Richard Dempsey made his professional stage debut in the role of Jack in the Original London production of the award-winning musical Into the Woods with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim at The Phoenix Theatre.
10 Facts About Richard Dempsey
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Richard Dempsey has since performed in a large variety of roles in television, film and on stage with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal National Theatre, Michael Grandage Company, Frantic Assembly and Propeller.
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Richard Dempsey appeared in the 2019 Royal Shakespeare Company production of Don Quixote stepping into the title role when David Threlfall was indisposed.
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Richard Dempsey played The Compere in the North American Premiere of the WYP production of Baz Luhrmann's Strictly Ballroom at The Prince of Wales Theatre, Toronto.
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Richard Dempsey starred in Mark Ravenhill's Citizenship with Matt Smith, Andrew Garfield and Andrea Riseborough at the Royal National Theatre, and toured with the production to Hong Kong.
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Richard Dempsey appeared in the original cast of the stage adaptation of Eleanor Bergstein's Dirty Dancing at the Aldwych Theatre in London's West End playing Neil Kellerman.
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Richard Dempsey appeared in Edward Hall's all-male productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Merchant of Venice, playing Titania and Lorenzo, touring to New York's Brooklyn Academy of Music, Tokyo, Rome, Athens, Milan, Galway and throughout the UK.
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Richard Dempsey played opposite Josefina Gabrielle as The Rt Hon Gerald Bolingbroke in the Sheffield Crucible's production of Me and My Girl.
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Richard Dempsey played Toddy in the Southwark Playhouse production of Victor Victoria "Richard Dempsey as Toddy is so endearing you want to hug him" - The Telegraph.
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In 2022, Richard Dempsey appeared as Nicholas II of Russia in Doctor Who and as Paul Crouch in the world premiere, at London's Almeida Theatre, of the musical Tammy Faye, written by Elton John, Jake Shears, and James Graham.