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Richard Mawbey

Richard owns Wig Specialities in London and is personal wig-maker to Kylie Minogue, Sheridan Smith, Jessie J, Paloma Faith and Dame Edna Everage.

London theatre credits include: Romeo and Juliet, The Winter’s Tale, Harlequinade (Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company); The Maids, Richard III, The Ruling Class (Jamie Lloyd Company); Privates on Parade, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Madame de Sade, Twelfth Night, Ivanov (Michael Grandage Company); The Libertine; Boys in the Band; Vanities; The Stripper; The View from Islington North; Mrs Henderson Presents; Miss Atomic Bomb; Elf; Assassins; White Christmas; Urinetown; Forbidden Broadway; From Here to Eternity; South Pacific; Top Hat; Hairspray; Passion; Legally Blonde; End of the Rainbow; Piaf; Sweet Charity; Guys and Dolls; The Producers; Kiss Me Kate; Starlight Express; Thoroughly Modern Millie.

National credits include: La Cage Aux Folles (2017); Chitty Chitty Bang Bang; We Will Rock You; Nine to Five; A Damsel in Distress; East is East; Boorskale the Musical; Big the Musical.

Broadway credits include: Finding Neverland (first national tour); Waitress; Evita; La Cage Aux Folles; Frost Nixon; Priscilla; Chicago.

Opera credits include: Die Soldaten (Germany and New York); Cosi Fan Tutte (Aix-en-Provence); Death in Venice (ENO); Monaie (Brussels).

Film credits include: The Ghost Writer, Titanic; It’s De-Lovely; Star Wars; Wilde; Tomorrow Never Dies; Disney’s The Santa Clause; Tomb Raider; Mask of Zorro; Closer; Richard Harris as Dumbledore in Harry Potter.

Television credits include: Poldark; The C Word; CILLA; Vikings; Black Sails; Ripper Street; Mr Selfridge; Little Britain; Catherine Tate Show; Poirot; Miss Marple.