Jack began studying drama at the Ballarat Centre of Music and the Arts in 2005, fostering his love for the performing arts. He was regular competitor at the Royal South Street Society, winning the Louie Dunn Prize for Excellence in Speech and Drama three years in a row.

In 2014, Jack was the recipient of the John Bell Scholarship with Bell Shakespeare, taking part in Shakespearean acting classes with Company Founder John Bell and Associate Director James Evans; Shakespearean comedy masterclasses with actor Darren Gilshenan; as well as workshops with the Sydney Theatre Company and Belvoir Street Theatre.

In 2016, Jack was accepted to study at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA). His stage credits there included The Country Wife (dir. Tom Wright) and Waiting for Godot (dir. Susanna Dowling). He graduated in 2018 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting).

In 2019, Jack made his Sydney Opera House debut with the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s staged adaptation of Margaret Wild’s acclaimed children’s book, There’s a Sea in My Bedroom. The production was later remounted as part of Sydney Opera House 2020 Virtual Season and then again as part of a 2022 regional tour throughout Australia.

Jack’s most recent stage credits include Redline Productions’ acclaimed season of Sarah Kane’s Cleansed (dir. Dino Dimitriadis), Stacks On Theatre’s The Wind in the Willows (dir. James Raggart), Snatched Theatre Collective’s Mercury Poisoning (dir. Kim Hardwick) and Tooth and Sinew Theatre’s adaptation of the gothic thriller The Turn of the Screw (dir. Richard Hilliar), for which Jack was nominated for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in an Independent Production at the 2023 Sydney Theatre Awards.

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Jack Richardson