David Paul West
Encyclopedia
David Paul West is a British
theatre
and film
actor
. He was born in Thornaby-on-Tees
and trained at the Academy Drama School
in London
.
. He created the role of Kevin in the original production of Patrick Wilde
's What's Wrong With Angry?
(2002) and went on to play the lead at Europride
in Copenhagen
. Other stage work includes Axel in Woody Allen
's play Don’t Drink The Water, David in Matt Ian Kelly's However Do You Want Me at the Hen and Chickens (City Lights Theatre Company, 2004), and Kevin in You Couldn't Make It Up at the Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh
and the New End Theatre, Hampstead
. He has also toured with the comedy sketch show The Gaydar Diaries, which played at the Pleasance
, both in Edinburgh and London. In 2006, he played the evil Leopold alongside "Tomboy Maria"
Abi Finley in Tim Rice
's Blondel
at the Pleasance, Islington.
He also found time to be anchorman for the vodcasts of theatre review site, Broadway Baby.
His film work includes Richard in Get Real (Paramount Classics 1998) and Toby in Things to Do Before You're 30
(Momentum 2004).
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
theatre
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
and film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
. He was born in Thornaby-on-Tees
Thornaby-on-Tees
Thornaby-on-Tees is a town and civil parish within the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees, in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. It is on the south bank of the River Tees, three miles southeast of Stockton-on-Tees, and four miles southwest of Middlesbrough town centre and has a...
and trained at the Academy Drama School
Academy Drama School
The Academy Drama School was a British drama school in London. It was founded in 1985 and closed in 2007.-History:...
in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
.
Career
In 1998, David was the voice of Audrey II in the Lost Theatre production of Little Shop of HorrorsLittle Shop of Horrors (musical)
Little Shop of Horrors is a rock musical, by composer Alan Menken and writer Howard Ashman, about a hapless florist shop worker who raises a plant that feeds on human blood. The musical is based on the low-budget 1960 black comedy film The Little Shop of Horrors, directed by Roger Corman...
. He created the role of Kevin in the original production of Patrick Wilde
Patrick Wilde
Patrick Wilde is an English playwright and screenwriter for both television and film.-Early work:Most of Wilde's early work was centred around the classics. He played Hamlet, Mark Antony for ATC and Amnon in Tirso de Molina’s Rape of Tamar at the Lyric in London...
's What's Wrong With Angry?
What's Wrong With Angry?
What's Wrong With Angry? is a stage play written in 1992 by Patrick Wilde about a gay love story between two British schoolboys. The play was the basis for the 1998 Paramount Classics feature film Get Real.-History:...
(2002) and went on to play the lead at Europride
Europride
Europride is a pan-European international event dedicated to LGBT pride, hosted by a different European city each year. The host city is usually one with an established gay pride event or a significant LGBT community....
in Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
. Other stage work includes Axel in Woody Allen
Woody Allen
Woody Allen is an American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, jazz musician, author, and playwright. Allen's films draw heavily on literature, sexuality, philosophy, psychology, Jewish identity, and the history of cinema...
's play Don’t Drink The Water, David in Matt Ian Kelly's However Do You Want Me at the Hen and Chickens (City Lights Theatre Company, 2004), and Kevin in You Couldn't Make It Up at the Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh
Edinburgh
Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...
and the New End Theatre, Hampstead
Hampstead
Hampstead is an area of London, England, north-west of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Camden in Inner London, it is known for its intellectual, liberal, artistic, musical and literary associations and for Hampstead Heath, a large, hilly expanse of parkland...
. He has also toured with the comedy sketch show The Gaydar Diaries, which played at the Pleasance
Pleasance
The Pleasance is a street in the Old Town, Edinburgh, Scotland. It is largely residential, although the University of Edinburgh owns property in the area.-University of Edinburgh union:...
, both in Edinburgh and London. In 2006, he played the evil Leopold alongside "Tomboy Maria"
How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? was a British television talent series, that was broadcast on Saturday evenings on BBC One between 29 July and 16 September 2006. It documented the search for a new, undiscovered musical theatre performer to play the role of Maria von Trapp in the 2006 Andrew...
Abi Finley in Tim Rice
Tim Rice
Sir Timothy Miles Bindon "Tim" Rice is an British lyricist and author.An Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Tony Award and Grammy Award-winning lyricist, Rice is best known for his collaborations with Andrew Lloyd Webber, with whom he wrote Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus...
