Theatre
2025
GHOSTS IN GREASEPAINT: A VICTORIAN MUSIC HALL REVUE (Chairman, William Rhodes)
Playwright: Julia Carey
Celtic Junction Arts Center, St Paul, Minnesota, USA
Director: Julia Carey
Stage, play-with-music.
2024
THE TEMPEST (Prospero)
Playwright: William Shakespeare
The Festival Players International
Director: Michael Dyer
Stage, open air, tour.
2023
TWELFTH NIGHT (Olivia, Valentine)
Playwright: William Shakespeare
The Festival Players International
Director: Michael Dyer
Stage, open air, tour.
I TAKE YOUR HAND IN MINE (Anton Chekhov)
Playwright: Carol Rocamora
LynchPin Productions. Petersfield Museum, Petersfield.
Director: Edie Campbell
Stage.
2022
JOURNEY'S END (Osborne)
Playwright: R.C. Sherriff
Theatre Reviva! Apollo Theatre, Isle of Wight; Esher Theatre, Esher; CEMA, Kent; Woking Leisure Centre, Woking
Director: Graham Pountney
Stage, tour.
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (Oberon/Theseus/Starveling)
Playwright: William Shakespeare
The Festival Players International
Director: Michael Dyer
Stage, open air, tour.
HOME GROWN WRITERS: PLAYWRITING SCRATCH NIGHT (Coilin/Kethan)
G Live, Guildford, Surrey.
Director: Fiona Moon
Stage.
2021
JOURNEY'S END (Lieutenant Osborne)
Playwright: R.C. Sherriff
Theatre Reviva!, Esher Theatre, Surrey.
Director: Graham Pountney
Stage.
I, MINNIE LANSBURY (Edgar Lansbury)
Playwright: Bren Gosling
Backstory Ensemble Productions, RADA Studios, London.
Director: Su Gilroy
Stage, New Writing.
HENRY V (Fluellen, King of France)
Playwright: William Shakespeare
The Festival Players
Director: Michael Dyer
Stage, Tour.
2020
GET IT OFF YER CHEST (Demon)
Playwright: Jordana Belaiche
Page To Stage London, Horse and Stables, Waterloo.
Director: Sally Wippman
Stage, Rehearsed Reading, New Writing.
STAR MAN (Tony)
Playwright: James Harris
The Old Red Lion, London
Director: James Harris
Stage, Rehearsed Reading, New Writing.
2019
GHOSTS IN GREASEPAINT: THE STORY OF VICTORIAN MUSIC HALL (Chairman)
Playwright: Clive Elliot and Julia Carey
Triple C Theatre Company, The Electric Theatre, Guildford.
Director: Julia Carey
Stage, Music Hall.
LITTLE WOMEN (Professor Bhaer)
A new adaptation based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott
Triple C Theatre Company. The Electric Theatre, The Yvonne Arnaud Theatre's Mill Studio, Guildford. Chapel Playhouse, King's Cross, London.
Director: Julia Carey.
Stage.
WAY UPSTREAM (Vince)
Playwright: Alan Ayckbourn
Triple C Theatre Company, The Yvonne Arnaud Theatre's Mill Studio, Guildford.
Director: Julia Carey
Stage.
Production review:
Essential Surrey: "Ray Murphy excels as the scary, eye-popping Vince..."
2018
GHOSTS IN GREASEPAINT: THE STORY OF VICTORIAN MUSIC HALL (Champagne Charlie and Others)
Playwright: Clive Elliot and Julia Carey
Triple C Theatre Company, The Electric Theatre, Guildford.
Director: Julia Carey
Stage, Music Hall.
JOURNEY'S END (Lieutenant Osborne)
Playwright: R.C. Sherriff
Theatre Reviva! St John's School Theatre, Leatherhead; The Leatherhead Theatre, Leatherhead.
Director: Graham Pountney.
Stage.
MISS ELIZABETH BENNET (Mr Darcy)
Playwight: A.A. Milne
LynchPin Productions. Cafe Mila, Godalming; Electric Theatre, Guildford.
Director: Edie Campbell.
Rehearsed reading.
THE MAN OF DESTINY (Giuseppe)
Playwright: George Bernard Shaw
LynchPin Productions. Cafe Mila, Godalming; Electric Theatre, Guildford.
Director: Kate Napier.
Rehearsed reading.
2017
MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET (Multiple roles)
Version: Lux Radio Theater
LynchPin Productions. Cafe Mila, Godalming; Electric Theatre, Guildford.
Director: Claire Parker.
Rehearsed reading.
