Richard is a UK based lighting designer working in Theatre, Opera and Dance. He is a graduate of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Designs include productions at The Old Vic Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, Almeida Theatre, Donmar Warehouse, Royal Court, Public Theater (New York), Manchester Royal Exchange, Hampstead Theatre, Sheffield Crucible, Bristol Old Vic, Theatre Royal Bath, Opera Holland Park, Danish National Opera, Scottish Opera and Sadlers Wells.
In 2017 Richard won a Knight of Illumination award for 'Guards at the Taj' at the Bush Theatre.
Works include: Tartuffe, Coriolanus (RSC); The Writer (Almeida); Aristocrats, Privacy (Donmar Warehouse) All My Sons, Jekyll And Hyde (Old Vic, London); The Watsons, Pinter 5 & 6, Glengarry Glen Ross, Bad Jews, Killer Joe (West End); I See You (Royal Court, Jerwood Theatre Upstairs); Homecoming, East Is East (Trafalgar Studios For Jamie Lloyd Company); Breaking The Code, A Doll's House, Little Shop Of Horrors (Manchester Royal Exchange); Labyrinth (Hampstead Theatre); The Country Wife (Chichester, Minerva); The Wild Party (The Other Palace); Faustus, The Glass Menagerie (Headlong, Uk Tour); A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Wizard Of Oz, Playing For Time (Sheffield Crucible); The Grinning Man, The Crucible, Cyrano, The Life And Times Of Fanny Hill (Bristol Old Vic); The Madness Of George Iii (Nottingham Playhouse); Project Polunin (Sadlers Wells); Breaking The Waves, Flight (Scottish Opera); Il Trittico, Madame Butterfly, La Fanciulla (Opera Holland Park); Madame Butterfly (Danish National Opera).