Richard Burke

Richard started his acting career in 1965, appearing at various theatres eg Eastbourne, Wolverhampton, Chelmsford, Bath, Wimbledon, Bexhill, etc. He became a regular on major UK tours of the 1970s as a juvenile/juvenile character lead, appearing with many stars of that era.

He gave up acting in the late 1970s to pursue a career in retail, as a partner in Adrians, the well-known, multi-award winning record (later video/DVD, CD) stores based in Essex, started by his life partner, Adrian Rondeau. When the stores were at their peak in the 80s and 90s, employing over 50 staff, he felt able to return to professional acting in a smallish way at the theatre in Chelmsford, very near the then home of him and his partner, and over a ten-year period appeared as the lead in such plays as Amadeus, 40 Years On, Hay Fever, The Madness of George the Third, Broken Glass, The Forsyte Saga, Habeas Corpus, The Woman in Black, and Death and the Maiden.

As of 2021, Adrians is still going strong but in a much reduced way, in line with the times. Richard’s input is these days minimal – just as he wants it to be!

From 1997 to 2019 Richard was a leading actor/facilitator on business training courses in the UK and Europe. He counts himself very lucky to have added another acting string to his bow. He is now pretty much retired and lives with his partner of 53 years in an old riverside mill house in the heart of the Norfolk countryside