David studied composition and conducting at Trinity College of Music, London and read Dramaturgy and Critical Theory at Goldsmiths University
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As Arranger or Orchestrator - §§ also as music supervisor
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory §§- Leeds Playhouse & National Tour
A Chorus Line §§- Curve, Leicester
You Are Here - Goodspeed Opera House, Connecticut
Sunshine On Leith §§- West Yorkshire Playhouse
Something Wicked This Way Comes - Delaware Theatre Company
The Wind In The Willows - London Palladium
wonder.land §§ - Manchester International Festival
American Psycho §§ - Almeida Theatre, London & Schoenfeld Theatre, Broadway
The Rise and Fall of Little Voice §§- West Yorkshire Playhouse/Birmingham Rep
Porgy & Bess §§ - Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Sweeney Todd §§- West Yorkshire Playhouse
Anton & Erin - Go To Hollywood - International Concert tour
Ramin §§ - Concert Tour
She Stoops To Conquer §§ - National Theatre
Anton & Erin - Let’s Do It - International Concert tour
Spongebob Squarepants Parade §§ - Seaworld, Australia
Annie - West Yorkshire Playhouse
I Love You, You’re Perfect Year, Now Change - Singapore Drama Centre
Betty Blue Eyes - Associate to William D Brohn
Anton & Erin - Putting On The Ritz - International Concert tour
With A Song In My Heart - Salisbury Playhouse
The Three Musketeers - Rose Theatre, Kingston
Travelling Light §§ - 59E59 Theatres, New York -
Drama Desk Nomination
Sing For Your Supper §§ - Cadogan Hall
Hello Dolly - Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Evening Standard and Olivier award for best musical
Latin Fever §§ - Peacock Theatre, London
Coward at Christmas §§ - 59E59 Theatres, New York
Let’s Face The Music And Dance §§- Salisbury Playhouse
Peter Pan - Birmingham Repertory Theatre
The Importance Of Being Earnest - National Tour & Vaudeville Theatre, London
Aspects Of Love §§ - National Tour
The Three Musketeers - Chicago Shakespeare Theater & Northshore Music Theater
Assassins §§ - Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
Annie Get Your Gun §§- National Tour
Ain’t Misbehavin’ §§ - Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
A Chorus Line §§ - Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
Simon Green - Take Me To The World - Album, Carnegie Hall, Firebird Cafe
A Twist Of Fate §§ - Singapore Repertory Theatre
Sunburn - BBC
Mixed Doubles - Watermill Theatre, Newbury
Rogues To Riches - Watermill Theatre, Newbury
The Secret Garden - Library Theatre, Manchester
As Composer
(§§ also as sound designer)
The Father and the Assassin additional music- National Theatre
Dr Korczack's Example §§ - Leeds Playhouse
Wife - Kiln, Kilburn
Europe §§ - Leeds Playhouse
Holy Shit - Kiln, Kilburn
The Great Wave - National Theatre
My Country - National Theatre & BBC Film
National Gallery Opening - Singapore National Gallery
A Streetcar Named Desire §§- Clywd Theatr Cymru, Leicester Curve
French Without Tears §§ - English Touring Theatre, Orange Tree, Richmond
The Crucible §§ - West Yorkshire Playhouse
Oracle - Markies Award Ceremony - Venetian Ballroom, Las Vegas
Table - National Theatre
The Woman At The End Of The World - Film
The Diary of Anne Frank §§ - York Theatre Royal & Tour
As You Like It / Merlin and the Woods of Time - Chester Performs
Macbeth - Singapore Repertory Theatre
Alice - Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
The Dark Side Of Buffoon §§ - Coventry & Lyric Hammersmith
An Ideal Husband - English Speaking Theatre, Frankfurt
Absent Friends §§ - Oldham Coliseum & Tour
Kes §§ - Liverpool Playhouse & Touring Consortium
Steel Magnolias §§ - Australian Tour
Much Ado About Nothing - Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Hay Fever - Chichester Festival Theatre
Romeo and Juliet - Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
The Enchantment - National Theatre
Gaslight §§ - The Old Vic
A.B - Joe Walking Dance Commission
Troilus & Cressida (co-composed with George Stiles) - Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Total Eclipse §§ - Menier Chocolate Factory
Dead Funny §§ - Oldham Coliseum & Tour
Hobson’s Choice §§ - Watermill Theatre, Newbury
Of Mice And Men - Mercury Theatre, Colchester
Epitaph For George Dillon §§ - Comedy Theatre
Unless §§ - Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
As Composer & Lyricist
The Great Wall - Singapore Drama Centre
Conversations with Coward - 59E59 - New York Drama Desk Winner 2017
The Friendship of Town Mouse & Country Mouse - Singapore Drama Centre
Pinocchio - Singapore Repertory Theatre
As Musical Director
Dear Octopus - National Theatre
The Threepenny Opera- National Theatre (and co-lyricist with Simon Stephens)
London Road - National Theatre and Cuba Pictures Feature Film
So, This Then Is Life - 59E59, New York
The Magistrate - National Theatre
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - Kensington Gardens
She Stoops To Conquer - National Theatre
The Tempest - Theatre Royal, Haymarket (rehearsal MD)
Enron - Broadhurst Theatre, New York
Damned by Despair, London Assurance & The White Guard - National Theatre
Sing For Your Supper- Cadogan Hall
Coward at Christmas - 59E59, New York
Dorian Gray - New Adventures - Sadler’s Wells & Tour
Major Barbara - National Theatre
The Alchemist - National Theatre
A Man Of No Importance - Royal Academy of Music
Just So - Chichester Festival Theatre & Cast Album
Ragtime - (Associate) - Piccadilly Theatre, London
Miss Saigon - National Tour
Cabaret - Royal Academy of Music
My Fair Lady - (Assistant) - National Theatre & Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
Master Class - Queen’s Theatre, London
A Christmas Carol - Ballet - Royal Festival Hall
Dick Whittington - Sadler’s Wells
Martin Guerre - West Yorkshire Playhouse, National Tour & Album
Chess - National Tour & Spektrum Centre, Oslo
Carmen Jones - European Tour