Dickie Beau
British actor
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Richard Boyce, known professionally as Dickie Beau,[1][2][3] is a British film and stage actor. His stage performances often involve lip-synching to archival audio recordings.[4][2][5]
Dickie Beau | |
|---|---|
| Born | Richard Boyce |
| Occupations | Film and stage actor |
| Awards | Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Award (2014) |
Early life and education
At the age of five, Beau played the Handsome Prince in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and knew he wanted to act.[4] His childhood idols included Judy Garland and Marilyn Monroe.[6] He trained in Drama at Manchester University, and subsequently worked in a Milan theatre company, Teatro della Contraddizione, whose work was inspired by Pina Bausch.[7][8]
Career
Technique
Beau's use of lip-synching was inspired by the drag queen Suppositori Spelling, who he met in London in 2006.[9][7] An additional inspiration for his technique was the journalist Richard Meryman.[10][11][12] Beau sometimes lip-synchs to his own voice, sometimes to those of other performers.[13][14] He calls the technique "rememberment",[9][7] and it has also been described as "hauntological dramaturgy".[15]
Personal life
Beau is openly gay, having known his sexual orientation from the age of around five or six.[4] Beau practises meditation.[4]
Credits
Theatre
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 2009 | A Self Portrait[1] |
| 2013 | This is Not A Dream[1] |
| 2012–2013 | BLACKOUT: Twilight of the Idols[1][16][17] |
| 2013 | Lost in Trans[18][2] |
| 2014 | Camera Lucida[2] |
| 2017–2023[19][20][21] | Re-Member Me[22][23][3][24] |
| 2019 | Botticelli in the Fire[25][26][11] |
| 2020-2021 | Dick Whittington[27][28][29] |
| 2022 | The Tempest[8] |
| 2022 | ¡SHOWMANISM![30][31][32][33] |
| 2024-25 | The Invention of Love (Hampstead Theatre)[34] |
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Colette | Georges Wague[4][35][25] | |
| 2018 | Bohemian Rhapsody | Kenny Everett[4][35][25] | |
| 2019 | Country of Hotels | Talk Show Host[35] | |
| 2021 | The Real Charlie Chaplin | Roddy McDowall[35][17] | |
| TBA | Elsinore † | TBA |
Accolades
- 2012 London Cabaret Award for Best Alternative Performer[1][8]
- 2013 Jardin d’Europe Contemporary Dance[36]
- 2014 Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Award[8][37]
- 2017 Best Supporting Male in the Off-West End Theatre Awards[8][38][39]