Richard Briers
Richard David Briers, CBE was an English actor. His fifty-year career encompassed television, stage, film and radio.
Briers first came to prominence as George Starling in Marriage Lines, but it was a decade later, when he narrated Roobarb and Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk and when he played Tom Good in the BBC sitcom The Good Life, that he became a household name. Later, he starred as Martin in Ever Decreasing Circles, and he had a leading role of Hector in Monarch of the Glen. From the late 1980s, with Kenneth Branagh as director, he performed Shakespearean roles.
Richard Briers is preparing for
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The Visit – Toby
19:45, Wed 23rd – Mon 28th December 2026 at Adelphi Theatre
The Visit is a 1956 tragicomic play by Swiss dramatist Friedrich Dürrenmatt.
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Priscilla, Queen of the Desert – Musical Director
20:15, Sun 18th April 2027 at Noël Coward Theatre
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert is a musical with a book by Australian film director-writer Stephan Elliott and Allan Scott, using well-known pop songs as its score. Adapted from Elliott's 1994 film The…
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Cymbeline – Posthumus Leonatus
17:30, Wed 22nd – Sun 26th September 2027 at Globe Theatre, London
Cymbeline, also known as Cymbeline, King of Britain or The Tragedy of Cymbeline, is a play by William Shakespeare, based on legends concerning the early Celtic British King Cunobelinus. Although listed…
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? – Technical Director
19:15, Tue 30th November – Fri 3rd December 2027 at Random Venue 59
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is a 1962 play by Edward Albee. It examines the breakdown of the marriage of a middle-aged couple, Martha and George. After a university faculty party, they receive an…
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The Crucible – Chief Electrician
17:00, Tue 7th – Sun 12th December 2027 at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
The Crucible is a 1953 play by the American playwright Arthur Miller. It was initially called "The Chronicles of Sarah Good". It is a dramatization of the Salem witch trials that took place in the Provi…
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Blood Brothers – Lighting Designer
19:30, Thu 16th – Mon 20th December 2027 at Random Venue 88
Blood Brothers is a musical with musics, lyrics and a book by Willy Russell, based loosely on the 1844 novella The Corsican Brothers by Alexandre Dumas. The story is a contemporary nature vs. nurture…
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Man of La Mancha – Photographer
19:30, Thu 6th – Mon 10th January 2028 at London Palladium
Man of La Mancha is a musical with a book by Dale Wasserman, lyrics by Joe Darion and music by Mitch Leigh. It is adapted from Wasserman's non-musical 1959 teleplay I, Don Quixote, which was in turn…
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Death of a Salesman – Publicity Designer
20:00, Thu 24th – Mon 28th February 2028 at Globe Theatre, London
Death of a Salesman is a 1949 play written by American playwright Arthur Miller. It was the recipient of the 1949 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award for Best Play. The play premiered on Broadway…
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Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Trumpet
11:15, Thu 27th – Sun 30th April 2028 at Chichester Festival Theatre
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is a 1979 musical thriller with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and libretto by Hugh Wheeler. The musical is based on the 1973 play Sweeney Todd, the…
Richard Briers has been involved with
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A Midsummer Night's Dream – Sound Designer
21:00, Thu 8th – Mon 12th October 2026 at Crucible Theatre
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof – Buster Pollitt
23:30, Wed 7th – Sat 10th October 2026 at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? – Writer
20:45, Tue 15th – Fri 18th September 2026 at Haymarket Theatre
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Mary Poppins – Production Electrician
20:45, Tue 8th September 2026 at The Old Vic
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Assassins – Keys
20:30, Sat 22nd August 2026 at Crucible Theatre
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Show Boat – Choreographer
22:00, Tue 28th July – Sun 2nd August 2026 at Royal Exchange, Manchester
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Legally Blonde: The Musical – Emmett Forrest
20:15, Wed 1st – Sat 4th July 2026 at Random Venue 47
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The Producers – Max Bialystock
20:45, Fri 5th – Mon 8th June 2026 at Liverpool Empire Theatre
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Julius Caesar – Writer
13:15, Fri 29th May 2026 at Sadler's Wells Theatre
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Hello, Dolly! – Choreographer
20:15, Mon 25th May 2026 at Chichester Festival Theatre
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Mary Stuart – Technical Director
20:30, Wed 20th – Sat 23rd May 2026 at Almeida Theatre
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Next to Normal – Henry
20:30, Tue 14th – Sun 19th April 2026 at Chichester Festival Theatre
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Billy Elliot the Musical – Writer
19:45, Tue 24th – Sun 29th March 2026 at Chichester Festival Theatre
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In the Heights – Lighting Designer
19:30, Thu 19th – Sun 22nd March 2026 at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
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Mother Courage and Her Children – Yvette Pottier
19:15, Tue 3rd – Sat 7th February 2026 at Royal Exchange, Manchester
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Brigadoon – Production Electrician
19:15, Thu 11th – Mon 15th December 2025 at The Old Vic
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American Idiot – Deputy Stage Manager
20:30, Thu 18th – Sun 21st September 2025 at Gielgud Theatre
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The Odd Couple – Speed
20:30, Tue 1st – Fri 4th July 2025 at Haymarket Theatre
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Assassins – Bassoon
23:45, Thu 26th – Mon 30th June 2025 at The Old Vic
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Assassins – Sara Jane Moore
15:00, Mon 30th June 2025 at Random Venue 60
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Assassins – Producer
21:00, Fri 6th June 2025 at Globe Theatre, London
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The Government Inspector – Photographer
16:00, Thu 13th – Tue 18th February 2025 at Chichester Festival Theatre
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Elisabeth – Franz Joseph
19:15, Wed 1st – Sun 5th January 2025 at Royal Opera House, London
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Oliver! – Oliver Twist
20:00, Fri 20th December 2024 at Adelphi Theatre
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Three Sisters – Publicist
16:45, Thu 11th April 2024 at Liverpool Empire Theatre
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Wicked – Elphaba
19:30, Mon 5th – Fri 9th February 2024 at Royal Opera House, London
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42nd Street – Writer
19:30, Sat 27th January – Thu 1st February 2024 at Chichester Festival Theatre
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Footloose – Rusty Rodriguez
19:45, Wed 20th – Sun 24th December 2023 at London Palladium
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Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Musical Director
20:45, Sat 30th April – Tue 3rd May 2022 at Royal Opera House, London
