Richard Williamson

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Biography

Previous work includes: The Olivier award winning Rotterdam (West End/Off-Broadway/UK National Tour); Dogs of Europe (Belarus Free Theatre at the Barbican and international tour); Richard III, An Arab Tragedy (Swan Theatre Stratford/International tour); Sampled and Danse Élargie (Sadler's Wells); Great Expectations (UK tour); Little Miss Sunshine (Arcola Theatre and UK Tour); Fiddler on the Roof and The Comedy about a Bank Robbery (Istanbul); Beowulf, Septimus Bean and His Amazing Machine, Jason and the Argonauts  (Unicorn);  What's On Stage 'Best Production' Winner Thebes Land (also video), New Nigerians, Drones Baby Drones (also video), Shrapnel (also video), Mare Rider, Macbeth, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Country (Arcola Theatre); A Political History of Smack and Crack (Edinburgh Fringe and Soho Theatre); Oedipus at Colonus (Cambridge Arts Theatre); The Body (Barbican); The Dark Side of Love (Roundhouse); In My Name, Boris World King (Trafalgar Studios); Amphibians (Bridewell); Thrill Me (Tristan Bates/Charing Cross Theatre/UK and international tour); Twentieth Century Boy (New Wolsey Ispwich); Re:Home (also video), Brenda (The Yard); Play Size (Young Vic); The Al-Hamlet Summit (Tokyo International Festival/International tour); Strangers In Between (Trafalgar Studios and Kings Head); Ballo, Tosco, Denial, Someone To Blame (Kings Head); Summer Begins (Southwark Playhouse).

Richard trained at LAMDA, is a member of the board of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society and Londons Finborough Theatre, and develops industry leading applications zoomOSC and zoomISO.

www.richard-williamson.com

 

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Specialisms

Theatre:
  • International
  • West End
  • Commercial Tour
  • Regional (Main House)
  • Regional (Studio)
  • Small Scale Touring
  • Fringe / Pub Theatre
  • Touring relights
  • Projection / Video Design
Musical:
  • West End
  • Regional (Main House)
  • Regional (Studio)
  • Small Scale / Fringe
  • Pantomime
  • Touring relights
  • Projection / Video Design
Opera:
  • 'Country House'
  • Small scale
  • Touring relights
  • Projection / Video Design
Dance:
  • Projection / Video Design
  • Medium Scale
  • Touring relights
Concert:
  • Stage Touring
Corporate:
  • Conferences
  • Fashion Shows
  • Product Launches
  • Award Ceremonies
Architectural:
Non-professional:
Education:

