Meet The Cast

Elvis has always been part of Richard's life. His mother, Pat, brought up her four children listening to the music of "The King". It was part of their daily lives to hear Elvis on the turntable. From an early age, Richard’s sister, Diyane, recognised her brother had a voice that bore an amazing resemblance to Elvis and encouraged him to take up a musical career. At the age of eighteen, Richard made his first stage appearance singing the Elvis classic "Love Me Tender" and although his nerves were on edge at the prospect of singing in public, he impressed the audience and promoter so much that he was re-booked immediately.

It wasn't until the death of Elvis Presley that Richard finally made his mind up to concentrate on a musical career, following P.J. Proby's performance in “Elvis the Musical".

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Peter is a 25-year-old singer/musician from the southeast of England. He has been performing ever since receiving his first guitar at the age of 6. His first major influences were Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, The Beatles and many other rock ‘n’ roll icons. One of the most significant of these was the late, great, Eddie Cochran.

Peter’s first major breakthrough in music was in 2004 as frontman and songwriter for his band, The Delaners. They were fortunate enough to secure a record contract, release a single and were offered an album deal. They received rave reviews and built up a strong cult following, touring the UK and Europe extensively, performing to audiences of thousands in arenas and at festivals. However, in 2007 Peter left the band to pursue his first love, Rock ‘n’ Roll music.
 

According to John-Simon's mum, from the tender age of six, her son would  charge the older kids a few bob to let them hear him sing - so thus it began.

In 1994 John-Simon played understudy to the Big Bopper in the year-long UK tour of The Buddy Holly Story. Following some time out after the birth of his son Jamie, he won the major role of The Big Bopper in the Buddy Show at The Strand Theatre, in London's West End where he wowed audiences for six fantastic years. He later went on to join the cast of Jesus Christ Superstar at The Lyceum Theatre, London where he played King Herod.

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John-Simon's inspiration is his dear family. He says, "There's only us - there's only this, forget regret or life is yours to miss..." - "No Day But Today", a lyric from one of his favourite musicals "RENT"

Gifted Vocalist Johnny Curtiss was born to sing. He has a voice fit to satisfy the ear of the most exacting connoisseur. From the moment he dons the black wig and glasses he is Orbison. Reviewers throughout the UK have heaped praise upon him. One wrote that, “It would be impossible to find somebody whose voice matches the Big O's so closely. His vocal   range, with the famous quavering tremble had the audience erupting into spontaneous applause after the first few bars of “Only the Lonely”. 
Sadly, Johnny is no longer with us having passed away in 2022. His legacy is ever-apparent though. Ask anyone and they'll say, "Johnny Curtiss is simply brilliant! If you close your eyes, it’s as though you were right back in the heyday of the time”

Darren Green first realised he was destined to play music when his mum told him that he was in the BEATLES film, MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR before he was born. You see, his mother was in the film as an extra while she was pregnant with Darren.
Later, when he was 10 years old, he found some old records in his house and started playing them. He was blown away by the fantastic beat and harmonies. It was THE BEATLES! His destiny had come full circle, and that was the start of a love affair with rock n roll music!

After a long and adventurous career in many shows and bands, Darren joined the cast of ROCK ‘N’ ROLL PARADISE, in which he played JERRY LEE LEWIS and was also the Musical Director of the show. 

Nick has been performing as Buddy since 2004 and in that time has had the opportunity to perform in ten countries worldwide, own five Fender Stratocasters

and four pairs of the infamous glasses.

In 2006 he was nominated for a Kenny award for best actor / musician in a musical for his role as Buddy in Buddy, The Buddy Holly story at The Kenneth More Theatre. He has toured extensively throughout the UK and Germany with Frankie Raydell and The Doggone Honkabilly Band, and throughout the UK with The Abbey Rogues, Cash the Legend, Bootleg Buddy, Marc Robinson and The Counterfeit Crickets, The Stingrays and Sugar Rayford’s Sunny 56.

Knicknamed "The Baby-faced assassin", Spencer Lingwood is a force to be reckoned with on the drums. The backbone of any band he performs in and the driving force behind Rock 'n' Roll Paradise.
Spencer is a constant source of humour. Hardly an opportunity goes by when he won't find something to say that'll have the whole cast laughing.
When he's not on the road with  Rock 'n' Roll Paradise, Spenny is now a member of the legendary 70's band, The Rubettes.

Widely recognised as one of the top rock 'n' roll guitar players in the UK, John O'Malley has become a regular face in a number of theatrical productions. 
A chameleon in his ability to adapt to the playing styles and sounds of so many legendary sidemen from the rock 'n' roll era.

Mark Fisher is a veteran of the British rock 'n' roll scene and a well respected bassist in theatre circles. He is also the first name that comes up when a show needs a bassist at short notice. His extensive knowledge of rock 'n' roll music and his ability to seamlessly switch between electric and upright bass guarantees he'll simply blend into the band without you noticing there's been a change. 

Pete Storm has been performing his spectacular tribute shows for 15 years. He is a life-long Elvis fan. The idea of becoming an ETA (Elvis Tribute Artist) came about when he was singing in a karaoke bar whilst on holiday in Tenerife. The owner of the bar was so impressed he offered Pete a job then and there with his resident live band.

Music has been an integral part of Pete’s life, and he regularly sings and plays with live bands and other musicians.  Pete also performs shows with singing partner Kelly Michelle in their highly regarded "This Is Country" Show as well as comedy and cabaret shows all over the world. Pete is currently touring as Johnny Cash with the popular and acclaimed  `Sun Records, The Concert`  and is endorsed by Sun Records and the Johnny Cash Estate.

After a brief fling with the music industry as a drummer for a teen-pop band "Catch" back in the 90's Jon went on to study Music Management as part of a Business Finance course which he was frankly quite amazed he gained a qualification in, before changing course to play rugby in New Zealand where he working on building sites to pay his way. He developed a wide range of skills in various trades, whilst managing to master none of them.

As a friend of Richard Atkins, Jon built and decorated the piano as seen in the film and after becoming friends with the rest of the cast, joined them on the road as a tech who also worked the "live-feed" camera.

Jon lives in Scotland with his long suffering partner Sarah and their 2 lovely daughters Scarlett and Ziggy.