biography

DERYK PARKIN


Deryk Parkin trained as an architect at Sheffield University with the intention of eventually becoming a stage designer so combining his two great passions, Art and Theatre. On completing his course he began working for a firm of architects and was soon convinced that architecture was not to be his chosen career when his third building collapsed. To save face and the safety of the nation he decided to pursue his interest in the theatre. A chance sighting by an agent of his performance in a late night revue at the Edinburgh Festival led to his first professional engagement as an actor and for the next 40 years he successfully