Previous productions

Show name Type Venue/Company Role Creative Team Opened
Heading Into Night: A clown ode on… (forgetting) Theatre C Alto
Thinkagain
Lighting Designer Director: Beth Miles
Shantify Musical Assembly Festival
Evolution
Lighting Designer Director: Jo Parsons
Shantify Musical Assembly Bosco Tent
Evolution Productions
Lighting Designer Director: Jo Parsons
Analogue Dance Stone Nest
Rambert Dance Company
Lighting Designer Choreographer: Jill Johnson
Bangin Denmark Theatre Finborough Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: Sally Woodcock
Set designer: Leah Kelly
When You Pass Over My Tomb Theatre Arcola
Arcola
Lighting & Projection / Video Designer Director: Daniel Goldman
Set designer: Malena Arcucci
Yuja Wang Concert Lightroom
Lightroom
Lighting Designer
England & Son Theatre Paines Plough's Roundabout in Edinburgh, then touring
Tin Cat Entertainment
Lighting Designer Director: Cressida Brown
The Mistake Theatre Arcola Theatre, then touring
Lighting Designer
Cambridge Greek Play Theatre Cambridge Arts Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: Daniel Goldman
Set designer: Jemima Robinson
Dogs of Europe Theatre Barbican, then touring
Belarus Free Theatre
Lighting & Projection / Video Designer
Frankenstein Theatre Inside Out Theatre - Beijing
Inside Out Theatre - Beijing
Lighting & Projection / Video Designer Director: Daniel Goldman
Set designer: Jemima Robinson
The Snow Queen Theatre The Park Theatre
Julie Clare Productions
Lighting Designer Director: Abigail Anderson
Set designer: Gregor Donnelly
A Christmas Carol Theatre Bridge House Theatre London
Bridge House Theatre Productions
Lighting Designer Director: Guy Rettallack
Set designer: Amy Rose Mitchell
Odeipus at Colonus Theatre Arts Theatre Cambridge
Cambridge Greek Play Society
Lighting Designer Director: Daniel Goldman
Set designer: Jemima Robinson
Danse Elargy Dance Sadlers Wells Theatre
Sadlers Wells
Lighting Designer
Romeo and Juliet Theatre Mountview
Mountview
Lighting Designer Director: Stephen Jameson
Tick Tick Boom Musical Bridge House Theatre London
Bridge House Theatre Productions
Lighting Designer Director: Guy Rettallack
Set designer: Natalie Johnson
Everything Is Absolutely Fine Theatre The Lowry
Lighting Designer
Twelfth Night Theatre Bridge House Theatre London and European Tour
Bridge House Theatre Productions
Lighting Designer Director: Guy Retallack
Set designer: Natalie Johnson
Jane Clegg Theatre The Finborough
Lighting Designer Director: David Gilmore
Set designer: Alex Marker
Little Miss Sunshine Musical Arcola Theatre, then touring
Arcola Theatre and Selladoor Productions
Lighting Designer Director: Mehmet Ergan
Set designer: David Woodhead
Stop and Search Theatre Arcola Theatre
Arcola Theatre Company
Lighting Designer Director: Mehmet Ergan
Set designer: Eleanor Bull
Strangers In Between Theatre Trafalgar Studios
Kings Head Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: Adam Spreadbury-Maher
Set designer: Becky Dee Trevenen
Fiddler on the Roof Musical Zorlu Centre, Istanbul
Lighting Designer Director: Mehmet Ergen
Aladdin Theatre Alban Arena - St. Albans
Evolution Pantomimes
Lighting Designer
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Theatre Theatre Severn Shrewsbury
Evolution Pantomimes
Lighting Designer
Insignificance Theatre Arcola Theatre
Arcola Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: David Mercatali
Set designer: Max Dorey
Beowulf Theatre The Unicorn Theatre, then touring
Unicorn Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: Justin Audibert
Thrill Me: The Leopold & Loeb Story Musical Arcola, then touring
Lighting Designer Director: Guy Retallack
Set designer: James Turner
Food Theatre The Finborough Theatre
New Play Productions
Lighting Designer Director: Cressida Brown
Set designer: Hannah Wolfe
Rotterdam Theatre 59E59 Theater, NYC
Hartshorn Hook
Lighting Designer Director: Donnacadh O'Briain
Set designer: Ellan Parry
