Richard "Kid" Strange (born in January 1951) is an English actor, writer, musician, and curator, who was the founder and front man of mid-1970s protopunk art rock band Doctors of Madness.

Two weeks later, Strange was part of Hal Willner's evening of the music of Nino Rota at London's Barbican Hall, singing a duet with himself in Italian, from Fellini's Casanova.

In 2014, Richard curated, wrote, directed and performed in a collaborative operatic project with the composer Gavin Bryars, based on the life and work of the writer William Burroughs, which premiered in the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London in October 2014.

[4] In 2018, he performed his fantasy "The Phenomenal Rise of Richard Strange" in its entirety at a number of venues across the UK, including the festival All Points East with Nick Cave and Patti Smith.

Working with his partner Kelly Dearsley, he created Cabaret Apocalyptica, a live event with installations, performances, and films, staged in Room 9 (pre-Raphaelites and 19th century masters) of Tate Britain.

For this event Strange was joined by artists Gavin Turk, Richard Wilson and Sean Dower, plus dancer/choreographer Rene Eyre, poet Kae Tempest and singer/cellist Bonfire Madigan.

Strange was also part of an immersive operatic collaboration with the composer Gavin Bryars called "Language Is A Virus From Outer Space", based on the life and works of the American writer William S Burroughs, which received its world premiere at London's Queen Elizabeth Hall on 11 October 2014.

The multi-media work, featuring Bryars's music, Strange's texts, and contributions from artists Gavin Turk and Haroon Mirza, writers Rupert Thomson and Jeremy Reed, choreographer Luca Silvestrini, actors Richard Durden and Lloyd Owen and musicians Sarah Jane Morris, Anni Hogan and Joe Elliot of the band Def Leppard.

His film appearances include Batman by Tim Burton, Mona Lisa by Neil Jordan, Robin Hood Prince of Thieves, and Gangs of New York by Martin Scorsese.

[7] Throughout 2004-07 Strange worked with Marianne Faithfull on the Tom Waits/William Burroughs/Robert Wilson collaboration The Black Rider, singing and acting in this stage musical in theatres in London, San Francisco, Sydney and Los Angeles.

[citation needed] In March 2011 Strange was invited by the New Moves International Festival of Live Art to curate a weekend of events and to premiere a new performance work, I've a Feeling We're Not in Kansas Anymore, which he devised with the photographer and academic Kelly Dearsley.

Richard Strange also hosts a series of monthly live chat shows called A Mighty Big If at the House of St Barnabas, Soho, in which he interviews guests from the world of art, music, literature and film.

His first play, When You Awake You Will Remember Nothing, written with the Portuguese artist Antonio Olaio, premiered in Lisbon, Portugal in October 2021, with further shows in Porto, Coimbra and London in January and February 2022.