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Richard Atkinson
Musical Director / Piano / Keyboards
richjatkinson@hotmail.com
Recent Theatre Credits Include:
Grease Kilworth House Theatre Musical Director
July – Sept 2025 (Director – Lee Proud)
Company Buxton Opera House Musical Director
Easter 2025 (Director – Paul Kerryson)
Jesus Christ Superstar Buxton Opera House Musical Director
Easter 2025 (Director – Paul Kerryson)
Jack & The Beanstalk Buxton Opera House Music Supervisor / Arranger
Dec 2024 (Director – Paul Kerryson)
Hairspray National Tour Musical Director
July 2024 – April 2025 (Director – Paul Kerryson)
Cinderella Buxton Opera House Music Supervisor / Arranger
Dec 2023 (Director – Paul Kerryson)
Shrek The Musical National Tour M.D. / Associate Supervisor July 2023 – May 2024 (Directors – Nick Winston / Sam Holmes)
Sweeney Todd Buxton Opera House Musical Director
April 2022 (Director – Paul Kerryson)
Snow White & the 7 Dwarfs Theatre Royal Newcastle / Crossroads Musical Director
Nov 2021 – Jan 2022 (Director – Michael Harrison)
Priscilla Queen of the Desert National Tour Musical Director
May 2021 – Nov 2021 (Director – Ian Talbot)
Goldilocks & the 3 Bears Theatre Royal Newcastle / Qdos Musical Director Nov 2018 – Jan 2019 (Director – Michael Harrison)
Hairspray National Tour Musical Director
Jan – Aug 2018 (Director – Paul Kerryson)
Kiss Me Kate Kilworth House Theatre Keys 2 / Rehearsal Piano
May – July 2017 (Director Stephen Mear, M.D. Michael England)
The Emperor & the Nightingale Theatre by the Lake, Keswick Composer / M.D.
Nov 2016 – Jan 2017 (Director – Ian Forrest)
The Shepherd’s Life Theatre by the Lake, Keswick Composer / M.D. March – April 2016 (Director – Chris Monks)
The Sound of Music National Tour – Bill Kenwright Ltd Musical Director
June – Sept 2015 (Director – Martin Connor)
Other Theatre Credits Include:
Associate Conductor for Evita and Scrooge (National tours – BKL).
Musical Director for Annie (National Tour – Chris Moreno Ltd); Sweeney Todd, By Jeeves, Oliver!, Don Giovanni, The Marriage of Figaro, Moll Flanders and The Wizard of Oz (New Vic Theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme) Soul Man, Carmen, Marlene, The Mikado, The Pirates of Penzance, The Snow Queen (Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough); Geordie Sinatra (Live Theatre, Newcastle) Dick Barton – Special Agent, Around the World in Eighty Days, The Wind in the Willows, Alice in Wonderland and The Wizard of Oz (Theatre by the Lake, Keswick); The Rise and Fall of Little Voice (Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester); Blues in the night (Oldham Coliseum); Aladdin (Salisbury Playhouse); Ham (Bolton Octagon).
Assistant Musical Director for Scrooge (London Palladium), Whistle Down the Wind (Palace Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue); Crazy for You (National tour – Chris Moreno Ltd); Three Minute Heroes (Belgrade Theatre, Coventry).
Richard Atkinson 