Bliss Musical Arcola Theatre, then touring
Arcola
Lighting Designer Director: Mehment Ergen
Adam and Eve and Steve Musical Kings Head Theatre
Flying Music
Lighting Designer Director: Francesca Goodridge
Set designer: Maeve Black
New Nigerians Theatre Arcola Theatre
Arcola
Lighting Designer Director: Rosamunde Hutt
Set designer: Jemima Robinson
New Nigerians Theatre Arcola Theatre
Arcola
Lighting Designer Director: Rosamunde Hutt
Set designer: Jemima Robinson
A Christmas Carol Theatre The Vaults
James Seabright Ltd
Lighting Designer Director: Owen Lewis
Thebes Land Theatre Arcola Theatre
Arcola
Lighting & Projection / Video Designer Director: Daniel Goldman
Set designer: Jemima Robinson
Drones Baby Drones Theatre Arcola Theatre
Arcola
Lighting & Projection / Video Designer Director: Nicholas Kent and Mehmet Ergen
Set designer: Lucy Sierra
Jason and the Argonauts Theatre The Unicorn Theatre
Unicorn Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: Thomas Eccleshare
Set designer: James Button
Screens Theatre Theatre 503
Lighting & Projection / Video Designer Director: Cressida Brown
Set designer: Georgia Lowe
Rotterdam Theatre Trafalgar Studios (studio 2)
Hartshorn-Hook Productions
Lighting Designer Director: Donnacadh O'Briain
Set designer: Ellan Parry
The Rat Pack - Live Musical C scala
Lighting Designer
Strangers In Between Theatre Kings Head Theatre, Islington
The Kings Head
Lighting Designer Director: Adam Spreadbury-Maher
Septimus Bean and His Amazing Machine Theatre Clore Studio, Unicorn Theatre
Unicorn Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: Cressida Brown
Set designer: Verity Quinn
Easter Rising and Thereafter Theatre Jermyn Street Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: Donnacadh O'Briain
Set designer: Petra Hjortsberg
Boris: World King Theatre Trafalgar Studios
Lighting Designer Director: Yaz Al-Shaater
Re:Home Theatre The Yard Theatre
Offstage Theatre
Lighting & Projection / Video Designer Director: Cressida Brown
Set designer: Georgia Lowe
Cinderella Theatre Ashcroft theatre, Croydon
Evolution Pantomimes
Lighting Designer
The Body Theatre Barbican
Nigel and Louise
Lighting Designer Director: Louise Mari
Rotterdam Theatre Theatre 503
Lighting Designer Director: Donnacadh O’Briain
Set designer: Ellan Parry
Brenda Theatre High Tide Festival and Yard Theatre, then touring
Daniel Brodie
Lighting Designer Director: Caitlin McLeod
Set designer: James Turner
It's A Wonderful Life Theatre Festival Theatre, Malvern, then touring
James Seabright
Lighting Designer Director: Guy Retallack
Shrapnel: 34 Fragments of a Massacre Theatre Arcola
Arcola
Lighting & Projection / Video Designer Director: Mehmet Ergan
Set designer: Anthony Lamble
Happy Ending Musical Arcola Theatre
Daniel Krupnik Productions
Lighting Designer Director: Guy Retallack
Set designer: Simone Romaniuk
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Theatre Ashcroft Theatre Croydon
Evolution Productions
Lighting Designer Director: David Janson
The Mikado Musical Charing Cross Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: Thom Southerland
Set designer: Phil Lindlay
Thrill Me: The Leopold and Loeb Story Musical C venues (Edinburgh), then touring
RIchard Williamson and CliMar Productions in association with Greenwich Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: Guy Retallack
Set designer: James Turner
A Christmas Carol Theatre The Bridge House SE20
Lighting Designer Director: Guy Retallack
Peter Pan Theatre Ashcroft theatre, Croydon
Evolution
Lighting Designer Director: David Jansen
The Fu Man Chu Complex Theatre Oval House
Lighting Designer Set designer: Lily Arnold
Ha Ha Holmes Theatre Civic Theatre, Chelmsford, then touring
Jamie Wilson Productions
Lighting Designer
A Conversation Theatre The Yard, then touring
Nigel and Louise
Lighting Designer Director: Louise Mari
Ballo Opera Kings Head
Opera Up Close
Lighting Designer Director: Adam Spreadbury-Mayher
