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]
Early life
editAt 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]
Beau 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]
Technique
editBeau'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]
Stage work
editYear | Titel |
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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] |
Film performances
editYear | Titel | Role |
---|---|---|
2018 | Colette | Georges Wague[4][34][25] |
2018 | Bohemian Rhapsody | Kenny Everett[4][34][25] |
2019 | Country of Hotels | Talk Show Host[34] |
2021 | The Real Charlie Chaplin | Roddy McDowall[34][17] |
Awards
edit- 2012 London Cabaret Award for Best Alternative Performer[1][8]
- 2013 Jardin d’Europe Contemporary Dance[35]
- 2014 Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Award[8][36]
- 2017 Best Supporting Male in the Off-West End Theatre Awards[8][37][38]
Personal life
editBeau is openly gay, having known his sexual orientation from the age of around five or six.[4] Beau practises meditation.[4]
Notes
edit- ^ a b c d e "Arts Foundation | Beau, Dickie". The Arts Foundation. Archived from the original on December 1, 2023.
- ^ a b c d O'Mahony, John (28 October 2014). "Camera Lucida: A truly spine-tingling experience". The Guardian. Archived from the original on November 29, 2022.
- ^ a b Halliburton, Rachel. "Re-Member Me review — Dickie Beau's enthralling dissection of Hamlet". Archived from the original on June 15, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f Brown, Steve (8 November 2019). "Actor Dickie Beau on sexuality, lipsyncing skills and starring in 'Bohemian Rhapsody'". attitude. Archived from the original on April 12, 2024.
- ^ Green, Jesse (January 9, 2018). "In Solo Shows, Lip-Syncing 'Hamlet' and Investigating Homes Movies". Archived from the original on January 18, 2023.
- ^ "Dickie Beau: Blackouts". qx Magazine. 11 November 2015. Archived from the original on April 12, 2024.
- ^ a b c Bunbury, Stephanie (12 October 2018). "Queer Hamlet haunts a lip-synched seance in Dickie Beau's Re-Member Me". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on October 12, 2018.
- ^ a b c d e "¡SHOWMANISM! At Bath Ustinov Studio". Stage Talk Magazine. 7 November 2022. Archived from the original on April 12, 2024.
- ^ a b "Read My Lips". TOTALTHEATRE. August 2022. Archived from the original on August 15, 2022.
- ^ Run, Date (5 June 2015). "Dickie Beau: Blackouts: Twilight of the Idols". TOTALTHEATRE. Archived from the original on April 12, 2024.
- ^ a b Hawking, Frey. "Review: Botticelli in the Fire, Hampstead Theatre". Expunged Magazine. Archived from the original on December 2, 2021.
- ^ Walters, Ben (2013-07-13). "Dickie Beau: in search of Marilyn Monroe's last words". Time Out London. Archived from the original on April 23, 2021. Retrieved 2024-04-12.
- ^ Davis, Clive. "¡Showmanism! Review — the art of acting brilliantly dissected". Archived from the original on February 18, 2023.
- ^ Gardner, Lyn (20 March 2017). "Re-Member Me review – a seance of Hamlets from O'Toole to Day-Lewis". The Guardian. Archived from the original on June 3, 2023.
- ^ d'Cruz, Glenn (2019). "The Politics of (In)Decision". Performance Research. 24 (8): 44–52. doi:10.1080/13528165.2019.1718430.
- ^ "The Resurrection Game: How Dickie Beau Brought Marilyn and Judy Back To Life". This is Cabaret. Archived from the original on October 3, 2022.
- ^ a b Bennett, Sam. "Beau on Blackouts, Botticelli and Bohemian Rhapsody - from OX Magazine". Archived from the original on December 11, 2023.
- ^ "The Double Negative » A Voice Heard by All: Dickie Beau, Lost in Trans". The Double Negative. Archived from the original on May 1, 2023.
- ^ Cavendish, Dominic (31 May 2023). "Re-Member Me: A Hamlet fantasia of infinite jest – and stirring sorrow". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on November 28, 2023.
- ^ "Theatre and performance groups". British Council. Archived from the original on November 28, 2023.
- ^ Hawkins, Helwin (June 2023). "Re-Member Me, Hampstead Theatre review - wittily staged but poignant lip-syncing". theartsdesk.com. Archived from the original on September 30, 2023.
- ^ "Re-Member Me, Hampstead Theatre review: Poignant performance piece about Hamlets past". TimeOut. 10 June 2023. Archived from the original on June 6, 2023.
- ^ Milazzo, Franco. "Review: RE-MEMBER ME, Hampstead Theatre". broadway world. Archived from the original on September 25, 2023.
- ^ Evans, Lloyd (7 June 2023). "Hamlet fans will love this: Re-Member Me, at Hampstead Theatre, reviewed". The Spectator. Archived from the original on December 1, 2023.
- ^ a b c "Dickie Beau interview - Bohemian Rhapsody, queer histories and Botticelli". qx Magazine. 17 October 2019. Archived from the original on October 20, 2019.
- ^ Skethway, Nathan (October 24, 2019). "A Look at Hampstead Theatre's Botticelli in the Fire in London". Playbill. Archived from the original on August 1, 2021.
- ^ Thompson, Jessie (12 January 2021). "Am I really going to watch a panto in January? Oh yes I am". Evening Standard. Archived from the original on May 12, 2022.
- ^ Akbar, Arifa (24 December 2020). "Dick Whittington review – smut, songs and a dose of optimism". The Guardian.
- ^ Wiegand, Chris (16 December 2020). "National Theatre dashes to save Christmas spirit with Dick Whittington film". The Guardian. Archived from the original on December 9, 2023.
- ^ Cristi, A.A. (November 17, 2022). "Photos: First Look at Dickie Beau in ¡SHOWMANISM! At the Ustinov Studio in Bath". broadway world. Archived from the original on November 18, 2022.
- ^ Blease, Melissa (28 November 2022). "Theatre Review: Showmanism". The Bath Magazine. Archived from the original on December 9, 2023.
- ^ Jays, David (24 November 2022). "¡Showmanism! Review – astonishing lip-sync solo raises spirits". The Guardian. Archived from the original on February 13, 2024.
- ^ Allfree, Claire (23 November 2022). "¡Showmanism!: A strange, beautiful study of the agony and ecstasy of performance". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on November 24, 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Dickie Beau | Actor". IMDb. Archived from the original on December 10, 2022.
- ^ "Just Like a Woman: NYC Edition Programme". Archived from the original on August 7, 2022.
- ^ "The Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Award". Archived from the original on 2014-11-08.
- ^ Bowie-Sell, Daisy (26 February 2017). "Winners of the Offies announced". WhatsOnStage. Archived from the original on November 21, 2023.
- ^ Bank, Tim. "Orange Tree Theatre wins four awards in Offies' Twitter ceremony". The Stage. Archived from the original on October 1, 2023.
External links
edit- Dickie Beau at IMDb