Other theatre credits include working for The Royal Court production company in "Chips with Everything", which played in the West End and on Broadway. He appeared in "Othello" (understudying Frank Finlay's Iago) with Olivier at the National Theatre at Chichester and The Old Vic. Other performances in this period include roles in "Dutch Courtesan", "Mother Courage", "Hobson's Choice", and "The Master Builder". At the National Theatre at South Bank, he appeared in Tom Stoppard's "Jumpers" (Pieter Rogers directing), "Bedroom Farce" (directed by Peter Hall, transferring to the West End), and "The Vortex" at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, (with Bob Ackerman directing). In 1993–94 he appeared in "The Rise and Fall of Little Voice" with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company, with Simon Curtis directing in Chicago, a production which appeared on Broadway. Returning to London, he performed at the Southwark Playhouse in "Rosmersholm" (1997) and "Riders to the Sea" (2005).