ActorRichard Block
ACT, Canberra
Occupation : Managing Director
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Richard arrived on the Canberra theatre scene late in life, somewhere between his 31st and 32nd birthdays. His first show was in Phoenix Players production of Kiss Me Kate in 2006, where he "Fell in love with theatre" and since then he has appeared in dozens of shows ranging from plays to musicals to pantomimes.
In 2010 Richard began his foray into producing shows as the Production Manager for Phoenix Players Disney's double bill - Cinderella and The Aristocats. He found managing two casts of about 50 children set him up to handle adult casts like "no other text book training could ever have". In 2012 he got his first chance direct with How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying as part of the Phoenix Players - Phoenix Rising Program.
In 2013 he performed leading roles in Ickle Pickle's production of Oliver! playing the "suitably sinister" Bill Sikes, as Frank Butler in Queanbeyan Player's Annie Get Your Gun and as understudy for the role of Javert in Canberra Philharmonic Society's Les Miserable.
In 2013 Richard launched the StageCenta website as a resource and information hub for the theatre scene.
In 2014 Richard established Dramatic Productions to co-produce The Rokitelly Man with Ickle Pickle Productions. And then in 2015 directed and produced The Last Five Years and teaming up with the ANU School of Music Into the Woods which won 3 Canberra Area Theatre awards. In 2016 Richard directed Dramatic Productions 4th show Catch Me If You Can.
2017 saw the last production directed by Richard, Sweeney Todd. Afterwards he would exclusively produce theatre, staging Heathers the Musical in 2018 and then The Producers in 2019, starring Daryl Somers (Hey Hey Its Saturday) and directed by Rachael Beck.

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Shows Richard Block has been in
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet StreetSweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Show finished on 21 Oct 2017
$36.50 - $49.50
Musical
Catch Me If You CanCatch Me If You Can
Show finished on 12 Jun 2016
$36.50 - 49.50
Musical
Into The WoodsInto The Woods
Show finished on 12 Sep 2015
$36.50 - $65.00
Musical
The Last Five YearsThe Last Five Years
Show finished on 2 May 2015
$30 - $90
Musical
High FidelityHigh Fidelity
Show finished on 21 Feb 2015
$25 - $65
Musical
Sunset BoulevardSunset Boulevard
Show finished on 25 Oct 2014
$41 - $56
Musical
The Rokitelly ManThe Rokitelly Man
Show finished on 2 Aug 2014
$25 - $30
Musical
Annie Get Your GunAnnie Get Your Gun
Show finished on 16 Nov 2013
$25 - $40
Musical
The Magic FluteThe Magic Flute
Show finished on 5 May 2013
$30 - $60
Play
Les MisrablesLes Miserables
Show finished on 16 Mar 2013
$25 - $45
Musical
Oliver!Oliver!
Show finished on 25 Jan 2013
$22.50-$26.00
Musical