Othello Theatre Bussey Building Peckham
Lighting Designer Director: Anthony Green
Set designer: Catherine Morgan
Mare Rider Theatre Arcola Theatre, then touring
Arcola Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: Mehment Ergen
Set designer: Matthew Wright
Jack and the Beanstalk Theatre Ashcroft theatre, Croydon
Evolution
Lighting Designer Director: David Janson
Promise Theatre Arts Ed
Arts Ed
Lighting Designer Director: Cressida Brown
Set designer: Georgia Lowe
Tosca Opera Kings Head Theatre
Opera Up Close
Lighting Designer Director: Adam Spreadbury-Maher
Set designer: Nina Fransson
Sid's Show Theatre Old Market Brighton (Touring)
Lighting Designer Director: Dominique Gerrard
Set designer: Kevin Freedman
The Last Session Theatre Tristan Bates Theatres
Climar Productions
Lighting Designer Director: Guy Retallack
Set designer: Ruth Hall
Some Small Love Story Theatre C nova
HHPR
Lighting Designer
The Dark Side of Love Theatre The Roundhouse
Roundhouse & Lift
Lighting Designer Director: Renato Rocha
Set designer: Georgia Lowe
Spinach Theatre Kings Head Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: Janine Waters
Set designer: Kevin Freedman
Denial Theatre King's Head
GNOP
Lighting Designer Director: Adam Spreadbury-Maher
Set designer: Takis
Someone to Blame Theatre King's Head
GNOP
Lighting Designer Director: David Mercatali
Set designer: Gregor Donnelly
Happy New Theatre The Old Red Lion
Inside Intelligence
Lighting Designer Director: Robert Shaw
The Execution of Justice Theatre Southwark Playhouse
Lighting Designer Director: Joss Bennathan
Set designer: James Turner
Aladdin Theatre Ashcroft theatre, Croydon
Evolution Pantomimes
Lighting Designer
The Firewatchers Theatre The Old Red Lion
Raising Silver Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: Katie Lewis
The Provoked Wife Theatre Greenwich Playhouse
Perfect mAYhem
Lighting Designer Director: Joss Bennathan
Set designer: Charlotte Espiner
The Taming of The Shrew Theatre Southwark Playhouse
Natalie Macaluso and Southwark Playhouse
Lighting Designer Director: Robin Norton-Hale
Set designer: Cherry Truluck
20th Century Boy - The Musical Theatre New Wolsey Theatre
New Wolsey Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: Gary Lloyd
The One Man Show Theatre C venues
Nigel Barrett & Louise Mari From Shunt
Lighting Designer Director: Louise Mari
Thrill Me Theatre Charing Cross Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: Guy Retallack
Thrill Me Theatre Tristan Bates Theatre
CilMar Productions
Lighting Designer Director: Guy Retallack
Ha Ha Holmes Theatre Warehouse Theatre Croydon, then touring
Jamie Wilson Productions
Lighting Designer
One Man Show Theatre The ICA
Lighting Designer
Amphibians Theatre The Bridewell
Offstage Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: Cressida Brown
Set designer: Georgia Lowe
Cinderella Theatre Ashcroft theatre, Croydon
Duo Pantomimes
Lighting Designer
In-Visible Theatre All Saints Church, Cambridge, then touring
IJAD
Lighting Designer
Spring Awakening Theatre Crescent Theatre, Birmingham
Birmingham School of Acting
Lighting Designer Director: Stephen Simms
Set designer: David Crisp
The Country Theatre Arcola Theatre
Iceni Productions and Arcola Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: Amelia Nicholson
Set designer: Anna Bliss Scully
Fame Theatre George Square Theatre
Hartshorn Hook
Lighting Designer
Boy With a Suitcase Theatre Arcola Theatre
Arcola Theatre Company
Lighting Designer
When the Lilac Blooms, My Love Theatre Leicester Square Theatre
Alex von Saxe Productions
Lighting Designer Director: Simon Beyer
Set designer: Fly Davis
Tape Theatre Old Red Lion
Yaller Skunk
Lighting Designer Director: Julia Stubbs
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Theatre Ashcroft Theatre Croydon
Duo Entertainment
Lighting Designer Director: Richard Caddell
I Am Montanna Theatre Arcola Theatre
Yalla Skunk
