Richard Stirling


Richard Stirling is an English writer and actor, who has appeared on film, television and the West End theatre and Off-Broadway stage. He studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He has written arts features for newspapers and magazines. His 2009 play Seven Other Children was written as a response to Caryl Churchill's controversial play Seven Jewish Children.
He adapted the diaries of Cecil Beaton for performance, and played the title role. Following performances at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2022, to favourable reviews, Cecil Beaton's Diaries was selected to be part of the 2023 Brits Off Broadway season, playing at New York's 59E59 Theaters in May, before touring the UK.
In 2025, his adaptation of Sir Compton Mackenzie's comic novel Extraordinary Women (novel), with a score by Tony Award winner Sarah Travis had its professional premiere, "featuring a fantastic cast" of West End performers, at Jermyn Street Theatre.
Directly following this, he appeared in The Gathered Leaves, directed by Adrian Noble, with Jonathan Hyde, Chris Larkin and Olivia Vinall at Park Theatre (London) to outstanding reviews, with his portrayal as Samuel being hailed as "brilliant" and "one of London's performances of the year".

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