David Warwick

This is David’s third visit to Vienna’s English Theatre, having directed Donkeys’ Years in ’07 and directed/played in Out of Order in ’09.

After training at RADA, he spent several seasons in repertory theatre: at Crewe, Coventry, Leatherhead, Guildford, Liverpool, Edinburgh, Hornchurch and Birmingham. His many West End appearances include Confrontation at the Roundhouse, Baggage at the Vaudeville Theatre, and five farces for Ray Cooney: Italian Straw Hat and Out of Order, (Shaftesbury Theatre), It Runs in the Family and Funny Money (Playhouse Theatre) and Tom Dick & Harry (Duke of York’s).

His many television appearances include Z Cars, Ripping Yarns, The Glittering Prizes, Second City Firsts, Shelley, The Prince of Denmark, The Fall & Rise of Reginald Perrin, Yes Minister, The Two of Us, Dear John, Only Fools and Horses, London’s Burning, On The Up, In Sickness & In Health, The Bill, Keeping Up Appearances, Rory Bremner, East Enders, Peak Practice, Reach for the Moon and All About Me. Dr Who fans tell him that he’s one of only a relatively few number of actors to have appeared in both the classic 70s series (with Tom Baker) and the new one (with David Tennant). He also spent 2 fabulous years in New Zealand performing in several series and dramas for TVNZ and South Pacific Pictures.

As a director David has over 60 productions to his credit, both in the UK (for the Webber-Douglas Academy, the Guildford Conservatoire, Jill Freud’s Southwold summer theatre, and the commercial & touring sector) and overseas (the Coconut Grove Playhouse in Miami, the Papermill Playhouse in New Jersey, and the British Theatre Playhouse in Singapore). His production of Private Lives for BTP/Singapore toured to Kuala Lumpur, Penang & Bangkok, and was nominated as Best Production in Singapore in 2006.

Most recently as an actor, David appeared in The Mousetrap at the St Martin’s Theatre (the 54^th year of the world’s longest-running play) and 2 national tours of Dad’s Army (playing Sgt Wilson); as director, he produced last Christmas’s festive offering A Bedfull of Foreigners for the Mill Theatre at Sonning.

However his most important credits, he feels, are his children Hannah & Jack.