Kraig Thornber (born 1961) is a British actor, singer and
choreographer best known for playing the handyman Riff Raff in The
Rocky Horror Show and Grandpa George in the musical Charlie and the
Chocolate Factory. He is a former member of the National Theatre.Born
as Craig Thornber in Leicester in 1961, the son of Terence A. Thornber
and Sheila (née Baxter), Kraig 'Pix' Thornber attended Bosworth
Community College in his native Leicester before training for three
years at East 15 Acting School, graduating in 1987.In the West End he
has appeared in Guys and Dolls, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead,
Oh, What a Lovely War at the National Theatre, Ariel in the original
production of Return to the Forbidden Planet (1989) at the Cambridge
Theatre and Riff Raff in The Rocky Horror Show at the Duke of York's
Theatre (1994) and on the national tour.Thornber's other theatre
credits include The Beggar's Opera (Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord in
Paris); Sugar (Clwyd Theatr Cymru and the New Wolsey Theatre,
Ipswich); Brassed Off (York Theatre Royal and UK No.1 Tour); The
Government Inspector (Northern Broadsides); The Threepenny Opera,
Happy End and A Family Affair for Clwyd Theatr Cymru; A Mad World, My
Masters; Riff Raff in The Rocky Horror Tribute Show (2006); Mr Mushnik
in Little Shop of Horrors (2009 UK national tour); Sir Andrew
Aguecheek in Twelfth Night (2009) Stafford Festival Shakespeare; Park
Keeper in Mary Poppins (2008-9 UK national tour); A Midsummer Night's
Dream and Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol (2009â€"10) for the
Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough; Oberon/Theseus in A Midsummer
Night's Dream (2010) and The Mikado in The Mikado (2010) for the
Stephen Joseph Theatre; Abanazer in the pantomime Aladdin (2013â€"14)
at the De Montfort Hall in Leicester; an Ugly Sister in Cinderella
(2010â€"11) at the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry; Nanny Nora in
Sleeping Beauty (2011â€"12) at the Royal Spa Centre in Leamington Spa;
Bob Sidebottom in an adaptation of Gogol's The Government Inspector
(2012) by Deborah McAndrew at the Harrogate Theatre; Horace Percival
in Somewhere in England for Clwyd Theatr Cymru (2014) The Front Page
(Chichester Festival Theatre); Fagin in Oliver! (New Vic Theatre); A
Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum; The Millennium
Mysteries; Kurtz in Heart of Darkness (Teatr Biuro Podróży, Poland);
The Emcee in Cabaret; Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream (Queen's
Theatre, Hornchurch); Façade (Pocket Opera); Loot (Watford Palace
Theatre); The Gambler (Everyman Theatre, Liverpool) and Grandpa George
in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2015â€"17) at the Theatre Royal,
Drury Lane.
choreographer best known for playing the handyman Riff Raff in The
Rocky Horror Show and Grandpa George in the musical Charlie and the
Chocolate Factory. He is a former member of the National Theatre.Born
as Craig Thornber in Leicester in 1961, the son of Terence A. Thornber
and Sheila (née Baxter), Kraig 'Pix' Thornber attended Bosworth
Community College in his native Leicester before training for three
years at East 15 Acting School, graduating in 1987.In the West End he
has appeared in Guys and Dolls, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead,
Oh, What a Lovely War at the National Theatre, Ariel in the original
production of Return to the Forbidden Planet (1989) at the Cambridge
Theatre and Riff Raff in The Rocky Horror Show at the Duke of York's
Theatre (1994) and on the national tour.Thornber's other theatre
credits include The Beggar's Opera (Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord in
Paris); Sugar (Clwyd Theatr Cymru and the New Wolsey Theatre,
Ipswich); Brassed Off (York Theatre Royal and UK No.1 Tour); The
Government Inspector (Northern Broadsides); The Threepenny Opera,
Happy End and A Family Affair for Clwyd Theatr Cymru; A Mad World, My
Masters; Riff Raff in The Rocky Horror Tribute Show (2006); Mr Mushnik
in Little Shop of Horrors (2009 UK national tour); Sir Andrew
Aguecheek in Twelfth Night (2009) Stafford Festival Shakespeare; Park
Keeper in Mary Poppins (2008-9 UK national tour); A Midsummer Night's
Dream and Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol (2009â€"10) for the
Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough; Oberon/Theseus in A Midsummer
Night's Dream (2010) and The Mikado in The Mikado (2010) for the
Stephen Joseph Theatre; Abanazer in the pantomime Aladdin (2013â€"14)
at the De Montfort Hall in Leicester; an Ugly Sister in Cinderella
(2010â€"11) at the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry; Nanny Nora in
Sleeping Beauty (2011â€"12) at the Royal Spa Centre in Leamington Spa;
Bob Sidebottom in an adaptation of Gogol's The Government Inspector
(2012) by Deborah McAndrew at the Harrogate Theatre; Horace Percival
in Somewhere in England for Clwyd Theatr Cymru (2014) The Front Page
(Chichester Festival Theatre); Fagin in Oliver! (New Vic Theatre); A
Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum; The Millennium
Mysteries; Kurtz in Heart of Darkness (Teatr Biuro Podróży, Poland);
The Emcee in Cabaret; Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream (Queen's
Theatre, Hornchurch); Façade (Pocket Opera); Loot (Watford Palace
Theatre); The Gambler (Everyman Theatre, Liverpool) and Grandpa George
in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2015â€"17) at the Theatre Royal,
Drury Lane.
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