Graham Bickley | |
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Born |
Graham John Bickley 18 May 1958 Liverpool, England |
Nationality | British |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1978 to present day |
Television | Bread (1989–91) |
Website | Official site |
Graham John Bickley (born 18 May 1958) is an English actor. He is best known for playing the role of Joey Boswell in Bread from 1989 until 1991, taking over from Peter Howitt, who played him from 1986 until 1989.
Bickley trained at The Liverpool Theatre School. He has performed in the West End since 1981 in productions including They're Playing Our Song, The Pirates of Penzance, and as principal lead in Jukebox, Which Witch, Maddie, The Pajama Game (Best Actor nomination, Toronto), Les Misérables, Metropolis, Miss Saigon, Sunset Boulevard (playing opposite Petula Clark), and Ragtime (nominated for the Laurence Olivier and The Whatsonstage Award for Best Actor in a Musical).
Regional productions include Sleuth, No Trams to Lime Street (Best Actor nomination, Manchester), the UK première of I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change and the world première of Black Goes With Everything. Revues include Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris and It's Better With a Band.
On the concert platform, Bickley has performed with orchestras throughout the UK, Europe and South America including The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, The London Symphony, The City of London Sinfonia, The National Symphony, The Northern Sinfonia, The Royal Scottish National, The Hallé, The City of Birmingham Symphony, The RTÉ Concert, The Gothenburg Symphony, The Iceland Symphony and The São Paulo Symphony. With conductor Carl Davis, Bickley performed a series of concerts with The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, The Hallé, The City of Birmingham Symphony, the Bergen Philharmonic in Norway and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.