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Richard brings his solo show, An Accent Waiting To Happen, back to The West Hampstead Arts Club after his two sell-out shows here earlier this year, with new tales of his adventures. Expect an entertaining evening of songs, film clips, stories, readings, and downright scurrilous gossip from his 40+ years in the arts and entertainment world.
?His extraordinary memoir is gloriously indiscreet? - Time Out
Richard 'Kid' Strange's story is a wild ride through the last 40 years of pop culture, filled with wit, charm, and a sense of adventure that's hard to match. Whether you know him as a musician, actor, writer, or just a man with some incredible stories, there's no denying that he's a unique and captivating figure in the world of arts and entertainment.
Richard is the founder of proto-punk rock band Doctors of Madness, first unleashed on an uncomprehending public in 1975, and who were at various times supported by the Sex Pistols, The Jam, and Joy Division ? they were the "missing link between David Bowie and The Sex Pistols?? wrote The Guardian in May 2017.
He was robbed by The Sex Pistols, trashed an art gallery with Jack Nicholson, played cricket with Imran Khan, paid Depeche Mode £15 to play a half-hour set, and cooked spaghetti with Sophia Loren. Actor James Nesbitt perhaps sums it up best: "18 years after first meeting him, just thinking about Richard still reduces me to a state of near hysteria?and terror. He restores one?s faith in the ability of the human spirit to soar."
?Strange is a cultured, gregarious chap who moves through London?s gilded salons observing his peers? foibles. He observes the glitterati with a witty eye.? ? Mojo
He's worked with Marianne Faithfull and Tom Waits on the musical stage play The Black Rider, performed with luminaries like David Byrne, Tim Robbins, Steve Buscemi, Shane McGowan and Twiggy and narrated & sang baritone in Frank Zappa?s opera 200 Motels, which played to a rapturous full house at The Royal Festival Hall.
?Richard Strange passes the kool acid test with psychedelic colours? enthused The Tatler
As well as being a pioneering musician, he's appeared as a screen actor in Batman, Mona Lisa, Robin Hood-Prince of Thieves, Gangs of New York and numerous episodes of Men Behaving Badly.
He's collaborated with Martin Scorsese, Harmony Korine, Peter Capaldi, Damon Albarn, Jarvis Cocker and many more besides.
?A seminal figure at the crossroads of art, music, film, and counter-culture? - The Independent
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