Richard Swerrun is a true “all-rounder”, not only as a singer and actor but also as a qualified dance teacher.
His West End debut was in the lavish musical ‘Y’ at the Piccadilly Theatre for which he won the Variety Club of Great Britain Award for Best Vocalist. Richard went to star in many musicals. Joseph in ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’ (New London, Drury Lane)‘Oklahoma!’(National Tour) Robin Prince of Sherwood (Piccadilly Theatre) and West Side Story at Her Majesty’s Theatre receiving an award for his performance as ‘Tony’ from HRH The Duke of Edinburgh. During this time he also recorded his first album In Another Time .
In cabaret, Richard has performed all over the country and has appeared on the World cruise of the QE2 which led to an invitation to perform at The Ritz Hotel, London. He has directed and choreographed for the Concordia Foundation in Bangkok and directed, choreographed and starred at the Jersey Opera House breaking all box office records since the war!
He has sung with the Pasadena Roof Orchestra, Syd Lawrence Orchestra and most major symphony orchestras. He was also a regular guest soloist with the National Concert Orchestra.
He won acclaim for his one-man show “Richard Swerrun in Concert ” which ‘ The Times’ reviewed as ‘ A gut–wrenching tour de-force’.
Richard appeared as Jaeger in Ken Russell’s film “Elgar”,toured as Lord Lebanon in “The Case of the Frightened Lady”, Boone in “Whistle Down the Wind” and played Satan in “Roll Over Jehovah” at the New End Theatre,Hampstead and the Dentist in “Little Shop of Horrors” at the Landor.
He is in constant demand as a teacher for all aspects of theatre which takes him all over the country.