Lighting Designer Director: Sherri Kronfeld
Set designer: Georgia Lowe
Studies for a Portrait Theatre Oval House Theatre
Good Night Out Productions
Lighting Designer Director: Adam Spreadbury-Maher
Set designer: Sophie Mosberger
Godspell Theatre The Live Room - Twickenham
TOpS
Lighting Designer Director: Gill Wade
Showtime 2009 Theatre Queen Charlotte's Hall
The Young Set
Lighting Designer Director: Babette Langford
Studies for a Portrait Theatre White Bear Theatre
Good Night Out Productions
Lighting Designer Director: Adam Spreadbury-Maher
Sweeney Todd Musical Crescent Theatre Birmingham
Birmingham School of Acting
Lighting Designer Director: Ben De Wynter
Set designer: David Crisp
Peter Pan Theatre Ashcroft theatre, Croydon
Duo Entertainment
Lighting Designer
Ides Of March Theatre White Bear Theatre
Lighting Designer
Tombstone Tales and Boothill Ballads Theatre Arcola Theatre
Arcola Theatre Company
Lighting Designer Director: Carl Heap
Set designer: Miriam Nabaro
Follow Theatre Finborough Theatre
Northern Edge
Lighting Designer Director: Ken Alexander
Set designer: Georgia Lowe
Oliver! Theatre Richmond Theatre
TOpS
Lighting Designer
In My Name Theatre Trafalgar Studios
Lighting Designer Director: Julia Stubbs
Set designer: Georgia Lowe
Richard III - An Arab Tragedy Theatre Damascus/Paris/Amsterdam, then touring
Sulayman Al-Bassam
Lighting Designer Director: Sulayman Al-Bassam
Set designer: Sam Collins
Thin Toes Theatre Pleasance London
Weaver Hughes Ensemble
Lighting Designer Director: Julia Stubbs
Set designer: Georgia Lowe
Dick Whittington Theatre Ashcroft theatre, Croydon
Duo Entertainments
Lighting Designer Director: Brenda Lefevere
Play Size Theatre The Young Vic
Actors Touring Company
Lighting Designer
Private Lives Theatre Houghton Hall
Iceni Productions
Lighting Designer Director: Amelia Nicholson
Set designer: Alex Chrapowska
The Great Theatre of the World Theatre Arcola Theatre
Arcola Theatre Company
Lighting Designer Director: William Gaskill
Set designer: Jon Bausor
Oink Theatre Arena Festival - Germany
Pants on Fire
Lighting Designer Director: Peter Bramley
The Icarus Girl Theatre Arcola Theatre
Original Sin
Lighting Designer Director: Holly Race
Set designer: Georgia Lowe
Showtime 2007 Musical Queen Charlotte's Hall, Richmond
The Young Set
Lighting Designer Director: Babette Langford
Mojo Mickybo Theatre Arcola Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: Jonathan Humphreys
Set designer: Mark Friend
Richard III - An Arab Tragedy Theatre The Swan Theatre, Stratford
The Culture Project/Sulayman Al-Bassam Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: Sulayman Al-Bassam
Set designer: George Tomlinson
Il bel sembiante senza nube e senza vel Dance The Place
Claudio Gerard/Resolution! 2007
Lighting Designer Choreographer: Claudio Gerard
My Brother's Keeper Theatre Pleasance London
Apikoros
Lighting Designer Director: Oliver Mears
Set designer: Alexie Kharibian
King Arthur Theatre Arcola Theatre
Shapeshifter
Lighting Designer Director: John Terry and Mike Bartlett
Set designer: Alex Marker
My Brother's Keeper Theatre C central
Apikoros
Lighting Designer Director: Oliver Mears
Set designer: Alexie Kharibian
Onysos the Wild Theatre Traverse Theatre
Compagnie Rhapsodie
Lighting Designer Director: Severine Ruset
Set designer: Charlotte Damigo
The Scarlet Pimpernel Theatre Richmond Theatre
TOpS
Lighting Designer Director: Gill Wade
Immortal Theatre The Courtyard Theatre, Covent Garden
Imperial House Productions
Lighting Designer Director: John Terry
Set designer: Vicky Fifield
The Pimp Theatre The White Bear
Lighting Designer Director: Ana Holmfeld
Set designer: Sadie Tillbury
Summer Begins Theatre Southwark Playhouse
Iceni Productions
Lighting Designer Director: Amelia Nicholson
Set designer: Naomi Dawson
Requiem for Tomorrow Musical Shaw Theatre, London
YPTC
Lighting Designer Director: Robbi Stevens
Set designer: Rebecca Vincent
The Librarians Joke Theatre Pleasance London, then touring
