Graham Bickley
Graham Bickley recently played the role of Tateh in the West End production of the musical Ragtime at the Piccadilly Theatre in London.
Graham trained at the Liverpool School of Performing Arts.
Graham has performed in the West End for the last twenty years in productions including They’re Playing Our Song, Pirates of Penzance and as principal lead in Jukebox, Which Witch, Maddie, The Pajama Game, Les Misérables, Metropolis, Miss Saigon and Sunset Boulevard (playing opposite Petula Clark). Regional productions include Sleuth, No Trams to Lime Street, 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.
He recently appeared in a concert performance of Leonard Bernstein’s Wonderful Town playing the role of The Wreck, in Rotterdam, with The Rotterdam Philharmonic, and Guys and Dolls, playing Nathan Detroit, in Vienna with The Vienna Konzerthaus, both conducted by Wayne Marshall. Graham has also appeared in concert arena productions of Jesus Christ Superstar, throughout Scandinavia and Evita at the Chelmsford Festival. On the concert platform, Graham 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 Royal Scottish National, The Hallé, The City of Birmingham Symphony, The Bergen Philharmonic and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Graham regularly appears with the BBC Concert Orchestra. His concerts with them include Guys and Dolls, playing Nathan Detroit, On The Town, playing Chip, and a new musical version of Peter Pan, all at the Royal Festival Hall and recorded for broadcast on BBC Radio.
Other live concert performances for BBC Radio include Bitter Sweet, Radio Rhapsody, and Big Band Special with the BBC Big Band, and numerous appearances as guest vocalist on BBC Radio 2’s Friday Night is Music Night. In 2000, Graham made his debut at the BBC Promenade Concerts at the Royal Albert Hall, performing in Kurt Weil’s Street Scenes and a 70th birthday tribute for Stephen Sondheim. For BBC Television, Graham played the role of Joey in Carla Lane’s comedy series, Bread.
Most recently, Graham completed a season at the Grange Park Opera playing Billy Crocker in Cole Porter’s Anything Goes. In October 2002, Graham performed the role of Tateh in the UK première concert performance of Ragtime at the inaugural International Festival of Musical Theatre in Cardiff. At the same festival, with orchestrator and conductor Martin Koch, Graham premièred Tempo of the Heart – A Celebration of the Work of Nelson Riddle, a concert for full orchestra and big band, produced by their company KOBIMUSIC UK Ltd.
Graham is a Director of The Theatre Royal Drury Lane Theatrical Fund, founded in 1766.