Darryl was an original Australian cast member of Les Miserables and Chess. He is best known for his portrayal of Jesus in the Australian and New Zealand tours of Jesus Christ Superstar (opposite Jon Stevens and Deni Hines) for which he won New Zealand’s Entertainer of the Year “Rising Star” award and received an Australian “MO Award” nomination. 

He featured with Sarah Brightman and Anthony Warlow in the Australasian tour of The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber and performed in The World Goes Round at the Sydney Opera House. He received critical acclaim as John Lennon in the New Zealand national tour of Looking Through a Glass Onion – an evening with John Lennon in words and music. In 2007 Darryl was invited to tour Australia with Glenn Shorrock and Doug Parkinson performing the music of Lennon and McCartney in Let it Be.

In 1999 Darryl co-created the operatic phenomenon The Three Waiters which

became the most-booked corporate entertainment act in the world.