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Richard Atkinson – C.V.
Richard Atkinson
Musical Director / Piano / Keyboards
richjatkinson@hotmail.com
Recent Theatre Credits Include:
Sleeping Beauty – Buxton Opera House – Music Supervisor / Arranger – Dec 2026 (Director – Paul Kerryson)
Priscilla Queen of the Desert – UK Tour – Musical Supervisor & MD – Feb 2026 – July 2026 (Director – Ian Talbot)
Aladdin – Buxton Opera House – Music Supervisor / Arranger – Dec 2025 (Director – Paul Kerryson)
Grease – Kilworth House Theatre – Musical Director July – Sept 2025 (Director – Ryan-Lee Seager)
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 – UK 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 – UK 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)
Other Theatre Credits Include: Associate Conductor for Evita and Scrooge (National tours – BKL). Musical Director for The Sound of Music (National Tour – Bill Kenwright Ltd); 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).