's Blondel
Blondel (musical)
Blondel, a rock opera musical by Tim Rice and Stephen Oliver , was inspired by, and very loosely based on, the life of the eponymous French troubadour...
at the Pleasance, Islington.
He also found time to be anchorman for the vodcasts of theatre review site, Broadway Baby.
His film work includes Richard in Get Real (Paramount Classics 1998) and Toby in Things to Do Before You're 30
Things To Do Before You're 30
Things to Do Before You're 30 is a British film about a group of twenty-something friends trying desperately to hang on to the friendship of their youth while the responsibility of adulthood is tearing them in different directions...
(Momentum 2004).
Theatre
- MacbethMacbethThe Tragedy of Macbeth is a play by William Shakespeare about a regicide and its aftermath. It is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy and is believed to have been written sometime between 1603 and 1607...
(title role), The Academy (1993) - Animal FarmAnimal FarmAnimal Farm is an allegorical novella by George Orwell published in England on 17 August 1945. According to Orwell, the book reflects events leading up to and during the Stalin era before World War II...
(Old Major), The Academy (1993) - What's Wrong With Angry?What's Wrong With Angry?What's Wrong With Angry? is a stage play written in 1992 by Patrick Wilde about a gay love story between two British schoolboys. The play was the basis for the 1998 Paramount Classics feature film Get Real.-History:...
(Kevin), Wild Justice Company (1994) - A Christmas CarolA Christmas CarolA Christmas Carol is a novella by English author Charles Dickens first published by Chapman & Hall on 17 December 1843. The story tells of sour and stingy Ebenezer Scrooge's ideological, ethical, and emotional transformation after the supernatural visits of Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of...
(Bob Cratchit), The Globe Players (1994) - What's Wrong With Angry?What's Wrong With Angry?What's Wrong With Angry? is a stage play written in 1992 by Patrick Wilde about a gay love story between two British schoolboys. The play was the basis for the 1998 Paramount Classics feature film Get Real.-History:...
(Kevin), Wild Justice Company (1996) - What's Wrong With Angry?What's Wrong With Angry?What's Wrong With Angry? is a stage play written in 1992 by Patrick Wilde about a gay love story between two British schoolboys. The play was the basis for the 1998 Paramount Classics feature film Get Real.-History:...
(Steven Carter), Copenhagen Europride (1996) - LootLoot (play)Loot is a two-act play by the English playwright Joe Orton. The play is a dark farce that satirises the Roman Catholic Church, social attitudes to death, and the integrity of the police force....
(Hal), Wild Justice Company (1998) - Little Shop of HorrorsLittle Shop of Horrors (musical)Little Shop of Horrors is a rock musical, by composer Alan Menken and writer Howard Ashman, about a hapless florist shop worker who raises a plant that feeds on human blood. The musical is based on the low-budget 1960 black comedy film The Little Shop of Horrors, directed by Roger Corman...
(The Voice of Audrey II), Lost Theatre Company (1998) - Don't Drink the WaterDon't Drink the Water (play)Don't Drink the Water is a play written by Woody Allen that premiered on Broadway on November 17, 1966 and played for 598 performances at three different Broadway theaters. The farce takes place inside an American Embassy behind the Iron Curtain...
(lead), (1999) - You Couldn't Make It Up (Kevin), Wild Justice Company, Edinburgh (2002)
- You Couldn't Make It Up (Kevin), Wild Justice Company, London (2003)
- However Do You Want Me? (David), City Lights Theatre Company (2004)
- The Gaydar Diaries (Performer), City Lights Theatre Company (2006)
- BlondelBlondel (musical)Blondel, a rock opera musical by Tim Rice and Stephen Oliver , was inspired by, and very loosely based on, the life of the eponymous French troubadour...
(Leopold), Tim RiceTim RiceSir Timothy Miles Bindon "Tim" Rice is an British lyricist and author.An Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Tony Award and Grammy Award-winning lyricist, Rice is best known for his collaborations with Andrew Lloyd Webber, with whom he wrote Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus...
& The Wild Justice Company (2006)
Film
- Get Real (Richard, the Bridegroom), Paramount Classics (1998)
- Things to Do Before You're 30Things To Do Before You're 30Things to Do Before You're 30 is a British film about a group of twenty-something friends trying desperately to hang on to the friendship of their youth while the responsibility of adulthood is tearing them in different directions...
(Toby), Momentum (2006)