www.richarddacosta.com
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Background / Biog
Richard da Costa has worked as an actor since graduating from Birmingham University Drama Department in 1992. In 1998, he also began working as a director and writer. In 2001, he set up Dramatic Solutions, specialising in video production and theatre-based learning and development programmes.
He continues to work freelance alongside this corporate work and has gained recognition and acclaim across the disciplines. His work has been in theatre, radio, film and television as well as in the corporate sector.
On television, he has been seen in The Colour of Magic (Sky One), Bedheads (Independent) Dutch Courage (Independent) Philip's Flashing Finger (Sky Movies), Dangerfield series one and four (BBC) as well as work for Channel 4 Schools and numerous commercials. On Radio, he bankrupted Eddie Grundy in The Archers and has also been heard in Silver Street and in numerous Radio 4 plays. Theatre includes; Othello (Nottingham Playhouse), Hamlet (Birmingham Rep), Treasure Island (Tobacco Factory) Arabian Nights, Rumplestiltskin, Jungle Book (Midlands Arts Centre) Hansel an Gretel (Bolton Octagon) Aesop's Fables (Savoy Theatre, West End).
As a Director, credits include; The Adventures of Robin Hood, (Tobacco Factory) Planet Time, Cooking the Books and the highly acclaimed 2004 Tobacco Factory production of The Secret Garden. He has also directed many radio and video productions. He writes, directs and produces video and theatre for the corporate market on an ongoing basis for Dramatic Solutions.
Theatre productions as a writer include; The Adventures of Robin Hood, Treasure Island, Planet Time and Cooking the Books.
He is currently working as writer/director on 'Mary Ball', the story of the last woman to be publicly executed in Warwickshire.
Aspirations
Continuing to develop skills doing the best work I can means working with the best people on the most challenging projects. At the heart of everything I do is a love of great storytelling, a belief in genuine collaboration and in the power of the imagination to enrich our understanding of the world. My passion is the exploration of character, behaviours and relationships. The process of acting provides a fantastic opportunity to revel in and physically explore transactions at a moment by moment level. Directing and writing provide opportunities to create the most interesting circumstances for these explorations to occur. Working across different elements of creative processes enables me to indulge both a love of detail and develop an appreciation of the bigger picture. Everything feeds everything else.