David Delve

Isidor Straus

Training: Dartington Hall and Rose Bruford College.

London theatre includes: Carousel (Savoy Theatre); Anything Goes (Theatre Royal Drury Lane); Mon Firman in Phantom Of The Opera (Her Majesty’s Theatre); Mr Sowerberry in Oliver! (London Palladium)as Mr Sowerberry; Mon. Thenadier in Les Misérables (Palace Theatre); the title role in Uncle Vanya (Pentameters); The Jewess Of Toledo (Bridewell) Theatre; Hay Fever (Queen’s Theatre); Tomfoolery (Criterion Theatre); Rothschild & Sons (Park Theatre); The Point (Mermaid Theatre); Once Upon A Time (Duke of York’s Theatre); The Glass Menagerie (New End Theatre); Elgar’s Rondo, The Country Wife, The Shakespeare Revue (RSC).

Theatre on tour includes: The Crucible; West Side Story; Jekyll & Hyde; Hugh Paddick in Round The Horne; Half A Sixpence with Gary Wilmot; Guys & Dolls; The Phantom Of The Opera; Mr Squeers in the UK and US tours of the RSC’s Nicholas Nickleby; One For The Road (Sweden); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Jordan); An Inspector Calls (Dubai); Polly; Mr. Cinders; Totally Foxed; Yee Haw!

Regional theatre includes: Twelfth Night, The Norman Conquests, Kiss Of The Spider Woman, East, Lend Me A Tenor; Travesties; High Society; Singin’ In The Rain; 3 seasons at Pitlochry Festival; assorted roles in Hard Times; Travels With My Aunt; The Mystery Of Irma Vepp; most recently Great Expectations, Snow Queen (Dundee).

Television and Film includes: Elizabeth 1 with Helen Mirren; the Emmy award-winning episode of BlackAdder; Poldark; A Horseman Riding By; Grandad; Clayhanger; The Soft Touch; Jangles; Partners In Crime; I Thought You’d Gone; Murder Weekend; The Famous Five; Uncle Jack; Casualty; Mr. Quilp; One Of The Lads; Going Home; Diamond Skulls.

Devised presentations include: Alice in Wonderland/Through The Looking Glass (radio); Adam And Eve, Pinch Me (City of London Festival, Noel (Picadilly Theatre); Shadows And Dreams, Steal Away, A Century Of Song, Sweet Somethings (tours); Dearly Free (LA).

Other credits include: written Little Sad Sound for the double-bass; directed the solo shows Lavinia’s Yearbook, Mother Of The Pride, Falstaff.