Richard Everett
Richard Everett was educated at Mill Hill public school in the 1960s. Immediately after leaving he became an actor, appearing many times on London’s West End stage and on Broadway, New York. He also worked in films, on television and on radio before forming The Upstream Theatre Company near London’s South Bank, where he was Artistic Director for 3 years in the late 1970’s. He also helped to set up the now established Riding Lights Theatre Company in York.
Richard then turned to writing and is the author of 7 published stage plays, including the much-acclaimed Entertaining Angels. Richard also has 200 animation scripts to his credit, including the BAFTA-nominated Joseph for the BBC’s Testament Series. He has written 2 feature films, 3 plays for BBC radio 4, and a published collection of award winning sketches and meditations and a published collection of award winning sketches and meditations entitled ‘Sound Bites’ (see website below). Richard has spent 5 years running weekly drama workshops for Additional Needs Adults with the L’Arche community. A short film he made with them, The Most Important Person in the World, won 3rd place at a film festival in Poznan, Poland.
