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ABOUT DAVID
David is an award-winning director, production designer and writer. His work is consistently praised for its creativity, playfulness and dark originality.
Theatre credits as a director and/or designer include musicals, opera, children’s theatre and more recently, plays. His work has appeared in many festivals, including the Adelaide Festival, Adelaide Fringe Festival, Adelaide Cabaret Festival and the Adelaide Festival Centre’s Something On Saturday program.
Between 2014 and 2015, David was an emerging artist with State Opera SA, directing and designing a string of workshops, as well as four one act operas. He has since directed and designed two new mainstage productions for this company – Die Fledermaus and The Magic Flute.
David is a co-founder of Six Foot Something Productions, directing and designing Picture Perfect (Adelaide Cabaret Festival), Next To Normal (co-production with The Factory), Elegies: A Song Cycle (co-production with SINGular Productions) and The Last Five Years.
Other credits include It’s A Dad Thing (SINGular Productions), Hansel and Gretel (The Elder Conservatorium) and the national touring production and New York concert versions of Amity Dry’s Mother Wife and the Complicated Life. He has also created, directed and designed a variety of children’s theatre performances for festivals and corporate clients.
As a performer, David’s credits include television (Y?, Nexus, Behind the News), as well as children’s theatre, musicals and opera.
CONTACT DAVID
email: [email protected]
mobile: 0419 808 466
RESUME
| The Alphabet of Awesome Science (2019) | Director, Designer | Six Foot Something Productions / Adelaide Fringe Festival | The May Wirth, Gluttony |
| This Show is NOT Rubbish! (2019) | Director, Designer | Six Foot Something Productions / Adelaide Fringe Festival | The Parasol Lounge, Gluttony |
| Buckley: The Opera (2019) | Director, Designer (set) | Antony Ransome | Memorial Hall, Rosebud |
| Die Fledermaus (2017) | Director, Designer (set) | State Opera SA | Her Majesty’s Theatre |
| Seussical Jnr (2017) | Director, Designer (set) | Pelican Productions | Norwood Concert Hall |
| Class of Cabaret (2016 to 2018) | Director | Adelaide Cabaret Festival | The Space Theatre |
| Demons | Workshop (2017) | Designer (set) | Stone Castro | Adelaide Festival Centre |
| Just Add Water (2014 to 2017) | Director, Designer (set) | That Science Gang / SA Water | Various |
| The One He Loved | Workshop, New Work (2017) | SINGular Productions | ||
| Saul (2017) | Assistant Director | A Glyndebourne Festival Opera Production / Adelaide Festival | The Festival Theatre |
| Summer Showcase (2016) | Director | State Opera SA | The Opera Studio |
| Die Fledermaus (2016) | Director, Designer (set) | State Opera SA / The Elder Conservatorium | The Opera Studio |
| Famous (2016) | Director | Popjam Productions | New Work / Workshop |
| The Country (2016) | Designer (set) | Stone Castro (Adelaide Festival) | The Opera Studio |
| The Magic Flute (2016) | Director, Designer (set / costumes) | State Opera SA | The Masonic Hall |
| Just Add Water (2014 to 2016) | Director, Designer (set) | That Science Gang / SA Water | Various |
| The Mikado (2016) | Designer (set / costumes) | Co-Opera / G&S SA | National Tour (Australia) |
| Bastien und Bastienne (2015) | Director, Designer (set / costumes) | State Opera SA | The Opera Studio |
| La Chanson de Fortunio (2015) | Director, Designer (set / costumes) | State Opera SA | The Opera Studio |
| Mother, Wife and the Complicated Life (2015) | Director, Designer (set) | Popjam Productions | National Tour (SA, VIC, NSW, QLD, ACT) |
| Maestro Series 2 | Passion (2015) | Director | Adelaide Youth Orchestras / State Opera SA | The Opera Studio |
| Bluebeard's Castle (2015) | Director, Designer (set / costumes) | State Opera SA | The Opera Studio |
| Il Segreto di Susanna (2015) | Director, Designer (set / costumes) | State Opera SA | The Opera Studio |
| Summer Showcase (2014) | Director | State Opera SA | The Opera Studio |
| Hansel and Gretel (2014) | Director, Designer (set / costumes) | The Elder Conservatorium | Elder Hall |
| Winter Showcase (2014) | Director | State Opera SA | The Opera Studio |
| Picture Perfect (2014) | Director, Designer (set) | Six Foot Something Productions / Adelaide Cabaret Festival | Festival Theatre Banquet Room |
| The Block to Broadway... And Beyond (2014) | Director | Popjam Productions / Adelaide Cabaret Festival | Festival Theatre Artspace |
| La Traviata (2014) | Assistant Director | State Opera SA | The Festival Theatre |
| Mother, Wife and the Complicated Life – Concert Version (2014) | Director | Popjam Productions | 54 Below (New York) Dag Hammarskjold Library Auditorium, United Nations |
| Mother, Wife and the Complicated Life (2013) | Director, Designer (set) | Popjam Productions | Star Theatres (Adelaide) Chapel Off Chapel (Melbourne) Karralyka Centre (Melbourne) Seymour Centre (Sydney) |
| Next to Normal (2012) | Director, Designer (set) | Six Foot Something Productions / The Factory | The Opera Studio |
| The Magic Flute (2012) | Designer (set / costumes) | The Elder Conservatorium | The Scott Theatre |
| It's A Dad Thing (2010) | Director, Designer (set) | SINGular Productions | The Opera Studio |
| Into The Woods (2010) | Designer (set / costumes) | The Elder Conservatorium | AC Arts Theatre |
| Die Fliegende Hollander (2009) | Assistant Director | State Opera SA | The Festival Theatre |
| Elegies: A Song Cycle (2008) | Director, Designer (set) | Six Foot Something Productions / SINGular | The Opera Studio |
| The Last Five Years (2007) | Director, Designer (set) | Six Foot Something Productions / OOTS | The Little Theatre + tour |
| Rock Chick & Science Geek in... (2006 to 2013) | Director, Designer (set) | Science Rocks | Various Theatres |
UPCOMING |
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| The One He Loved | New Work | Director, Designer | SINGular Productions | |