As You Like It, The Lady in the Van, Twelfth Night, Born Yesterday, Double Indemnity, Ghosts, Music, The Gift, Drowsy Chaperone, The Daylight Atheist (Green Room Award for Best Actor). For Melbourne's Malthouse: The Black Rider, 'Tis Pity She's a Whore. For Sydney Theatre Company: The Secret River, Gross und Klein, Great Expectations, Moby Dick. Bell Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream, The War of the Roses, Henry V, Henry IV. STCSA: Moby Dick, Marat Sade, Restoration. Also, an accomplished musical theatre performer, Richard played the mayor in the award-winning, Come from Away and Dad in Billy Elliot.