Taking on the biggest questions in life... and death

WHAT will remain of us when we are gone? In this follow-up solo show to 2016’s acclaimed Dick Johns – What Midife Crisis?, Dick sets about questions of legacy,why we keep stuff, and how we will be remembered.

Using music,old photographs and the power of story, Dick hovers busily above his own funeral like a bald angry bird that has somehow learned to talk.

Dick Johns is a writer and actor. As Dick Bradnum he performed in The Office, My Hero and High Hopes. He has performed in theatres throughout the UK, and has appeared in countless radio plays for Radios 3 and 4 and BBC Radio Wales.

For some years he was a compere on the London Comedy circuit, working with acts like Mackenzie Crook, Lee Mack and Shappi Khorsandi.

He is a regular Dame in South Wales pantomimes, for the Owen Money Company and at Porthcawl Pavilion.

His short story Joy won the Writers and Artists Yearbook Short Story Award 2015.

He has a photographic recollection of the lyrics of many 1980s pop music hits. He is 51.

Born in Cyncoed and educated at Cardiff High School, the University of Birmingham, Welsh College of Music and Drama and University College, London, Dick lives in Penarth with his three kids and his wife, the theatre director and producer Yvonne Murphy.

In addition to his acting and writing work, Dick Is Lead Tutor at the Young Actors Studio, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.

Dick has appeared on radio and TV many times, most recently on the Eleri Sion, Connie Fisher and Lucy Owen shows for BBC Radio Wales.

More about his work and career can be found at www.dickjohns.co.uk.

■ Let’s Talk About Death, Baby, at Chapter Arts, Cardiff, September 25-27. Tickets cost £12/£10 and the show is recommended for ages 12+. Go to www.chapter.org for details.