Played leading roles in theatres across England, including Billy Liar and Oswald Alving in Ghosts at Harrogate; Tesman in Hedda Bager and Claudio in Much Ado About Nothing at Sheffield; and the O'Toole role in the Ruling Class at Manchester. His many other credits include the premier of Alan Ayckbourn's Making Tracks in Scarborough; Brutus and Sherlock Holmes in Stoke; Henry V and Richard II at Bristol; and two seasons with the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Old Vic & The Aldwych.