Little Wonder
Lighting Designer Director: John Terry
Set designer: Thomas Rogers
The Strange Case of Dr Jeckyll and Mr Hyde as told to Dr Carl Jung... Theatre White Bear
Sly Fox Productions
Lighting Designer Director: Blanche McIntyre
The Fighter Theatre St James' Church, Waterloo
Lighting Designer Director: Vernon Douglas
Set designer: Katja Yaschuk
Through a cloud Theatre Arcola Theatre
Arcola Theatre Company
Lighting Designer Director: David Levin
Onysos the Wild Theatre Theatre 503
Compagnie Rhapsodie
Lighting Designer Director: Severine Ruset
Set designer: Charlotte Damigo
My Fair Lady Musical Richmond Theatre
TOpS
Lighting Designer Director: Gill Wade
After Haggerty Theatre Finborough Theatre
Lighting Designer Director: Kirsty Housley
Set designer: Ellan Perry
Best Friends Theatre New End Theatre
Wisepart Productions
Lighting Designer Director: Susannah Pack
Set designer: Kate Unwin
Blurring the Line Dance Goucher College, Baltimore, USA
Lighting Designer Choreographer: Michelle Lynch
The Fighter Theatre St Pauls Church, Covent Garden
Lighting Designer Director: Peter Cadwell
Set designer: Katja Yaschuk
Tartuffe Theatre Arcola Theatre
Arcola Theatre Company
Lighting Designer Director: Serdar Bilis
Set designer: Jon Bausor
The Night Just Before the Forests Theatre Arcola Theatre
Arcola Theatre Company
Lighting Designer Director: Serdar Bilis
Set designer: Patrick Burnier
And In The End Theatre C venues
Walrus Productions LLC
Lighting Designer Director: Sandy Marshall
Fiddler on the Roof Musical Richmond Theatre
Twickenham Operatic
Lighting Designer Director: Gillian Wade
Al-Hamlet Summit (Arabic Version) Theatre Park Tower Hall, Tokyo, then touring
Zaoum
Lighting & Projection / Video Designer Director: Sulayman Al-Bassam
Trading Theatre Dasma Theatre, Kuwait
SAB Theatre company
Lighting Designer Director: Sulayman Al-Bassam
Dutchman Theatre C venues - Edinburgh Festival
Iceni Productions
Lighting Designer Director: Amelia Nicholson
Set designer: Lisa Lillywhite
Peer Gynt Theatre Arcola Theatre
Arcola Theatre Company
Lighting Designer Director: David Levin
Set designer: Paul Burgess
Dutchman Theatre Etcetera Theatre
Iceni Productions
Lighting Designer Director: Amelia Nicholson
Al-Hamlet Summit (English Version) Theatre Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh and CFET - Cairo
Zaoum
Lighting & Projection / Video Designer Director: Sulayman Al-Bassam
Macbeth Theatre Arcola Theatre
Arcola Theatre Company
Lighting Designer Director: Mehmet Ergen and Jack Shepherd
Set designer: Jake Shepherd
Missing Theatre White Bear Theatre
White Bear Theatre Company
Lighting Designer Director: Derek Goldby
Set designer: Kim Beresford'
Guys and Dolls Musical Epsom Playhouse
Lighting Designer
Arab League Hamlet Theatre Theatr 4D, Tunisia
Zaoum
Lighting Designer Director: Sulayman Al-Bassam
Blue Jam Theatre Etcetera Theatre, then touring
Etcetera Theatre Company
Lighting Designer Director: Kirsty Housley
Dog's Barking Theatre Finborough Theatre
Burning Productions
Lighting Designer Director: Aaron Mullen
A Midsummer Nights Dream Theatre Arcola Theatre
Arcola Theatre Company
Lighting Designer Director: Jack Shepherd
Set designer: Jake Shepherd
Hamlet in Kuwait Theatre Dasma Theatre, Kuwait
Zaoum
Lighting Designer Director: Sulayman Al-Bassam
The Little Englanders Theatre Etcetera Theatre
Etcetera Theatre Company
Lighting Designer Director: David Cottis
The Dwarfs Theatre Lyric Hammersmith Studio and Assembly Rooms Edinburgh
Mandrake Theatre Company
Lighting Designer Director: Aaron Mullen
Set designer: Lisa Lillywhite
The Local Stigmatic Theatre Lyric Hammersmith Studio and Assembly Rooms Edinburgh
Mandrake Theatre Company
Lighting Designer Director: Aaron Mullen
Set designer: Lisa Lillywhite
Contact method Details
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Email address

richard@richard-williamson.com

Website

http://www.richard-williamson.com