Richard Croxford

Richard Croxford’s career has included acting, writing and directing for numerous theatre companies locally nationally, internationally and London’s West End on three occasions. Favourite recent acting roles include Senator George Mitchell in Agreement (Lyric Theatre and Irish Arts Centre New York), Scrooge in Christmas Carol (The Mac), General Harrison Howell in Kiss Me Kate, Beadle Bamford in Sweeney Todd, Tiger Brown in Threepenny Opera (these last three for NI Opera). Older favourite roles include Shylock in Merchant of Venice, Lord Goring in An Ideal Husband, Chris Keller in All My Sons, Dracula in Dracula, Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights and Pip in Great Expectations.

In the late 90s Richard started moving in to directing theatre. He took over as artistic director of Replay Productions in 2000 producing work for children and young people in Northern Ireland and then the Lyric Theatre, Belfast in 2008 overseeing the launch of the new theatre’s artistic programme until the end of 2013.

Most recently Richard has been working as a freelance actor again. On TV he has just been seen as him playing Mayor Firth in Murder Most Puzzling (channel 5) Ben McCafferty in Fun Boys (BBC NI) as well as Bloodlands, Heaven, Mother’s Day, Mrs. Wilson and Soft Border Patrol and in feature films The Quarry , The Keeper and blockbuster Dungeons And Dragons as Lord Neverember. He is also a busy voice over artist and is regularly heard doing documentary narration and character roles for BBC NI, commercials on U105 and was the UK voice of Ridddle for Facebook narrating their diverse and fascinating videos.