David is fast becoming one of Australia’s leading men of musical theatre with major roles in many shows to his credit. These include Jimmy in the Australian premiere of Thoroughly Modern Millie, Prez in The Pajama Game, Perchik in Fiddler on the Roof and Malcolm in The Full Monty.
David was privileged to work directly with Richard Maltby Jnr and David Shire on their new musical Take Flight, playing Orville Wright. He also worked with Andrew Lippa on The Wild Party playing Oscar, and John in John & Jen during Adelaide’s annual Cabaret Festival. Other credits include Rick in the Melbourne season of Debbie Does Dallas – The Musical, Scott in Nick Enright’s Blackrock and Gilliam in Camelot for The Production Company. He understudied and performed the role of Sky in Mamma Mia!, was an original cast member in The Boy From Oz, in which he understudied and performed the role of Greg Connell and was a core actor for Freewheels Theatre Company.
David performed in the opening celebration of Hong Kong Disneyland and toured with Michael Ball as backing vocalist on his Australian World of Musicals tour. In cabaret with the late Bobby Limb, David received a MO Award for Best New Talent; he has also performed as lead vocalist onboard P&O’s Fair Princess cruise ship.
His television credits include Blue Heelers, Neighbours and numerous advertising campaigns for both Australia and the U.S. He also made his film debut in South Pacific with Glenn Close and Harry Connick Jnr.
David more recently performed the role of Chris in Miss Saigon, for which he received a Sydney Theatre Awards nomination for Best Actor in a Musical.
Later this year, David will play the lead role in Damn Yankees at the State Theatre, Melbourne.
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