David started his career in theatre in 1994 in his native Leamington Spa before joining Derby Playhouse in 1999. David has been lucky enough to design both nationally and internationally.
Notable designs include: 1984, Hamlet, Loves’ Labours’ Lost (Northern Broadsides, UK Touring); She Stoops to Conquer, The Trial, The Ashes (Nottingham Playhouse); Burial at Thebes (Spoleto Festival, Charleston USA and Arts and Ideas Festival, New Haven USA, Rose Theatre, Kingston-upon-Thames); Jack and the Beanstalk (Gaiety, Dublin); Aladdin (Mercury, Colchester); Roots (Mercury, Colchester/Hull Truck/ Nottingham Playhouse); Spring Awakening, Parade, Little Shop of Horrors, Legally Blond (LSC/Pleasance); Thirst (MC Theater Amsterdam/ NL & UK Touring); Blue Stockings (Arts Educational); Dracula (Fitzrovia / Mercury Colchester); Canoeing for Beginners (Royal Court, Liverpool); Our Country’s Good (Curve, Leicester); The Witches (Lyric Theatre Hong Kong/Curve, Leicester/Leeds Playhouse); Wisdom of a Fool (Capital Horsham/ UK Touring); Miss Nightingale, Oxy and The Morons, How to Disappear, Treasure Island, Snow Queen and Trio (New Wolsey); over a dozen pantos for Little Wolf Entertainment, including Sleeping Beauty and Aladdin (Derby Arena) and numerous productions for Youth Music Theatre UK.
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