ABOUT RICHARD BAKER
Richard is an MD, musical supervisor, composer and improviser with a wide range of experience, most recently on the Broadway opening of Peter Pan Goes Wrong, which he composed music and songs for. After previously being nominated for an Olivier award for the Apollo Theatre run in 2016, the show has since been seen on the BBC, for national tours and international replica productions, and playing for a four month season at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre in 2023 followed by a summer season in Los Angeles.
Regularly working with Mischief Theatre, Richard initially joined them in 2013 as a musician for their show Lights! Camera! Improvise!, which played several sold out runs at the Edinburgh Festival and had a monthly residency at the Duchess Theatre. This show became Mischief Movie Night, at the Minack Theatre and Regent's Park Theatre amongst other venues, and previously for an Olivier award-nominated run at the Arts Theatre. Other recent compositions include the full-length musical Tasting Notes at Southwark Playhouse in 2022, music and songs for the play Good Luck Studio at the Mercury Theatre in Colchester in 2022, and the musical Hangover Square, currently in development and with showcase performances in 2024 at The Other Palace and 54 Below in New York.
Richard's work as a musical supervisor has expanded in recent years, including for a production of Ruddigore at Wilton's Music Hall and for UK Productions' 2023/4 Pantomimes, where he covered 11 productions nationwide. He is also the Associate MD for NewsRevue, alongside acting as MD for their 2023 Edinburgh run in the Pleasance Grand. As an MD, Richard has also recently worked on the All Male Pirates of Penzance at the Palace Theatre, and the All Male Iolanthe and The Mikado on national tours of the UK. Other MD credits include Secret Garden at the Ambassadors Theatre, Finian’s Rainbow at Charing Cross Theatre, Holst’s one act opera The Wandering Scholar at the King’s Head Theatre, Princess Ida at the Finborough Theatre, Brooklyn at the Greenwich Theatre, and Lucky Stiff, Road Show, Anyone Can Whistle and Our House at the Union Theatre. As a repetiteur for a number of companies, Richard has also worked at the Islington Pleasance, Buxton Opera House and Royal Festival Hall.
He trained at LAMDA as an MD and repetiteur, and whilst in training he worked on City of Angels at the Hammersmith Lyric, Parade at the Old Vic Tunnels, and Much Ado About Nothing at the Riverside Studios, directed by Dame Janet Suzman. He also frequently works as an audition pianist and vocal coach.
