Meet the actor who’s performed in The Rocky Horror Show over 2,000 times AFF
The Rocky Horror Show first began life in 1973 before an audience of just 63 people in the Royal Court’s Theatre Upstairs. Now, 50 years on, the legendary smash hit musical has been seen by 30 million people in the longest continuous run of a contemporary musical anywhere in the world.
“I didn’t think I was suited to Riff Raff so I almost said I can see myself playing anything but him, but I stopped myself at the last moment and it’s the one and only role they asked me for - surprisingly to me, but perhaps not to the director. It was a risk but I understood the character and the show.”
The actor may have gotten his costume run down to a fine art, and can transform from clean-cut Kristian to bedraggled Riff Raff in around 30 minutes, joking ‘some people take longer than that just to get ready to go to the shops.‘ Approaching 2,500 shows with a run time of two hours, Kristian has spent approximately six months solid - 24/7 on stage as Riff Raff over the last decade or so. But he said it doesn’t feel like that long, adding: “The show changes up each time with different casts, different cities and the audiences are so wild that they keep you more than entertained.”
Buy tickets to see The Rocky Horror Show in Manchester Buy tickets to see The Rocky Horror Show in Manchester Ready to thrill you with fun and naughty moments, Richard O’Brien’s legendary rock ‘n’ roll musical, The Rocky Horror Show returns as part of a sell-out worldwide tour, having been seen by over 30 million theatregoers.ATG Tickets Buy Now The pair performed the Time Warp together during the curtain call, which Kristian described as a ‘once in a lifetime experience that kept on happening’.
“Rocky Horror means something different to everyone. It was the coming of age movie for many people where they could be whoever they wanted to me, they could be wild and be celebrated and when I speak to people at stage door that seems to be the recurring theme.
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