In a revolutionary adaptation by Brad Fraser, this Richard is the story of a king who believes that God gives him the right to live above the rules and who ultimately suffers the consequences. The story is embedded in a time of great freedom that is soon crushed - the late 1970s and early '80s: when lives were lived at great volume against a suffocating strain of conservatism and fear. Fraser's adaptation maintains Shakespeare's text but draws on sources beyond Richard II.
A rookie drag queen, reeling from a break-up, escapes to the country, where he finds his grandmother in steep decline yet desperate to avoid the local nursing home.
Thomas was born and raised in New Brunswick, Canada. Thomas moved to Toronto to study theatre and television performance in 2008. In addition to being an actor, Thomas also works as an acting coach, as well as an instructor at a performing arts college. He currently lives and works in Toronto.