A SONG AT TWILIGHT (Felix, Narrator)
Playwright: Noel Coward
LynchPin Productions. Cafe Mila, Godalming; Electric Theatre, Guildford.
Director: Jack Lynch.
Rehearsed reading.
ESCAPING MR WOOLF (Voices, Officer Kim)
Playwright: Daniel Smith
LynchPin Productions. Cafe Mila, Godalming.
Director: Jack Lynch.
Rehearsed reading.
Production review:
Essential Surrey:"... performed with real passion by all the cast ...This is wholly immersive theatre, not for the faint-hearted but truly rewarding."
ROTTEN PERFECT (George Bernard Shaw)
Playwright: Claire Parker
Artifice. Watts Gallery, Compton, Guildford.
Director: Kate Napier.
Site Specific.
Production review:
Essential Surrey: "...all the while, George Bernard Shaw sits patiently – amongst the audience – biding his time. Played by Ray Murphy, he sporadically jumps into life and reads – with a gentle Irish lilt – his letters to Ellen, his acerbic wit increasingly aimed against the intransigent Irving."
MATCHBOX THEATRE (Various)
Playwright: Michael Frayn
Farnham Rep. Phoenix Theatre and Arts Centre, Bordon.
Director: Brenda Longman.
Staged rehearsed reading.
THE DEEP BLUE SEA (Philip Welch)
Playwright: Terence Rattigan
TTA Productions. Yvonne Arnaud Theatre's Mill Studio, Guildford.
Director: Michael Gaunt.
Stage.
Production reviews:
Surrey Life: "...a truly gripping production."
NODA: "The well-meaning young neighbours, Mr and Mrs Welch, played so well by Ray Murphy and Gwenan Bain, all 1950s stiffness, manliness on his part, a kind of ‘I’m in charge here, Dear’, and conventional femininity on hers..."
COWARDS OF US ALL (George Porrit)
A new full-length play about one family's navigation through the suffragette movement and war.
Playwright: Lynda Strudwick
LynchPin Productions Theatre Co. Ltd. Cafe Mila, Godalming.
Director: Jack Lynch
Rehearsed Reading.
REBECCA (Maxim de Winter)
A radio adaptation of the screenplay of 'Rebecca' (1940) by Lux Radio Theater (1950)
LynchPin Productions Theatre Co. Ltd. Cafe Mila, Godalming.
Director: Jack Lynch
Rehearsed Reading
2016
THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS INNOCENCE (Chris)
Playwright: Will Adolphy
Page to Stage Londn. Horse and Stables, Waterloo.
Director: Jack Silver
Rehearsed Reading
VOICES FROM THE GREAT WAR (Roland Leighton)
A compilation of letters, songs, and poetry of accounts from WW1, put together by Edie Campbell.
LynchPin Productions Theatre Co. Ltd. Cafe Mila, Godalming.
Director: Edie Campbell
Rehearsed Reading
THOSE DREAMS (Jack)
Playwright: Richard Fitchett
Page to Stage London. Horse and Stables, Waterloo.
Director: Mayra Stergiou
Rehearsed Reading
A POT OF PAINT IN THE PUBLIC'S FACE (Reader)
A compilation of words and poetry about art put together by William Whymper.
Farnham Rep. Farnham Library.
Director: William Whymper
Rehearsed Reading
MISS IN HER TEENS (Puff)
Playwright: David Garrick
Artifice with LynchPin Productions Theatre Co. Ltd. Cafe Mila, Godalming.
Director: Kate Napier.
Rehearsed Reading.
THE BOY ON THE SWING (Earl Hunt)
Playwright: Joe Harbot
Guildford Fringe Festival & Pranksters. The Star Inn, Guildford.
Director: Amy Yorston
Stage
BETRAYAL (Robert)
Playwright: Harold Pinter
Farnham Rep. Brasserie Blanc, Farnham.
Director: Maurice Thorogood
Rehearsed Reading
MATCHBOX THEATRE (Various)
Playwright: Michael Frayn
Farnham Rep. Brasserie Blanc, Farnham.
Director: Brenda Longman
Rehearsed Reading
ROTTEN PERFECT (Sedgwick & George Bernard Shaw)
Playwright: Claire Jephcott
LynchPin Productions Theatre Co. Ltd. Cafe Mila, Godalming.
Directors: Jack Lynch and Claire Jephcott.
Rehearsed Reading
2015
AUSTEN'S ARTIFICE (The Man)
An original compilation-play by Kate Napier, with the writings of Jane Austen.
Artifice. Stansted Park, Rowlands Castle.
