Richard Hurst
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Richard Hurst is a British playwright and director of comedy and theatre. His most successful piece, Bill Hicks: Slight Return, suggests what would happen if Bill Hicks returned to Earth for one final show.
Born in Lincolnshire, he studied at Oxford, before training at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and the Royal National Theatre Studio.
He is a founding member of the sketch group The Four Horsemen, whose series This Is Pop! was broadcast on BBC Choice. His Edinburgh work has included Moon The Loon (a play about Keith Moon), the sell-out Children's show Silly Billy Bum Breath, and shows for Miranda Hart.
He has been involved in the National Student Drama Festival in various capacities, since winning the Sunday Times’ Harold Hobson Student Drama Critic Award in 1994.
