Richard Healey

Qualifications

Honors and awards

Engagement with organisations which contribute to the development of educational, cultural or socio-economic policies in Cornwall

Resident Musical Director for The Hall For Cornwall. Regular collaborator with both Illyria and o-region.

Independent professional practice

Musical Director and/or Supervisor credits:

Tom Fletcher’s The Creakers, The Musical (Theatre Royal Plymouth & South Bank Centre); A Tale of Two Cities and Land of Make Believe (Green Room Ents. for Cunard), Fame (TSE Productions, Scandinavia); Unsung Songs (John Mills Theatre); Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado (National Tour, Illyria); Merman’s Apprentice (Landor Theatre, Aria Entertainment); New Jersey Nights (National Tour, Spirit Productions); Songs To Make You Smile (National Festivals & International Tour, Gag Reflex); Rhinestone Mondays (National Tour, Mercury Theatre); Simply Cinderella (World Premiere, CURVE); Ordinary Days (European Premiere, Finborough Theatre & Trafalgar Studios); A Celebrity Chef Ate My Hamster (Bridewell Theatre); A Threepenny Opera (Lyric Theatre); Dionne & Friends (Apollo Theatre); Into the Woods, Love Story, Passion, Our House, Rent, Grand Hotel, Spend Spend Spend (New Wolsey Theatre); Follies (Theatre Royal); Emma (King's Head Theatre & National Tour); Tess of the D'Urbervilles (New End Theatre & National Tour); The Biography Girl (Waterman’s Theatre); The Dark Tower (The Bussey Building); The Lost Christmas (Hazlitt Theatre, Perfect Pitch); Mina Laury (Brighton Festival); 45755 (Vivian Ellis Award); Cinderella (Watersmeet Theatre, PHA); Treasure Island, Sleeping Beauty, Jack & the Beanstalk, Robin Hood, Dick Whittington & his Mousehole Cat and Aladdin (Hall For Cornwall & Hiss & Boo Co.)

As Associate Musical Director for ATG he musically directed Oliver!, Bugsy Malone, Footloose and Fame. As Resident Musical Director at the Hazlitt Arts Centre, he musically directed Working, Honk!, Seussical the Musical, Fame and The Baker’s Wife. Additional credits include Up On The Roof and West Side Story (Nuffield Theatre), Summer Holiday, The Wiz, The Wedding Singer and We Will Rock You (Spa Pavilion, Open Wide District Coastal Ltd.)

Composition, Arranging & Orchestration credits (original songs, lyrics & score):

White Horse (for o-region); Hireth and Trevithick! (for o-region & Palores); The Bar Mitzvah Boy (Upstairs At The Gatehouse); Love Birds (Pleasance Theatre & Original Cast Recording); Beauty & the Beast (Playhouse Theatre); Wuthering Heights (Theatre in the Forest, Red Rose Chain); The Boy With The Cuckoo Clock Heart (Pleasance Theatre, ‘Les Enfants Terrible’ Award); Christmas Comes But Once A Year..? (Hazlitt Theatre & Cameron Mackintosh Award); Mina Laury (Brighton Festival & National Tour); The Boy Who Fell Asleep (Edinburgh Festival); Aqua Springs (Hazlitt Theatre, Edinburgh Festival & educational tour); Nana (LAMDA); Bent, Troilus & Cressida, Rock ‘n’ Roll Alice and Talking Heads (Nuffield Theatre); One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Edinburgh Festival). Additionally, he has written music for Volpone, Emma and The Canterbury Tales (Riverside Theatre).

Engagement with professional associations and societies

Musical Director for Hall for Cornwall. Musical Director, Arranger & Musical Supervisor for projects with ImPossible, Theatre Royal Plymouth & The Royal Festival Hall. Musical Director, Orchestrator for national tours of shows & plays with Illyria Theatre Co.