Director: Kate Napier
Site Specific
THE RIVALS (Acres)
Playwright: Richard Brinsley Sheridan
LynchPin Production Theatre Co. Ltd. Cafe Mila, Godalming.
Director: Kate Napier
Rehearsed Reading
THE HAIRLESS MEZZO (Mr Martin)
A new adaptation of Eugène Ionesco's 'La Canatrice Chauve' by Jack Lynch, Ray Murphy, Kate Napier, and Edie Campbell.
LynchPin Productions Theatre Co. Ltd. Cafe Mila, Godalming.
Director: Jack Lynch
Rehearsed Reading
IMMORTALITY (George 'Alec' Alexander)
Playwright: Lynda Strudwick
LynchPin Productions Theatre Co. Ltd. Cafe Mila, Godalming.
Director: Jack Lynch
Rehearsed Reading
SEX (Rocky Waldron)
Playwright: Mae West
LynchPin Productions Theatre Co. Ltd. Cafe Mila, Godalming.
Director: Jack Lynch
Rehearsed Reading
SUBSIDENCE (Gary)
Playwright: Leighton Carter
LynchPin Productions Theatre Co. Ltd. Cafe Mila, Godalming.
Director: Andrew Pullen
Rehearsed Reading
2014
THE WAY TO KEEP HIM (William/Mr Lovemore)
Playwright: Arthur Murphy
Artifice. Frensham Pond Hotel, Farnham; Stansted Park, Rowlands Castle; Winchester Cathedral, Winchester.
Director: Kate Napier
Site Specific
POEMS THAT MAKE GROWN MEN CRY (Reader)
Compiled by: Anthony and Ben Holden
LynchPin Productions Theatre Co. Ltd. Guildford Institute.
Directors: Edie Campbell and Jack Lynch
Rehearsed Reading
LOVERS' VOWS (Anhalt)
Playwright: Elizabeth Inchbald
Artifice. Chawton House Library, Hampshire; Guildford Fringe Festival, The Star Inn, Guildford; The Mission Theatre, Bath; Groundlings Theatre, Portsea.
Director: Kate Napier
Site Specific, Theatre
2013
GSA MA SHOWCASE 2013
(Molina from 'Kiss of the Spider Woman' by Manuel Puig)
(Jean from 'Rhinoceros' by Eugène Ionesco)
Guildford School of Acting. Criterion Theatre, London.
Directors: Jaq Bessell and Julian Woolford
Theatre
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (Quince/Egeus)
Playwright: William Shakespeare
Performance Research Group. Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire. Director: Jaq Bessell
Site Specific
METAMORPHOSES (Bacchus/Erysichthon/Hermes)
Playwright: Mary Zimmerman
Guildford School of Acting. Ivy Arts Centre, Guildford
Director: Xavier Leret
Theatre
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (Quince/Oberon)
Playwright: William Shakespeare
Guildford School of Acting. GSA, Guildford.
Director: Jaq Bessell
Theatre
BLOOD WEDDING (Beggar Woman)
Playwright: Federico García Lorca
Guildford School of Acting. GSA, Guildford.
Director: Jaq Bessell
Theatre
THREE SISTERS (Tusenbach)
Playwright: Anton Chekhov
Guildford School of Acting. GSA, Guildford.
Director: Ciaran McConville
Theatre
TV/Film
2015
ARTIFICE: WHAT WE DO (Anhalt from LOVERS' VOWS)
Artifice.
Director: Kate Napier & Mark Perry
2014
ABDUCT (Psychic)
Abduct Ltd.
Director: Ilyas Kaduji
Film
2013
STILL LIFE WITH FRUIT AND SABRINA (Paul)
University of West London.
Director: Charles Willmott
Short Film
SEVERANCE (Gabby White)
Guildford School of Acting.
Directors: Keir Burrows and Chris Watling
Short Film
SECRET OF CRICKLEY HALL (Percy)
Guildford School of Acting.
Director: Julia Carey
Short Film
Skills
Accents:
English-Standard, RP, American (Standard), American (Southern), Irish - Northern, Bristolian
Music & Dance:
Baritone, choral singing, actor-singer
Performance:
APC Actor Combatant (rapier, hand-to-hand, rapier/companion weapon), Audio Books, Outdoor Performance, Physical Theatre, Storytelling, Voice-over, Mask, Site-specific/adaptive Performance, Excellent Sight-reading, Verse and Poetry
Sports:
Yoga
Other:
Barista, Bartending, Computer Literate, Editing and Proofreading, Devising, Improvisation, Narration, Tarot Reading, Video Games, Writing, Psychology (BSc Hons.)